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Opinion: Boundary nonsense

Boundary - Some rights reserved by ank0kuOn the face of it, the boundary change proposals were about cutting costs by having less MPs and strengthening democracy by having each MP represent roughly identical numbers of voters. Neither of these claims bear close scrutiny.

Our democracy is not a simple thing – it struggles its way through the conflicting needs of the nation and the individual. It is unrealistic to base our representation on population statistics alone. It’s true that there are a few Parliamentary seats with fairly sparsely populated

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  • User AvatarHelen Tedcastle 22nd May - 11:31am
    I am thankful that there are still people in this Party like Tony Greaves who to me represents the sort of Liberalism that attracted me...
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    An excellent summary from Judith Jolly, both of the proposals in the Bill and of its political origins. I wish those both in the unelected...
  • User AvatarEddie Sammon 22nd May - 11:27am
    Or even not ignorance, perhaps lack of concern.
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    Scotland has been in large measure deprived of the opportunity to develop its own broadcasting and television identity from, I reckon, the 1950s when the...
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    The problem boils down to people selecting "liberal" values and discarding all others. This kind of thinking leads to ignorance on issues such as crime,...