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14 June 2023

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East London.

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I’m 14…

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About four years.

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My old neighbour, Neil, slid his copy through the letterbox.

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I point out articles of interest.

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I read it cover to cover, skipping the longer articles and coming back to them.

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On the Tube; between lessons.

What would you like to see more of in the NS?

Coverage of EU politics.

Who are your favourite NS writers?

Jeremy Cliffe, Nicholas Lezard, Wolfgang Münchau.

Who would you put on the cover of the NS?

Neil Jameson, who founded Citizens UK.

With which political figure would you least like to be stuck in a lift?

Prince Andrew…

All-time favourite NS article?

Maybe “The death of ‘Boris’ the clown” by Edward Docx.

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genuinely interesting (and down with the kids).

[See also: The death of “Boris Johnson” the clown]

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This article appears in the 14 Jun 2023 issue of the New Statesman, Over and Out