So Cameron is going to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600. That seems easy. Reduce the 59 Scottish constituencies to just 9. This also has the advantage of reducing Scottish influence over English-only issues.
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He's also going to reduce them in NE England e.g. the 3 constituencies who always return their votes first."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR -
Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostSo Cameron is going to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600. That seems easy. Reduce the 59 Scottish constituencies to just 9. This also has the advantage of reducing Scottish influence over English-only issues.Comment
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Scottish population is 8.4% of the UK -- if it's exactly prorata, it should be 50 Scottish seats. 29 for Wales, 17 for NI, 504 for England.Comment
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Originally posted by WordIsBond View PostScottish population is 8.4% of the UK -- if it's exactly prorata, it should be 50 Scottish seats. 29 for Wales, 17 for NI, 504 for England.When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....Comment
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Originally posted by TestMangler View PostI would take anything NAT says with a pinch of salt, given his history of racism.
Shirley Knot!
Ignorant of Irish history, I'd agree with you.
Hello everyone and possibly goodbye when NAT reads his PMs.Comment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostRacist?
Shirley Knot!
Ignorant of Irish history, I'd agree with you.
Hello everyone and possibly goodbye when NAT reads his PMs.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostRacist?
Shirley Knot!
Ignorant of Irish history, I'd agree with you.
Hello everyone and possibly goodbye when NAT reads his PMs.When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....Comment
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Originally posted by Unix View PostYou had your chance to get rid of all 59 and reduce Scottish influence to zero, but you had to come up and beg us to stay with your vow and promising the moon along with a megaton of FUD. Now you will have to pay the priceComment
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Originally posted by MyUserName View PostHonestly, if the vote had been for the rest of the UK as to whether to kick Scotland out I expect the result would have been very different!
I guess the next Scottish referendum should have to have a majority in each Scottish council area to pass, too. Orkney and Shetland don't want the Glaswegians to drag them out of the UK, after all.Comment
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