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Podcast: Hansard Society Democracy Forum on Civil Liberties |
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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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Open Book: Henry Porter discusses The Dying Light |
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September 3 2009, 4pm | August 30 2009, 4pm, Open Book, BBC Radio 4
Fay Weldon and Henry Porter discuss the attractions and difficulties of setting a novel in the near future and explain why they have both set their new novels in the year 2013.
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Freedom of choice and the nanny state: Julian Le Grand & Madsen Pirie |
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August 18 2009, BBC World Service AUDIO 10 min
Julian Le Grand, former adviser to Blair and reported adviser to Cameron, on the state's right, as he sees it, to intervene (6 mins). Dr Madsen Pirie, president and founder of the Adam Smith Institute, isn't persuaded (4 mins).
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Phone hacking, policing, Lords reform and Afghanistan |
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July 9 2009, Politics Weekly Podcast, guardian.co.uk AUDIO 33:13 min
Nick Cohen and Henry Porter join Allegra Stratton and Tom Clark to discuss the week in politics
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Henry Porter at the 2009 Hay Festival |
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24 May 2009, Hay Festival, guardian.co.uk AUDIO 10:58 min
Henry Porter's speech at the Hay Festival's Guardian Debate: 'Does the Left still care anout Liberty?'
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Guardian/Observer debate: Liberty in peril? |
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Thursday, 3 July 2008, Church House Conference Centre, London
With Henry Porter, David Davis MP, David Aaronovitch and Denis MacShane
MP. Chaired by Georgina Henry.
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Rizwaan Sabir interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire |
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Wednesday, June 11 2008, 09:09am, Radio Five Live
Victoria Derbyshire interviews MA student Rizwaan Sabir, who was
arrested and detained for six days under the Terrorism Act after
downloading an al-Qaeda training manual from the US Justice Dept website
for use in academic research.
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CPS Seminar : Who do they think we are? Privacy, the state and the corporation |
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June 4, 2008, Centre for Policy Studies & Microsoft
A seminar hosted by the CPS and Microsoft. Chaired by Simon Jenkins with panel members Nick Herbert MP, Henry Porter, Simon Davies, Jerry Fishenden and Jill Kirby.
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Today Programme: Should errant fathers have their passports confiscated? |
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Monday, 24 December 2007, 7.50 am, BBC Radio 4, Today Programme
Errant fathers who refuse to take financial responsibility for their children will have their passports confiscated - that's if the new Child Maintenance Bill, currently going through parliament, reaches the statute book. Lord Lyell is interviewed
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Today Programme: Where does the balance fall between security and civil liberties? |
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Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 8.37 am, BBC Radio 4, Today Programme
Where does the balance fall between civil liberties and the security of the nation? John Humphrys talks to Henry Porter and Polly Toynbee
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Today Programme: Brighton's council considers a proposal to ban anti-gay lyrics in pubs and clubs |
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Thursday, 6 December 2007, 7.50 am, BBC Radio 4, Today Programme
Brighton and Hove City Council is considering a proposal to stop anti-gay lyrics being sung by rappers in the town's pubs and clubs. Henry Porter and Simon Fanshaw are interviewed.
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Today Programme: How much should we change our laws in response to the terror threat? |
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Monday, 19 November 2007, Today Programme, BBC Radio 4
Henry Porter and Matthew D'Ancona interviewed for Radio 4's Today Programme.
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