Josh Barrie

Why is the food in parliament so bad?

What our decision-makers are eating should matter

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Anyone who finds themselves gazing at a parliamentary samosa for two minutes or more (me, for the avoidance of doubt) probably has a problem. Sadly, this is what my life has become since the Twitter account @Parliscran arrived on the scene.

The reason the samosa was so mesmerising is because I was trying to work out whether it had been covered in balsamic glaze, a long-held obsession of mine. The sauce, dark and sticky as it appeared, was more likely to be some sort of tamarind situation, but nevertheless I found it beguiling. 

A cursory doom-scroll through Parliscran would be a cathartic deviance to anybody who enjoys food.

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