Mary Killen Mary Killen

Your Problems Solved | 7 May 2005

Etiquette advice from The Spectator's Miss Manners

issue 07 May 2005

Dear Mary…

Q. My wife and I have been invited to an election-night party being given by neighbours of the opposite political persuasion to ourselves. We are very fond of these people but they are very much New Order and we are very much Old, so, to keep things harmonious, the subject of politics is normally given a wide berth.

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