In a letter published in The Daily Telegraph on May 6 (see below), Alistair Lexden drew attention to some key constitutional points that had not featured prominently in the election campaign, which might assist a deal between Labour and the Lib Dems.
SIR--Tory strategists have unwittingly made it easier for Ed Miliband to seek Lib Dem support by failing to produce the long-term constitutional plan that our country needs to save the Union .
Devolution has produced such grave instability that a division of power along federal lines may now be the only way of keeping our country together. The Lib Dems have been calling for a federal constitution for years. Miliband could seal a pact with them by offering them their goal which also would bring with it another long-sought Lib Dem prize: the abolition of the House of Lords to which conveniently Labour is already committed.
By remaining silent on the most fundamental issue of all during this election campaign, the Tories may have delivered our constitution into the hands of the left.
Lord Lexden
London SW1