"Ben Nunn" wrote in message
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Also, how far back do these ****s want to go?

There was time when the current LBoBexley wasn't part of
Kent either, because Kent didn't exist.

So let's refer to them as Mercia residents then, shall we?

I don't think Kent was in Mercia... but I agree wholeheartedly with

I think it's deeply hypocritical to say that the 1963 London
boundaries are /wrong/, but the 1900 boundaries are OK.

Amen. I don't know who drew up old county boundaries (was it some ancient
king giving land to his cronies?) but they mean little to me, and I don't
see why we should foot the bill for administrative inconvenience caused by
boundaries which don't match. And boroughs providing services for small
parts of neighbouring boroughs is undemocratic: there are people getting
services provided by Kingston Council who only have votes for Richmond
Council.

Personally I have several gripes with the boundary commission's work,
and believe that London is long overdue a revamp - I'd like to realign the
Greater London boundary with the M25, which is the most obvious
'natural' border we have right now.

In some places, maybe, but I don't see why even more of rural Kent needs to
be dragged into LB Bromley. Downe is not London! (Bexleyheath is London,
though.)

In general, I think green spaces and rivers are the best places to put
boundaries. That's why I thought the boundary between Barnet and Harrow
should be east of Mill Hill, instead of down the middle of Edgware High
Street. It would even up the populations a bit as well.

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