I would have loved to have heard Ken Loach. Never mind - I live in Australia. Political discussion isn't big here - they only dare talk about sport or soapies in some circles. But at my last job the boss and I always discussed politics. He was of German Jewish origin and had arrived here in 1938 as a small child,
I often volunteer with the Labour Party at election time, and at the polling booths we hand out 'how to vote' cards alongside Tories and Greens. We all get on really well, share sandwiches and drinks, and have a laugh about all the politicians we are helping.
Just one lot refused to fraternise, and insisted on talking politics, and this was Pauline Hanson's One Nation party. They were a sort of BNP/ FN bunch of idiots., right wing and racist. They imploded in the end.
As I've mentioned before, we used to live a few doors down from the Ossett Conservative Club, and a Tory friend used to call for us on his way there and insist on buying us a drink there. Her introduced us as his socialist friends, and other members bought us all drinks too.
It can be fun, fraternising with the opposition.