The Spectator

... hare are some posts made over the weekend on Spectator.co.uk: Maurice Gerard reports on race relations from inside Zimbabwe. Fraser Nelson analyses the "meltdown" that Gordon Brown could face in Scotland, and claims that Wendy Alexander was not up to the job. Peter Hoskin marks Robert Mugabe's disgraceful victory in Zimbabwe's presidential election, and outlines where CoffeeHousers think it all went wrong for Brown. And Clive Davis gives his thoughts on gun legislation in the US.

This week's CoffeeHousers' Wall is here. Head over there to have your say on the week's events and to let us know what you'd like to see on Coffee House. And remember that the CoffeeHouser who makes the best contribution to the wall this week will win a bottle of bubbly.

Hard-won liberties Sir: In an otherwise well argued leading article (‘The old order changeth’, 21 June), you repeat the claim that ‘poll after poll has suggested strong popular support for the 42-day extension’. Well, up to a point Lord Copper! Certainly, the public has been more than happy to support the idea that ‘suspected terrorists’ (a loaded phrase in and of itself) should be ‘held for questioning’, rather than released to wreak havoc on the innocent populace. Why would they not? After all, surely only the guilty have anything to fear from this and similar measures?

This week's CoffeeHousers' Wall is here. Head over there to have your say on the week's events and to let us know what you'd like to see on Coffee House.

A downloadable podcast of last night's Spectator / Intelligence Squared debate - Tax the rich (more) - is available here. James Forsyth's web exclusive report on the debate can also be accessed here.

We've started posting economic analyst Graham Turner's answers to readers' questions on Trading Floor.  You can view Graham's responses here.

A child’s purpose Sir: Rachel Johnson (‘When did you last see your children?’, 14 June) paints a thoroughly depressing picture of modern parenting. I urge anyone contemplating breeding to bear in mind these few simple truths. First, having a child is the biggest responsibility you ever undertake and should be the most rewarding one. Second, the most precious thing you can give your child is time: time doing simple things like baking, gardening, walking in the park, playing cards, doing jigsaws, where conversation flows naturally, provided, of course, you have turned off all the intrusive gadgets reminding you of the other pressures in your life. Third, parents have a huge task to educate their children with a set of moral and cultural values.

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Just a reminder about latest feature on the site – Spectator Live.  You can access it via the ‘Live’ tab at the top of the page, or by going to new.spectator.co.uk/live.  It’s a roundup of all the latest blog posts from across Spectator.co.uk, and the best place to keep up-to-date with all the views and analysis from our writers. You don’t even need to visit the page to view the latest content on Spectator Live. If you have an RSS reader on your computer (see here for details), you can subscribe to Spectator Live’s RSS feed and have updates automatically delivered to you. You can subscribe to the Spectator Live RSS feed here.