"We both picked banquet C, which started with duck pancakes. Rose-Marie The second course was a chilli prawn thing, then a chicken sweet and sour all delicious. I had two glasses of wine. He had two beers. The big beef Lucas The big point that we didn't agree on was immigration. I would consider myself a European, a proud multiculturalist and very pro-immigration. Even down to the genetics of it all; the island nation that we are can't survive without immigrants."
"Occupation Retired, has worked in many different fields with the police, at a newspaper, as a hotel inspector Voting record Always Conservative, except when she voted for Tony Blair in 1997. But last election, she couldn't bring herself to vote Conservative, after everything they'd done with Covid Amuse bouche For a while, Rose-Marie ran a French restaurant with her husband, who is originally from Argentina. When they sold up, many of their customers invited them over for dinner, because they created such a great atmosphere"
Lucas works for the NHS and travels regularly to Manchester with Carnifolk, performing as a magical bureaucrat who sends people to fill out forms. He voted Labour in 2024 but now regrets that vote and is considering voting Green or for 'Your party' if it organizes in time. Rose-Marie, 69, is retired after varied careers including police work, journalism and hotel inspection; she was usually Conservative, voted for Tony Blair in 1997, and refused to vote Conservative in the last election because of Covid. They shared banquet C, enjoyed several courses and drinks, connected personally, but strongly disagreed on immigration, with Lucas voicing a proud multicultural, pro-immigration stance.
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