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?

Occupation Engineering manager

Voting record Generally a small-c conservative, has voted Tory in every election but 2024, when he voted Reform as a protest against the Conservative government. Doesn’t see himself voting Reform in 2029

Amuse bouche Buys individual pieces of Lego to make his own creations. For his 30th birthday, his fiancee bought him the makings of a 3ft wingspan Tiger Moth biplane

Occupation Retired maths teacher

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

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