The Labour case against the bill is a strong one, which ought to appeal to Lib Dem
traditions of localism: they say it is unfair to spatchcock the boundary changes and reduction of parliamentary seats on to the referendum, putting the two together in one bill.
That was the voguish creed advanced by Lord Maurice Glasman and Jon Cruddas, among others, during the last parliament, seeking to anchor Labour in its earlier
traditions of community, mutualism,
localism and self - help, rejecting the excesses 1980s neo-liberalism and 1960s social liberalism alike.