Henry Porter

Tuesday December 8 2009, Hansard Society

Listen to the audio of the Hansard Society's Democracy Forum 'Civil liberties: are we placing ourselves at the mercy of the state?' with speakers Henry Porter, Sir Ian Blair and Peter Oborne.

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Monday 7 December 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

The kind of protection the HRA offers is largely of use only to the rich. The law should tackle everyday intrusions head on

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Saturday 5 December 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

The abuse of section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 is infringing on the freedom of photographers – it has to stop

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Tuesday 1 December 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

In its many intrusive policies, the government displays a fundamental mistrust of parents and children

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Monday 30 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

There is a new alliance between the left and right in America, inspired by the threat to liberty – can the same happen here?

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Friday 27 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

No one denies that Gary McKinnon did wrong and that he should face criminal proceedings – but in Britain not the United States

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Wednesday 25 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

The DNA database does not balance liberty with the needs of the state, the state's unreasonable demand has eroded liberty

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Tuesday December 8, 6.30pm - 8pm, Hansard Society, Portcullis House

This Democracy Forum will look at whether what can be viewed as our traditional British ‘apathy’ is allowing the state to pass legislation that scrutinises and controls us. Or, is such a dystopian view a wildly exaggerated response to what is merely the use of modern tools to tackle 21st century crime and terrorism?  The speakers are: Henry Porter, Peter Oborne and Sir Ian Blair. Chaired by Fiona Booth, Chief Executive, Hansard Society.

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Tuesday 24 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

2,000 asylum seekers' kids a year are locked up, and the only beneficiaries seem to be firms running centres like Yarl's Wood

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Wednesday 18 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

Full marks to the students who complained to their headteacher about the intrusive taking of fingerprints in their school

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Tuesday 17 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk 

Student activism has often fired resistance to repression – and it must urgently do so now

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