#15

My dad is a disappointment for a million reasons, but at least he’s not a leave voter or a Tory.

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#16

My dad would have voted Remain and if he was eligible to vote on this one, Labour.

#17

Hope you all have better reasons than this to hate your parents.

#19

Left when I was 8 to pursue an affair, rarely sends so much as a birthday card while maintaining regular contact with my sister, I travelled 8,000 miles to where he lives and he ignored my calls and emails until after I had flown back. That good enough?

#20

I’m very sorry about that and I’m going to assume that you don’t really believe that not voting Tory justifies that.

#21

^this

#22

My dad is dyed in the wool labour/socialist/trade unionist but wont hear a bad word said about tony blair and voted for owen smith.

#23

My dad used to go into farmers’ fields at night and rip up all the Tory posters and billboards, and then store them in our bin shed. He wasn’t always the calmest and he made a fair few mistakes, but he stuck around, changed his ways and is a wise man and a super grandad. And voted Remain.

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#24

I’ve mentioned before, but my Dad is a cliche. Used to be a member of the communist party, fully committed hippy idealist.

Now he is pre-Brexit, pro-Tory. I assumed he would be voting remain last summer, but when I spoke to him, he voted leave because of a story about a one-legged Albanian drug dealer on benefits living in a mansion. Once we leave we can kick him out apparently.

Hmmmm. I have a suspicion it’s very similar to that book/article about someone in the US who saw their dad transformed from a nice person into an old reactionary by Fox News/Talk Radio. In my case the Daily Mail is probably to blame.

He is no way as bad as this in the article. He’s very thoughtful generally and loving. Just a bit of a twat when it comes to politics.

#25

My dad complains about Brexit whenever I go home to visit and described both the Daily Mail and UKIP as “totally bonkers”. I guess that makes him part of the Metropolitan Elite or something.

#26

My dad switched from Guardian → Mail about 6 years ago. And everything else that goes with that.


Finding it harder and harder to like him these days :disappointed:

We used to have loads of phone calls on Sunday helping each other out with the Observer crossword.

#27

Does the Mail have crosswords? Answers are probably all ROYALTY, TERRORIST, LEFTIE, etc

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#28

My dad is the son of a coal miner. He joined the army and ‘escaped’ Merthyr Tydfil. Thatcher repeatedly gave the armed forces pay increases in the 1980s and so bought his loyalty for all time.

He loves a political argument whenever I visit my parents. I outfoxed him last time by saying ‘you and me are not that different’, even though I don’t believe it myself. It completely put him off his rhythm, thankfully.

He voted remain, doesn’t read newspapers but is very much a small ‘c’ conservative – a product of the armed forces.

#29

Probably - never looked. They’re not going to be as much fun as the observer because mail readers are joyless people.

Yes I did say “fun”.

#30

Such strange logic.

I’m going to slam my old boy in the door to teach all my exes a lesson.

#31

Yeah I know. I’m particularly mad because when I tried to reason with him before the vote he’d just say ‘I don’t care, I won’t be around to see all the consequences’ (he’s only 67). When I point out the effect it will have on his children and grandchildren he just shrugs and says it’s not his problem. It’s completely weird because he’s otherwise great and would do absolutely anything for us, so I just don’t get it.

#32

I bet he actually regrets it but doesn’t have the balls to say it right now.

We don’t all necessarily mature with age.

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#33

I blame it all on him reading the Daily Mail tbh.

#34

It’s such a poisonous rag. There’s not a shred of merit in it. I just don’t get why decent people read it.

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#35

did we find out why?