Ed Miliband bacon sandwich photograph

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A photograph taken by photographer Jeremy Selwyn of Ed Miliband, then the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, eating a bacon sandwich became a source of sustained commentary and the subject of an internet meme in 2014 and 2015. Taken for the London Evening Standard while Miliband was campaigning in the 2014 local elections, the image became well-known following the popular perception of it as making Miliband appear awkward, error-prone, and incapable of performing simple tasks. The image became a popular internet meme, and prompted a cultural debate about the lengths to which politicians attempt to control their public image. Keith Kahn-Harris of The Guardian regarded the focusing on the image, and its resulting Internet memes, as having been motivated by antisemitism (Miliband is a Jewish atheist). However, The Jewish Chronicle ran against this idea by saying many people had no idea Miliband was even Jewish and that it played into pre-existing British political jokes and...

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