FREXIT: DON’T CRASH OUT

"It’s not just platonic relationships that are affected by politics. Romantic relationships suffer and are stifled, too - unsurprising given the inextricable link between compatibility and shared morals."

But what happens now? Are we never to mention politics again? Or should we continue in our erstwhile attitudes, celebrating our wins in the face of each other's losses? Are we to grieve the inevitable end of our friendship, for surely, we’ll never have anything in common again? No, we'll simply join the long line of folk whose friendship transcends party lines. There’s Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who despite sitting at ideologically opposite ends of the Supreme Court bench, shared many a New Year’s Eve: “Scalia kills it and Marty [Ginsburg, Ruth’s husband] cooks it,” recalled a former Bush solicitor general of their celebratory suppers. Speaking of, Bush and Ellen DeGeneres, a liberal lesbian, hung out - and laughed! Quelle horreur! - on more than one occasion. Closer to home, Labour Party politician and member of the House of Lords Shami Chakrabarti is bosom buddies with conservative Baroness Warsi. Yes, on her way back from a wedding t'up north Chakrabarti called in on Warsi at her Yorkshire home. If they can do it, then we, best friends who are telepathic on many more pressing topics, like restaurants, bedding and books, certainly can.

Like after every other time we’ve talked shop, we’ve botched the cracks with Polyfilla. I’ve resolved to listen more and judge less, because my views - like hers - are a melting pot of biases, some that I've inherited from my parents, others that I’ve gleaned for myself, but all of which I bolster with the cherry-picked media I consume. And hey, at least we agree on ramen over pho, and wine over water. Always.