As Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, and his chancellor John Healey settled into their jobs last week, they took a break from briefings and phone calls to discuss a burning question: what is the best pub snack?Perched on bar stools, the pair charged with fixing the United Kingdom’s broken economy taste-tested salt-and-vinegar chips, pork scratchings, peanuts, bacon fries and scampi fries – two salt-of-the-earth types bantering away about salty snacks.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles