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28 April 2021

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I’m a retired sexual health and sex and relationships education specialist.

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Abingdon, near Oxford.

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I’ve never missed voting.

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For a year.

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I was seeking all intelligent input in lockdown.

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This article appears in the 28 Apr 2021 issue of the New Statesman, The new battle of ideas