Power should be held at the lowest level possible.  Instead of 'devolving' power, our assumption should be that power is vested in people.  Only when there is good reason should power be consolidated upwards to communities, local agencies, national government or international bodies.  The 'good society' is not a perfect shape to be carved by the elite out of the crooked timber of humanity.  It is created by independent, capable people charting their own course through life.

This is the foundation of the liberal republic, a society built on the idea that power originates and belongs with people.  Populated by powerful citizens, it is a cacophonous, unpredictable and messy place.  A place where people have the freedom to live in the manner of their choosing and the power to determine their own version of the good life.  A place where institutions exist to serve individuals, not the other way around.  A place where equality is measured not by what you have, but by what you can do.

"What could prove to be a milestone in the future direction of the Labour party," The Daily Telegraph