[Douglas G. Brown]

Originally Posted by John Whitworth

She is not breaking her word. She is changing her mind, Nigel. As for you Scots, don't slam the door on your way out? Will you be using the euro, the dollar or the bawbee?

The Labour MPs are guarding their backs. Two thirds of them will keep their seats due to our unfair boundaries, which I expect Mrs May to change after the election. Some Labour seats have about 30,00 electors. The Isle of Wight has over 100,000. I think quite a few Glasgow seats are very small, though I could not swear to it. Changing the boundaries to make them more fair is worth 30-40 seats to the Tories I believe.

The Americans have the elegant word "gerrymandering" (Said with a soft G, as in Jerry") for such a process. It has been skillfully used by both of our parties over the last 200 or so years.