Incredibly grateful to win The Press Awards Young Journalist of the Year 🏆 for my reporting on the war in Ukraine.

The usual targets. This week's The Spectator cover

Politicians cannot be above the law. But people know when the police are being summoned for political purposes. Voters tend to believe that such decisions are best left to them in the voting booth.
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The Democrats have a Joe Biden problem. Me in this week’s magazine:

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In the words of Trump, it’s easy to feel politics is always all about ‘winning, winning, winning’, whatever the price. But that is not without trade-offs.

My cover for this week's The Spectator on the dangers of prosecuting one's political opponents.

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'America is a cautionary tale of how a free and fair nation can quickly acquire the habit of prosecuting political opponents.'

✍️ Kate Andrews on the dangers of political prosecution spectator.co.uk/article/the-da…

A warning from America: stop sending the police after your political opponents. It ends in ruin.

For @Spectator, out tomorrow.

✍️ The usual targets: Kate Andrews on the rise of political prosecution

🗞️ In the mag:

• Max Jeffery infiltrates Youth Demand
• Katy Balls meets a defecting Starmtrooper
• Paul Wood on the new Arab-Israeli alliance
• Svitlana Morenets: the West saved Israel. Why not…

Come and intern The Spectator - deadline for applications is 31 May!

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It seems political consensus isn’t dead. It’s simply been hibernating, waiting for a kind of crackdown on personal liberty that is so popular it brings everyone together.

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The eradication of smoking was on its way to becoming a public policy success story: until the government decided to take down the principles of personal liberty with it.

For Coffee House 👇

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Smoking rates are already declining significantly in the UK and I think there is more we can do to stop children taking up the habit.

However, I do not support the approach this bill is taking and so will be voting against it. (4/4)

We should not treat legally competent adults differently in this way, where people born a day apart will have permanently different rights.

Among other reasons it will create difficulties with enforcement. This burden will fall not on the state but on private businesses… (3/4)

I have significant concerns and appreciate the PM making this a free vote. It gives me the opportunity to express my personal view, outside collective responsibility.

The principle of equality under the law is a fundamental one. It underpins many of my personal beliefs..(2/4)

I’m not a smoker and think it is an unpleasant habit, costly for both the individual and society.
The PM's intentions with this Bill are honest and mark him out as a leader who doesn't duck the thorny issues.

I agree with his policy intentions BUT….(1/4)

🎙️ How many MPs will reject Sunak’s smoking ban?

Katy Balls and I speak to James Heale on the latest Coffee House Shots 👇

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Of course today's IMF growth predictions are not a crystal ball. The problem is that they reflect the bulk of forecasts, which show the UK economy growing nowhere near as quickly as is necessary.

Details on Coffee House 👇

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