That's interesting. My first thought was: blimey, imagine having to do a job or work at the same place for 27 years before you get to the top! But people used to do that. That was what the world… (View Post)

Just had a look at the East Midlands as a combined authority. The following thoughts strike me: 1) Like the West Midlands, it's unnecessarily confusing to give the East Midlands combined authori… (View Post)

I must admit I only learned of the bottom three while looking through the wikipedia page of absolished constituencies - I was trying to recall all the Glasgow ones of my youth (like Gardscadden and S… (View Post)

The Almanac of British Politics was often entertaining on this. The author had a particular fondness for poetic or at least neat, tidy names. I remember when Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland re… (View Post)

No, I don't know. I grant you Derbyshire is run from Matlock, but that's kind of making the best of the situation you've been given. If you were going for administrative-units-based-on… (View Post)