Kemi Badenoch is no stranger to an off-hand comment and has certainly let slip a number of eyebrow-raising statements during her time in government – but she might have just shared her most controversial one yet.

COMMENT: As the Tory leader reveals her aversion to the classic British lunch staple, and how she can’t abide ‘moist’ bread, Sean O’Grady says such gluten intolerance surely means she’s toast at the n

Keir Starmer has stepped in to defend sandwiches, after Kemi Badenoch said they are “not a real food”. The Conservative Party leader and prime minister have been sparring over sandwiches, with Kemi Badenoch telling the Spectator: “I’m not a sandwich person, I don’t think sandwiches are a real food, it’s what you have for breakfast”.

Kemi Badenoch has just revealed her rather passionate take on sandwiches in a recent interview. Speaking to The Spectator magazine about her first month as the Conservative Party leader, she first dismissed the idea of relaxation – “What’s decompressing,

Ed Miliband has said Kemi Badenoch needs to discover the “delights” of a bacon sandwich after the Tory leader dismissed them as not “real food”. The Energy Secretary was famously photographed eating a bacon sandwich in 2014,