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’
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.
The situation in Zimbabwe is intolerable: on that all decent people can agree. Robert Mugabe has turned the breadbasket of Africa into a wasteland. He has set his militia, his army and his police to beat, rape and kill his own people. He respects neither the results of any democratic ballot nor the norms of
Some highlights of the week on Spectator.co.uk The new CoffeeHousers’ Wall feature has been launched. David Davis answers CoffeeHousers’ questions. We ask CoffeeHousers to vote on where it all went wrong for Gordon Brown. Maurice Gerard reports from inside Zimbabwe. Matthew d’Ancona thinks Brown’s uncontested rise to power is a major factor in his poor first
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.
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.
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.
Tonight Spectator.co.uk broadcasts the latest Intelligence Squared debate: “Tax the rich (more)”. Speaking for the motion are Andrew Hilton, Professor John Kay and Polly Toynbee. Opposing them will be Lord Jacobs, James Bartholomew and Kelvin MacKenzie. You can listen to it live from 18:45, by clicking here.
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.
We’ve started posting economic analyst Graham Turner’s answers to readers’ questions on Trading Floor. You can view Graham’s responses here.
Here are some of the posts made over the weekend on Spectator.co.uk: James Forsyth wonders whether a coup is the best Zimbabwe can hope for, and highlights another disastrous poll for Gordon Brown. Peter Hoskin reports on the end to the row between Burnham and Chakrabarti. Fraser Nelson thinks that Boris Johnson was right to
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,
Until his astonishing resignation from the Commons last week, the prospect of David Davis as the next Home Secretary was one of the foremost attractions of a new Conservative government. On a range of issues from prison policy and police bureaucracy to managed migration and juvenile crime, Mr Davis’s instincts have long been excellent. Since
Some highlights of the week on Spectator.co.uk: Spectator Live is launched. Andrew Neil thinks that Britain has lost out from the Home Office’s decision not to let Martha Stewart into the country. Fraser Nelson outlines his take on the David Davis story, and pays tribute to Scottish alcohol adverts. James Forsyth suggests that the
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
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
Over on Trading Floor, we’re running a Q&A with the economic forecaster Graham Turner. Graham has recently written a book on the credit crunch, so please do put your questions to him on that topic or on other matters economic. He’ll be responding on 23rd June. And don’t forget the Coffee House Q&A with David
We’ve added a new feature to 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