"Cornwall Labour Party is challenging the county’s Conservative and Lib Dem MPs to vote against the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, because the Bill as it stands will inevitably result in a Cornwall-Devon constituency.Ah, "playing politics with the integrity of the historic county boundaries of the UK"- *whistle* South West Regional Assembly *whistle*
Launching an online petition against the cross border constituency, Jude Robinson, Cornwall Labour Party Chair said: “The coalition government is pushing through major constitutional change without proper parliamentary scrutiny which WILL result in a cross Cornwall-Devon constituency.
“The Labour Party believes the government is wrong to mix the issues of Electoral Reform and Parliamentary Boundaries and is playing politics with the integrity of the historic county boundaries of the UK including the Cornish border for perceived party political gain."
Via The English Free Press
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Cornwall has it's own language and needs it has qualified for significant funding from the European Union. The Duchy and County have certain separate laws also so it would be reasonable to have different MPs than Devon.
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