What do you do?
Professor of mathematics.
Where do you live?
Brighton.
Do you vote?
Yes.
How long have you been a subscriber?
A long time.
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Weekend reading.
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No.
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Correspondence.
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Randomly.
Who are your favourite NS writers?
Kevin Maguire.
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Explanations to the government that foreign students at the universities are good.
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Sasha Roseneil, the vice-chancellor of the University of Sussex.
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Nigel Farage.
All-time favourite NS article?
The last article by Wolfgang Münchau.
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stimulating.
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This article appears in the 04 Jun 2025 issue of the New Statesman, The Housing Trap
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