That’s not what she *means* of course. She means they’re food for the Poors. - ThreadSky

loreandordure.com • 76 days ago

That’s not what she *means* of course. She means they’re food for the Poors.

Reposted from Jim Pickard

Kemi Badenoch says sandwiches are what people eat for breakfast (via Spectator)

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fernmonkey.bsky.social•76 days ago

Only in countries that are weird about food. In normal countries, sandwiches are a snack.

geekingthething.bsky.social•76 days ago

... TIL The Dutch are weird about food!

(we eat SO MUCH sandwiches, it's the standard for breakfast and lunch)

fernmonkey.bsky.social•76 days ago

Well, exactly.

davidrafferty.bsky.social•76 days ago

It’s not even that. It’s that occasional English urge to imitate something from America (in this case, weird-arse techbro Peterson-adjacent lifestyle stuff) without understanding it, so that it just comes across as ridiculous.

loreandordure.com•76 days ago

Lunch is for loosers.
…
Oh, well, just a small steak. If you really insist.

odbof85.bsky.social•76 days ago

Interesting that productivity in France, where lunch is still an institution, is higher than in the UK

loreandordure.com•76 days ago

Well quite. Proper breaks are good for productivity, actually.

odbof85.bsky.social•76 days ago

And the four-day week looks hopeful

nowthenthee.bsky.social•76 days ago

Raw and preferably still hot from the rump of the calf I presume

mthrjo.bsky.social•76 days ago

I think this is actually a Nigerian thing, though. (And she is, as ever, incurious about how people who aren’t her live)

loreandordure.com•76 days ago

She clearly has no grasp of frankly how *deranged* this sounds to a normal person without the vast unexamined privilege required to summon a steak to eat ‘al desco’.

mthrjo.bsky.social•76 days ago

Oh, that bit is just straightforwardly unhinged.

loreandordure.com•76 days ago

She just sounds completely hatstand!

florilegia.bsky.social•76 days ago

I’d love to know how she’s eating the steak while still working (especially as she obviously wouldn’t eat a steak sandwich)

euroscanner.net•76 days ago

I doubt she's likely to eat lunch 'al desko' like us actual workers.

mthrjo.bsky.social•76 days ago

Which is, it goes without saying, not a good quality in a politician, either in terms of the sort of policies you’ll adopt, or your chances of getting people to vote for you, because you just end up sounding demented and out of touch.

martinnutbeem.bsky.social•76 days ago

It does feel way more out of touch than not knowing how much a pint of milk or coffee from Starbucks is.

melhistorygeek.bsky.social•76 days ago

I daren't look at the price of milk mine is still delivered. Staying out of touch stops me switching to plastic bottles.

martinnutbeem.bsky.social•76 days ago

I don't actually know how much a coffee from starbucks is and we only have plant based or lactose free milk in cartons due to various dietary weaknesses. 😉

melhistorygeek.bsky.social•76 days ago

i can answer the starbucks one - bloody expensive and crap