Henry Porter

Sunday, 12 November 2006, The Observer

How far we are prepared to go to curb the threat of radical Islam must be vigorously debated, especially by Muslims.

Monday, 6 November 2006, Guardian Cif

Tony Blair is wrong: ID cards aren't about terrorism, identity theft or mass migration; they're about social control.

Sunday, 5 November 2006, The Observer

Since losing to George Bush in 2000, Al Gore, the former Vice-President, has reinvented himself as America's voice of reasoned opposition, particularly on global warming, the subject of his internationally acclaimed film An Inconvenient Truth. In this interview, he tells Henry Porter of a crisis of democracy in America.

Friday, 3 November 2006, Guardian Cif

Parliament must act to halt the spread of powers of intrusion and control in the hands of the state and private corporations.

Thursday, 2 November 2006, Guardian Cif

Britain's MPs do not seem to believe they have a duty to protect freedom and privacy: they must be hounded until they do.

Sunday, 29 October 2006, The Observer

Guilty until proven innocent now seems to be the watchword of a government that increasingly treats its law-abiding citizens with absolute contempt.

Thursday, 19 October 2006, The Independent

Identity cards. Number-plate surveillance. CCTV. Control orders. The list of ways in which the Government has sought to manipulate and define the limits of our liberty grows ever longer. Ten years ago, the novelist and polemicist Henry Porter would have felt silly speaking out about human rights in Britain. But that was before the most fundamental assault on personal freedom ever undertaken. Now, he argues, it's time we woke up to reality.

Sunday, 24 September 2006, The Observer 

His assumption of the leadership looks assured but his obsession with power and control bodes ill.

Sunday,  10 September 2006, The Observer

The President is destroying the constitution and few Americans seem to care or even notice.

Sunday, 3 September 2006, The Observer

Since the events of 9/11, some former libertarians have advocated levels of repression that no civilised society wants or needs.

Sunday, 13 August 2006, The Observer

You can say what you like in the US, just as long as you don't ask awkward questions about America's role in the Middle East.