Bread, bananas, beef, and beer—they've all been hoofed around as political footballs. From the 1795 bread riots, to post-War rationing, to the 1993 BSE epidemic, to Nigel Farage's bar room diplomacy. In Britain, you vote what you eat.This year's snap election is no exception. Which party will woo Britain's farmers? What does immigration reform mean for our Indian, Chinese, Thai, French, Polish, Brazilian, and Turkish restaurants? How will users of food banks vote on June 8? Who will tackle food waste? The election will not be decided by whether Theresa May can eat chips or Jeremy Corbyn makes his own hummus, but it might just be swayed by post-Brexit food prices, changes to VAT, or food poverty.According to its latest figures, The Trussell Trust food bank network provided 1,182,954 three-day emergency food supplies to people in crisis across the UK last year. Of this number, 436,938 went to children.read more on Munchies