Samuel 🦋 @samuel.bsky.team

the UK solved gerrymandering by giving all constituencies names. harder to make a stupid district if you have to say its stupid name out loud

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Paul Hennell @hennell.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 11:50 UTC

We don't seem to get much gerrymandering, but it can still get weird. I've moved from Bristol West, to Bristol East, while anyone sensible would describe me as "central Bristol" given how close I live to the Bristol city center. But trying to get even seats will always be a bit weird.

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Jinesh Gheeya, MD, PhD @jinesh.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 08:34 UTC

You can’t convince me that “West Yorkshire on Pine” is not a real constituency

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Fergus @ferrousmu.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 16:41 UTC

I don't know, I wouldn't have guessed how ridiculous Penrith and Solway is without looking at a map...

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Andi Stern @andistern.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:42 UTC

Votie McVotePants

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Fustbariclation @fustbariclation.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 08:46 UTC

Limited, reduced, or constrained slightly, rather than 'solved'.

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Depths.bsky.social @depths.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:52 UTC

Constitchusup-sees.

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Zuthal @zuthal.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:17 UTC

And they still ended up with a result (Labour gets nearly two thirds of the seats with a third of the votes) that the gerrymanderers could only dream of

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