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31 August 2022

Subscriber of the Week: Matilda Thorley

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What do you do?

I’m studying law at the University of Manchester.

Where do you live?

Staffordshire Moorlands.

Do you vote?

Yes.

How long have you been a subscriber?

Around a year.

What made you start?

I read the NS as part of my job and was hooked.

Is the NS bug in the family?

My boyfriend flicks through the pages.

What pages do you flick to first?

Commons Confidential and the Diary.

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How do you read yours?

From front to back.

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

Greater representation of younger voices.

Who are your favourite NS writers?

Nicholas Lezard, Bruno Maçães and Tomiwa Owolade.

Who would you put on the cover of the NS?

Matt Lucas.

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

Clarence Thomas.

All-time favourite NS article?

“‘We’re going to disrupt’: a year inside GB News” by Stuart McGurk.

The New Statesman is…

the highlight of my week.  

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This article appears in the 31 Aug 2022 issue of the New Statesman, The Liz Truss Doctrine