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25 October 2023

Subscriber of the Week: Richard Ellerker

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I’m a retired teacher.

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In a Cambridgeshire village.

Do you vote?

Always.

How long have you been a subscriber?

It is getting on for five years.

What made you start?

I was looking for some Christmas reading in WHSmith.

Is the NS bug in the family?

My wife is a reader.

What pages do you flick to first?

Commons Confidential and Nicholas Lezard’s column.

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How do you read yours?

I don’t have a particular order.

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More articles from European correspondents.

Who are your favourite NS writers?

Andrew Marr and Wolfgang Münchau.

Who would you put on the cover of the NS?

The politician who takes us back into the European Union.

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Any member of the cabinet.

All-time favourite NS article?

Edward Docx “The Peak”.

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This article appears in the 25 Oct 2023 issue of the New Statesman, Fog of War