Dinner across the gap: "Being two middle-aged guys, we talked a bit about military history"

Profession Works in IT for a university

Voting record Has voted on the losing side in every general election since 2005

Amuse bouche Once kicked out of a band of easy listening wedding blankets. There was a mistake in the timetable and he wanted to go on holiday

Profession Lawyer, former criminal defense attorney, now employed at the Bar

Voting Record Always voted Conservative but is not not a doctrinaire conservative

Amuse bouche Played rugby with Boris Johnson who is actually a very good player believe it or not< /p>Getting Started

Richard He was over a decade younger than me. He had fairly long hair and a beard, while I'm clean shaven, but otherwise he looked normal.

Doug, I had chili prawns , chicken and then a lemon pie.

Richard I ate mushrooms, followed by fish and chips, followed by raspberry sorbet and a black coffee.

Doug We came from the same place on a lot of things, but that meant different choices - not different worldviews, but different choices different.

Richard We had the same basic vision on a lot of things - civil liberties, freedom of speech. "model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement" class="dcr-10khgmf">