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I work supporting refugees and asylum seekers in Dorset.
Where do you live?
A Geordie living in Poole (a reverse Eddie Howe).
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Always, often tactically.
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Four years.
What made you start?
The need for reflective, intelligent journalism that I wasn’t getting in other places.
Is the NS bug in the family?
My son and brother-in-law have recently subscribed too.
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I always read Kevin Maguire first for a warm-up.
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Andrew Marr, Tracey Thorn.
Who would you put on the cover of the NS?
Andy Burnham.
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Robert Jenrick or Pablo Escobar.
All-time favourite NS article?
I love reading Rowan Williams.
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This article appears in the 13 Nov 2024 issue of the New Statesman, Trump World