John Healey carries a bottle of HP Sauce in his briefcase – politicians’ different meals quirks in images

We’ve taken a look back at unusual moments that politicians seem to have with food – from vomiting over another country’s Prime Minister, to cutting into a hot dog

Politicians take on some of the world’s most demanding jobs – but a simple meal can still leave them looking out of their depth.

It’s been revealed Chancellor John Healey has a unusual home for an HP Sauce – and won’t even go out without a bottle of the brown sauce. But politicians having questionable moments with food is far from new, some of their most talked-about moments have come from their light hearted blunders.

Whether it’s an unusual food habit or an attempt to convince voters they’re just like the rest of us, we’ve seen politicians tackle finger food with cutlery and bite into vegetables usually reserved for the chopping board. Which offers us different kind of insight to who they are after spending years hearing them explain what they stand for and how their parties could change lives.

From Healey’s trusty bottle of brown sauce to some questionable attempts at eating food, We’ve rounded up politicians’ strangest food moments in pictures.

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