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15 February 2023

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I am retired but work at the film society I set up and a job club I helped set up.

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Camberley, Surrey.

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Always: Labour NZ or UK.

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A reader for 60 years (in New Zealand I’d eagerly await it via air-mail), subscriber for 50.

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I wanted a source for progressive ideas and commentary on social change.

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Unfortunately, sometimes late.

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More on overseas politics and the nuts and bolts of local politics in the UK.

Who are your favourite NS writers?

Andrew Marr is often spot on.

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Jacinda Ardern.

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I would dread being in a lift with Nigel Farage and catching the Ukip bug.

All-time favourite NS article?

Marr on “Escaping the austerity trap” (16 November 2022).

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essential reading to maintain a degree of political awareness and perspective.

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This article appears in the 15 Feb 2023 issue of the New Statesman, Why the right is losing everywhere