The Michaela court ruling is a victory for all schools, says Katharine Birbalsingh spectator.co.uk/article/the-mi…

NI rate is falling but that’s more than offset by tax thresholds frozen.
Personal taxes are rising overall, to postwar high.

Ministers will use weasel words to obfuscate, but IMO should be corrected instantly if they mislead on air.

Data is here: data.spectator.co.uk/tax

Defending liberty can mean defending ‘bad’ things: the right to offend, to drink, to get fat, to vape, to smoke.

Who will mount that defence today?

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'Taxes are coming down,' says Cameron.

If ministers like him start to repeat this on the media round, they should be corrected immediately.

Taxes are rising to the highest since 1948. Those who are pushing those tax rises through ought to be candid with the public about this.…

💥 Exclusive: Liz Truss interview – ‘The world was safer when Trump was in charge’

🗣 Liz Truss's new book Ten Years to Save the West is out today. The former Prime Minister speaks to Fraser Nelson 👇 spectator.co.uk/article/reveal…

Liz Truss’s book is out this week - she gives her first TV interview to SpectatorTV. Plenty to discuss.

Airs at 1pm: spectator.co.uk/tv

Precisely this.

The Arab-Israeli rapprochement was making huge strides before 7 Oct, to Iranian horror.

But that alliance came together last night - providing momentum that Israel can now build upon spectator.co.uk/article/israel…

Will the new generation of MPs lead to a good change in the way Westminster works? Here’s my latest I paper column inews.co.uk/opinion/new-ge…

Rather than weaken Israel, last night’s attack showed an unprecedented alliance behind it. We saw Arab pilots down Iranian drones, in defence of a Jewish state.

Iran, meanwhile, stands exposed as a pariah - its attack supported only by Hamas.
spectator.co.uk/article/iran-s…

I’m joined by justice minister Laura Farris for the latest episode of The Spectator Women with Balls

She talks to me about interning for Hilary Clinton, the changing workplace + her attitude on the ECHR 👇 🎧

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Rather than weaken Israel, last night’s attack showed an unprecedented alliance behind it. We saw Arab pilots down Iranian drones, in defence of a Jewish state.

Iran, meanwhile, stands exposed as a pariah - its attack supported only by Hamas.
spectator.co.uk/article/iran-s…

A copy of David Laws’s memoirs in a second-hand bookstore suggests previous owner was not a LibDem supporter…

Not a single drone or cruise missile launched from Iran made it to Israel, says IDF: the only damage was from ballistic missiles and even that was light.

Of 300 missile and drones sent by Iran, 99% were destroyed - by Israel, RAF, Jordanians and Saudis

spectator.co.uk/article/iran-s…

A (low res) letter of Iran giving the UN legal justifications for last night's attacks. Not a single Iranian drone or cruise missile reached Israel: there was small damage from ballistic missiles.

Latest on Spectator online
: spectator.co.uk

⚡Media outlets in Yemen report: The Houthis have launched drones towards Eilat.

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the GPS jamming over the Middle East right now is at an unprecedented level.

Harold Wilson’s secret affair + the most significant affairs in British politics

Latest The Spectator Coffee House Shots with Patrick Maguire + James Heale 👇

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Wes Streeting is on a one-politician mission to make the moral case for using the private sector within the NHS. It’s one of the hardest arguments to make in Britain. If he succeeds, it will be a life-saving achievement.

Today’s Telegraph Business column 👇
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Spectator now reportedly going for £100m. We were valued at £20m in 2009.

This sales process has been (and remains) tumultuous - but does vindicate the incredible work of a tiny team at 22 Old Queen St.

IMO value can hit £150m in five yrs with right vision, plan and investment.