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Starmer defends sandwiches as Badenoch says they are 'not real food' [yep, real headline] (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Mainly sharing because of how insane Badenoch is. 'Shall I tell everyone I skip lunch and just eat steak at my desk? Yes, that'll make me seem relatable.'

EDIT: Huh, the headline in the article is different from the one on the homepage, so now I seem insane. Touché, Kemi.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Dominic Raab hit the headlines when the then Tory minister's sandwich preferences were revealed by a former member of his staff.

She told the Daily Mirror he ordered the same lunch every day from Pret A Manger.

"He has the chicken Caesar and bacon baguette, SuperFruit pot and the Vitamin Volcano smoothie, every day. He is so weird. It's the Dom Raab Special."

Somehow that makes me dislike him slightly less.

[–] frankPodmore 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's oddly relatable. Let the man enjoy his one sandwich!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm not a Brit but I've eaten the same sandwich at lunch every day for years. It's relatable to just decide "this is what I eat at work"

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago

At work I had the same lunch every single day from the cafeteria, It was great because the staff actually had it ready as soon as they sold me in line so I would just breeze on through.

[–] frankPodmore 2 points 4 days ago

My dad also took the same kind of sandwich to work for about 40 years. If it ain't broke...