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31 August 2022

Subscriber of the Week: Matilda Thorley

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I’m studying law at the University of Manchester.

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Staffordshire Moorlands.

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Yes.

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Around a year.

What made you start?

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

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