Chidi once got stranded on an island in Finland. He had to walk six hours through a forest to the nearest village – “with a stick in case I had to fight off wolves”I found Chidi affable and engaging. I was particularly impressed he asked for his old fashioned to be made with demerara sugar rather than syrup.I find sugar syrup slimy; I can’t do slimy things. Christian and I got on really well, the conversation only stopped because the staff were closing up.
Dining across the divide: ‘He agreed that Conservative election policies are a bit desperate and Labour is playing too safe’ I quite like that Keir Starmer has had an extensive career outside politics. Chidi has been on a few Gaza marches and felt that Starmer could have been more vocal in speaking out about what Israel is doing – we think he was trying to not annoy the Americans. But Chidi made a very interesting point that there are lots of countries in the global south even more dependent on the US and they’ve had no qualms about calling out the situation.