Mr Blair's only problem thereafter may be the extent to which Scottish Labour politicians take him at his word and use their freedom from London control to move Scottish politics away from the New Labour agenda.

ECONOMIST: Scottish politics

The fact that the Labour and Liberal tribes are now agreed on a programme of constitutional change--including reform of the House of Lords, Scottish and Welsh devolution, and a freedom of information act--may help with voters, since the endorsement makes John Major's denunciations of constitutional change seem merely hysterical.

ECONOMIST: What's Cooking?

In the Freedom of Information Act, data protection laws, Scottish and Welsh devolution, and even the attempt to invest citizens with fundamental human rights we can see concrete evidence of good intent.

BBC: Cameron's data speech in full