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More generally, despite the claims of a systematic erosion of liberty by those organising this weekend's Convention on Modern Liberty, my very good constituency office files show no recent correspondence relating to fears about the creation in Britain of a "police state" or a "surveillance society"

Scotland is a small, closed society, a bit like North Korea only less democratic

"My nightmare is that in 2010 the Tories win big, then Salmond has a referendum on independence, and we've lost the possibility of progressive politics for a generation."

In Scotland and Wales it is recognised that their devolution is a process which is not yet complete. All parties there, including the Conservative Party, are promising more powers and a general expansion of status and remit for their National Parliaments and governments. So the outstanding question, to my way of thinking, is what is going to happen in England!