I hadn't noticed, probably because I haven't noticed any politician saying anything terribly revelatory about all this.  But now you mention it, it has been quiet from that quarter.  Straw has popped his head up though I think hasn't he?

Personally though, I just have this horrible feeling that most if not all the main political parties are currently in a rut where policy making is centred on "managing decline" with no great visions, paticularly liberal visions, of how things could be different.  So why say anything if all you're going to do is join he knee-jerking jig...:)