from a UK pov apart from avoiding some of the govt's worst excesses like 42 days don't see what much difference a Tory or LD govt would've made in recent years, when you get down to the essentials, really.
the other two would certainly not have been as heavy-handed on protest, surely, but sad, unfortunate episodes like the June '06 Forest Gate raids would have happened regardless, i bet, if only because our security services are relatively underfunded and juggling so many plates.
platitudes, granted, but i shall be interested to see if the Tories keep listening to daft codgers in the MCB and treating UK 'Muslims' as a monolithic bloc, as Labour have so often done.
the only sure thing is w ex-FCO Arabists like Alastair Crooke doing PR for HAMAS around the globe all responsible govts are going to be shaking a lot more unpleasant hands in the future i guess