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Kemi Badenoch Back in Ruislip McDonald’s Kitchen, Told She’s ‘Too Slow’

The visit highlighted her 2024 claim of ‘becoming working class’ at 16.

Overview

  • Thirty years after her teenage shifts, the Conservative leader prepared a sausage McMuffin and a hash brown at the Ruislip branch, where a staff member told her she was too slow.
  • She wore a personalised name badge reading “Leader of the Opposition” and posed for cameras during the kitchen stint.
  • Speaking to the Press Association, she said the stop brought back good memories and that she had a sausage and egg McMuffin.
  • She reiterated that she does not make gaffes or apologise for her words, a stance tied to the viral 2024 podcast line that she “became working class” at 16, which drew criticism including from Labour MP Chris Bryant.
  • During media interviews at the restaurant, she said Keir Starmer’s position was untenable and urged him to step down, also questioning Reform UK’s economic credibility.