When we arranged for Anne and Katie to meet, we expected them to clash on issues such as immigration. Instead, says Katie, it’s been like discovering a long-lost twin
When Anne was matched with Katie for Dining Across the Divide in 2021, they sounded quite far apart on immigration. They met in Argyll and Katie arrived “with the saltire on her mask”. Anne remembers “expecting to meet a Tory Brexiter. Not someone as lovely as Katie. I’m delighted.”
Katie said back then: “Anne and I were like soul sisters.” And now – a few days after a walk they had near Anne’s home in Dunoon – she amends that. “It’s like discovering a long-lost sister; not even a sister, a twin. There are very few things we disagree on. I can’t think of any other friend I have who’s so in tune. It’s kind of odd, meeting somebody in the way we did and finding we’re so perfectly matched.”
