Tony Benn

Tony Benn

In a HARDtalk interview broadcast on 1st July, Stephen Sackur talks to the former Labour cabinet minister, Tony Benn.

UK prime minister Gordon Brown is trying to push through new anti-terror laws.

He's also seeking to ratify the EU Lisbon treaty without a referendum.

Tony Benn is a former cabinet minister and was a Labour MP for 51 years.

He's spent most of his career campaigning against what he sees as the encroachment of civil liberties.

Stephen Sackur asks him whether the British government really is endanagering fundamental freedoms.

HARDtalk is broadcast on BBC World News at 03:30 GMT, 08:30 GMT, 14:30 GMT, 20:30 GMT and 22:30 GMT.

Hardtalk can also be seen on BBC News at 04:30 & 23:30.