Despite media headlines depicting the UK as a nation divided over Brexit, we know very little about how Brexit has affected personal relationships. This article addresses gaps in sociological understandings of Brexit and politics more generally by exploring how Brexit is experienced in everyday family relationships, focusing on how people orientate themselves towards discussing Brexit (or not) with their family and friends. Based on qualitative interviews, the article draws upon theories of relationality to explain the tenacity of family ties and to demonstrate how and why families ‘stick together’ despite often having different opinions about politics. It is argued that a conceptualisation of politics as relational is essential to understanding how they are experienced in everyday life.

尽管媒体头条将英国描述为一个因脱欧而分裂的国家，但我们对英国脱欧如何影响个人关系知之甚少。本文通过探讨英国脱欧在日常家庭关系中的经历，更广泛地解决了社会学对英国脱欧和政治理解的差距，重点关注人们如何引导自己与家人和朋友讨论英国脱欧（或不脱欧）。在定性访谈的基础上，本文利用关系理论来解释家庭关系的顽固性，并说明尽管人们对政治经常有不同的看法，但家庭如何以及为什么“团结在一起”。有人认为，将政治概念化为关系对于理解它们在日常生活中的体验至关重要。