Ed Miliband, once infamous for the way he ate a bacon sandwich, has given his verdict on Kemi Badenoch’s opinions regarding lunch. The Conservative leader told the Spectator that sandwiches are “not real food” and declared lunch as “for wimps.

Ed Miliband was asked about the Tory leader’s view that sandwiches are not ‘real food’ because he ‘battled with a bacon sandwich’ around a decade ago.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband told Sky News' Anna Jones he hopes to persuade Tory leader Kemi Badenoch of 'the delights of a bacon sandwich' after she dismissed them as not 'real food'

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch dismissed the beloved British lunchtime as 'not real food' and people have still not let it go - and below Ed Miliband shares his own rebuttle

"The prime minister is quite happy with a sandwich lunch." The spokesman added that Starmer "enjoys a tuna sandwich, and occasionally a cheese toastie". Responding to the dig, Badenoch wrote on social media: "The PM has time to respond to my jokes about lunch… but no time for the farmers who produce our food."

Kemi Badenoch has hit out at the idea of sandwiches, saying she doesn’t consider them to be a real food as she declared lunchtime is ‘for wimps’. In an interview with The Spectator to mark her first month as leader of the opposition, the combative MP also took aim at people who celebrate Christmas too early, joking they should be fined.

The Tory leader says lunch is for wimps and sandwiches are not "real food" whereas the Prime Minister likes a cheese toastie