It is a peculiarity of the British constitution that the viability of leaders of the opposition must be tested by their attitudes towards and behaviour in regard to sandwiches. Bagehot wrote at length about this.
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The tradition goes back to the 4th Earl of Sandwich, reputed inventor of the popular breakfast food, who credited his success in opposing Walpole's Whigs to his bread-based innovations
You joke sandwich attitudes, but for a while, when I first started at KCL, I thought a sandwich shop was sponsoring academic events. (It seemed weird, but what did I know about UK academia...🫢)
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