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Originally Posted by punky
That's the point. People that live together share the same backgrounds and same concerns do vote for the same people. When the majority of people agree on something it makes the seat safe.
If you draw a big circle around south Manchester including Longsight, Fallowfield and Moss Side to the north and then Prestbury and Wilmslow to the south, who is going to win? The inner cities will always outnumber the suburbs and the countryside.
Or in the south, should Tower Hamlets and Chigwell really be run by the same MP?
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If your argument holds water then why not elect a group of MPs for "the south"?
The people in the cities have different concerns than people in the country and visa versa. Its ridiculous to think someone that lives and works several miles and social classes away from an electorate that will be able to represent them.
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This would need a version of PR which neither the Tories or Labour would consider. Why is it with huge swathes of countryside does Scotland not manage to have more than 1 Tory MP? Surely they have similar views as those in the shires
Safe seats do not equal good government as MPs in safe seats can pretty much do as they please, knowing full well as long as their local political group keeps them as their candidate they have a job for life.