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)

I'm enjoying the Shakespeare quotes as thread headers groove we're in. Gives a sprinkle of class. (View Post)