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.