Civil Liberties: Are we placing ourselves at the mercy of the state?
Our most recent Democracy Forum on Civil Liberties that took place on Tuesday December 8 provoked a heated debate amongst our panel. Sir Ian Blair, Peter Oborne and Henry Porter engaged in a lively discussion on the night, a discussion that has since continued in the press:
Sir Ian Blair kicked things off prior to the event with his piece for the Guardian entitled 'The Police are right not to remain silent on civil liberties'.
Henry Porter responded post-event with a blog post for the Guardian's Liberty Central entitled 'The great 'big state' debate'....
And most recently Peter Oborne penned his own post-debate retort 'DNA: The real test'.