What do you do?
I work for a B2B media and marketing consultancy.
Where do you live?
Devon.
Do you vote?
Yes.
How long have you been a subscriber?
Six years.
What made you start?
I needed something readable, without High Tory pomposity or an identity politics obsession.
Is the NS bug in the family?
For me and my wife, yes.
What pages do you flick to first?
The Leader, the Critics.
How do you read yours?
With coffee on weekends.
What would you like to see more of in the NS?
More pieces that consider longer-term political and social realignments.
Who are your favourite NS writers?
John Gray.
Who would you put on the cover of the NS?
Jonathan Haidt.
With which political figure would you least like to be stuck in a lift?
Jacob Rees-Mogg.
All-time favourite NS article?
The Jason Cowley piece that morphed into Who Are We Now?
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This article appears in the 26 Jun 2024 issue of the New Statesman, The Lammy Doctrine