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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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Dining across the divide: ‘He is very anti-Trump. I think he’s a deal-maker with a business mindset’

One is Labour, the other right of centre, and they disagree on the president-elect. Were they any more aligned on privatisation or freedom of speech?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He wants to ban all cars. I’m uncomfortable with that’

They had different takes on transport policy – would they agree on immigration?

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Dining across the divide: ‘There wasn’t much substance to her argument for why she disliked Trump’

They disagree on the climate crisis, Farage and the president-elect – so how did they have such a nice time?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He did give me pause for thought about whether my position might be too extreme’

They are both gaming enthusiasts, but disagreed on the possible dangers. Would they be aligned on political donations or the Middle East?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I’m not 100% sure I would be against corporal punishment in schools’

One is a children’s charity worker, the other a teacher. Can they come to an agreement on the behaviour crisis in education?

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Dining across the divide: ‘You can’t impose your western outlook down the barrel of a gun’

They disagreed about Britain’s involvement in Afghanistan, Brexit and asylum seekers. So did the meal end on a sour note?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I think the EU should be divided into two, east and west’

With opposing views on Brexit, inheritance tax and gender, will the two find common ground and embrace the cultural differences?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I said that in my idealistic communist utopia, all housing would be owned by the state’

They found common ground on Margaret Thatcher and Jeremy Corbyn, but clashed on questions of taxation and housing

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Dining across the divide: ‘He had a “why do you care?” sort of attitude’

In a wide-ranging discussion covering race, gender, social media and more, did they find anything they could agree on?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I kept telling him he was far more leftwing than he thought he was’

They disagreed about how trans people are treated – were they more aligned on private schools or Brexit?

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Dining across the divide: ‘Sometimes to be more environmentally friendly you have to sacrifice green land’

They agreed it’s important to build communities and houses people want to live in, but what happened when they discussed renting v buying?

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Dining across the divide: ‘There’s a trend of: work is a pain, and I’ll just fit it in around the rest of my life’

They disagree on the merits of a four-day week, but could a shared love of Victorian engineering unite them?

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Dining across the divide: ‘Brexit hasn’t been as bad as I feared’

They disagreed on the EU, but both worry about the rise of far right parties and dislike religions

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Dining across the divide: ‘I think the electric car is going to be the most enormous white elephant’

They had differing views on the future of transport, but could they agree on the Tories’ handling of Covid?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He came in wearing a red beret. I thought: this is going to be very intense’

They wrestled with communism and capitalism, taxes and Brexit – and still ended up swapping numbers

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Dining across the divide: ‘I don’t think she recognised how much things have improved, like pollution’

A lively chat saw different views on gas-guzzling cars and whether we are able to halt the climate emergency, but could they at least agree on air pollution?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I think killing animals and eating them is fine. He doesn’t’

Did a committed omnivore and a committed vegan chew things over in a friendly manner? And what happened when they moved on to bullying on social media?

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Dining across the divide: ‘I thought we’d have a couple of Peronis – he launched into the Grey Goose’

They disagreed about university tuition fees and the monarchy – but did they reach an adequate point of refreshment to put aside their differences?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He said I should consider becoming an MP’

They disagree on the monarchy and whether boomers had it easy, but can they understand each other’s reasons for voting leave and remain?

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Dining across the divide: ‘There’s a lot of po-faced finger-wagging on the progressive left’

They differed on how to bring an end to the crisis in the Middle East, but could they find a meeting of minds over the rise of populism – and nudity?

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