Mail front page asked a very important question; bread-and-filling-savvy people on Twitter provided their answer

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Monday’s Daily Mail eschewed its usual front page focus on house prices, immigrants, or the price of immigrants’ houses, in favour of a simple question put to the nation. “Is there no one left in Britain who can make a sandwich?” its splash headline spluttered.

Sky News (@SkyNews) DAILY MAIL FRONT PAGE: Is there no one left in Britain who can make a sandwich? #skypapers pic.twitter.com/6UZ1hCq7kr

The (blancmange-like) foundation to the story was the plight of a firm that supplies fresh sandwiches to UK supermarkets, which, the Mail says, has been forced to look to Hungary for the 300 staff needed for its new factory due to a lack of suitable candidates in the UK.

The Mail’s exasperation at modern Britain’s inability to educate and train people with the sufficient wherewithal to slap two slices of Hovis together was too much of a gift for the wags of Twitter to resist.

Here’s some of Monkey’s favourite examples:

Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) Aw, man. The Daily Mail is right. pic.twitter.com/127308uA6y

Ben Stanley (@BDStanley) You know what? They're right! The Daily Mail are right! pic.twitter.com/dX7JL7isgs

Twinks (@tinytwink) Been trying to make the kids sandwiches for 45 minutes now. I give up. . pic.twitter.com/jGSpgoRdRZ

George Berridge (@George_Berridge) The Daily Mail are idiots. I made this Monte Cristo sandwich as proof. pic.twitter.com/t84KYeg7Id

Lee Crawfurd (@LeeCrawfurd) @zoesqwilliams think I've figured it out #dailymailsandwich pic.twitter.com/TblL7N7t45

Even the Guardian’s very own Zoe Williams got in on the act:

Zoe Williams (@zoesqwilliams) I never want to be one of those haterz who can't admit that the Daily Mail is right pic.twitter.com/GweOfH4U60

Want to learn how to make a proper sandwich?

We’ve got some great Mail-pleasing ideas right here: