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Dining across the divide: ‘In France we’d be at each other’s throats, but in the UK you say the most horrible things, smiling’

One moved to the UK 20 years ago. The other is considering a vote for Restore Britain. Could they agree on national symbols and Brexit?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He thinks Labour voters should back Starmer. I think we deserve better’

Two Labour supporters disagree on Keir Starmer and whether Reform can really win. Can they find common ground on public transport?

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Dining across the divide: ‘Universities should be free. We all lose for every bright kid who doesn’t go’

Two south-westerners shared a love of boats, but how would they fare on tuition fees and NHS funding?

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Dining across the divide: ‘Tariffs are the one thing I agree with Donald Trump on’

Two Cornishmen agreed on the problems facing their home county. Would they see eye to eye on the solutions?

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Dining across the divide: ‘Zack Polanski is articulate and charismatic, rather like Boris Johnson’

Their views differ on the Green party leader, but did the fellow Irish women agree on how to police demonstrations?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I think certain people need to be locked up’

Can a prison officer turned tram driver and a retired medical tech operations manager agree on incarceration, antisemitism and Trump?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He agreed with me on a wealth tax, which I thought was unusual for a Reform voter’

They bonded over football and felt the same about taxing billionaires. How did they fare on immigration?

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Dining across the divide: ‘There’s nothing more irritating than being told you’re an idiot by a teenager’

Two film producers discuss second homes, the use of the word ‘woke’, and the importance of the BBC. Could they find any common ground?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I said Trump’s a bit of a despot and shouldn’t have had a state visit to the UK’

One’s a Keir Starmer believer, the other a reluctant Labour voter. Could this GP and teacher agree on public sector pay rises and Andy Burnham?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He was shocked when I told him that schools weaponise anxiety’

They both dabble in knitting and disagree about the school system, but could they see eye-to-eye on AI?

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Dining across the divide: ‘The one thing we bonded over was despising Reform’

A medical charity worker and an oncologist delved into the NHS, obesity and assisted dying. But could they agree on hiring doctors from abroad?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I was really hardline about immigration – but her struggles softened me a bit’

Illegal immigration and the climate crisis were hotly debated by the novelist and the former tram driver. But did they end up on the same track?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I expected to be portrayed as an old gammon and paired up with some radical with coloured hair’

A software worker and a retired photographer locked horns on criminal justice and illegal immigration. Could they agree on another controversial topic?

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Dining across the divide: ‘Wait a minute, you vote Reform and you read the Guardian?’

Their green energy conversation went nuclear, but could the engineering manager and the retired maths teacher agree on Brexit?

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Dining across the divide: ‘She felt people had become hypersexualised – I don’t think the solution is to go completely the other way’

A teacher in London and a student in Margate had differing views on feminism and intimacy outside of marriage – could they find some common ground over sex workers?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I said, I’m slightly to the right of Genghis Khan. She said she was to the left of Karl Marx’

They had different views on asylum seekers and income tax, but could they agree about what makes a bad landlord?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I don’t think I broadened his perspective’

They bonded over their backgrounds and both feel let down by Labour, but did the subject of NHS funding nip their blossoming friendship in the bud?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He was quite apologetic about some of his past voting choices’

Can a jaded lifelong Tory agree with a Green voter on immigration, second homes and Brexit?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I was expecting her to shout me down’

They disagreed on freedom of movement and the UK leaving the ECHR – could they bond over AI?

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Dining across the divide: ‘We both feel the word woke has been overused’

They agreed the word ‘woke’ was overused, had different views on second homes … would they concur on whether there should be a Black Bond?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I’m not saying Israel is without its flaws, but if we’re talking about the current conflict, you need to talk about Hamas’

They have different views on Israel, Zionism and antisemitism – could they find common ground?

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Dining across the divide: ‘She objected to people coming to the UK who haven’t been invited’

They disagreed on immigration and the climate crisis – would they be more aligned on sentencing and the death penalty?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He uses his phone to pay for everything. I prefer to use cash to protect my privacy’

They had different views on ways of making payments and also the European convention on human rights, but did they agree on the return of Donald Trump?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He’s keen on punishing people for their crimes. It’s not something I believe in’

Can a former police officer and a medical student come to any agreement on prisons?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I tried to push him on reparations, but I didn’t get very far’

They chewed over slavery and the climate crisis, then moved on to gender issues – did they leave on good terms?

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