After a two-year campaign to protect our freedoms, The Observer’s Henry Porter was called last week to give evidence to a panel of peers and MPs assessing whether a Bill of Rights is necessary for Britain today. Here is his submission.

A few journalists and MPs are prepared to fight the government’s sinister anti-libertarianism. More people should join them, writes Henry Porter.

The insidious erosion of our civil liberties will accelerate dramatically if the government wins the battle over identity cards.