Telegraph wrote BST 07/10/2007 in the lead article:

No election, but battle for Britain has begun

"There is now a clear divide between the two main political parties on
the future direction of Britain: one believes that a powerful,
controlling state is the best way to achieve a socially just society;
the other that power should be devolved to local communities and to
individual citizens."

I&R ~ GB would like to ask:

What evidence is there that the Conservative Party if elected would
devolve power to "individual citizens"? Exactly how would they do this?
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Wallace-Macpherson
I&R ~ GB Citizens' Initiative and Referendum
Campaign for direct democracy in Britain
http://www.iniref.org/

On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:27:12 +0200  '"@ iniref.org" <""info \"@
iniref.org">'
posted stuff on uk.politics.misc:

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>Telegraph wrote BST 07/10/2007 in the lead article:
>
>No election, but battle for Britain has begun
>
>"There is now a clear divide between the two main political parties on
>the future direction of Britain: one believes that a powerful,
>controlling state is the best way to achieve a socially just society;
>the other that power should be devolved to local communities and to
>individual citizens."

I'm not sure that the divide is as clear as that at all.
Both of our main parties pursue policies which accrue more power 
to the state.

>I&R ~ GB would like to ask:
>
>What evidence is there that the Conservative Party if elected would
>devolve power to "individual citizens"? Exactly how would they do this?

Evidence to date are vague words. Actions will speak much louder.

-- 
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims
may be the most oppressive .....C S Lewis.

On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:27:12 +0200, @ iniref.org scribed:

> "There is now a clear divide between the two main political parties on
> the future direction of Britain: one believes that a powerful,
> controlling state is the best way to achieve a socially just society;
> the other that power should be devolved to local communities and to
> individual citizens."

I would piss all over these New Liebour Communists. They are the
biggest threat to the UK and not the average Joe /Jane. Just look how
New Liebour have destroyed the UK in just 10 short years, the place is
unrecogniseable.

Uncontrolled immigration, the roll-out of the New Liebour police
state, the police priority of collecting money for New Liebour from
soft people instead of cracking down on real criminals, theft of
people's pensions and savings, the list is endless.