REAL redistricting in the Republic of Ireland

[Tetro Kornbluth]

This has already been discussed between me and Jas in the Irish General discussion thread; of course I could go back into now but I have stuff to do and time to consider.. I will say this:

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Haven't heard any rumour myself of O'Donahoe resigning.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I know it's confusing, also some of Westmeath has been divided into Meath West to balance out the population; though thankfully we put our counties name's first and then the relative location so we say Meath West for the constituency based in the west of Meath and West Meath. Confused, eh?

Oh and for record the Kingdom of Meath was more than just Meath and Westmeath but also Longford and South Co. Louth. North Co. Louth was traditionally part of Ulster.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I know it's confusing, also some of Westmeath has been divided into Meath West to balance out the population; though thankfully we put our counties name's first and then the relative location so we say Meath West for the constituency based in the west of Meath and West Meath. Confused, eh?

Oh and for record the Kingdom of Meath was more than just Meath and Westmeath but also Longford and South Co. Louth. North Co. Louth was traditionally part of Ulster.

I want the constituency renamed Meath West & Westmeath East!

Oops.. Brain fart. Yep, Meast West. That area of Westmeath in Meast West (Aaaggh..) isn't iirc very populated *looks up constituency maps*.. Yeah I don't that area at all so I can't imagine it's very densely populated. 

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I doubt there were that many safe Labour seats in the Midlands in the '80s.

You'd be surprised then

Most of the core industrial seats (including West Brom West) were quite safe, as were some inner city seats (all seats in Nottingham went Tory in '83!). The areas in which Labour did badly throughout the '80's were mostly working class suburbs full of the sort of people who would have been called Reagan Democrats had they lived across the Pond. West Brom East is a good example.

In Ireland the vast majority of those people are and have been since 1932, Fianna Fail voters: as a matter of the fact you could just have described Bertie Ahern's home base in Dublin Central (Need to back on the Ireland trail)

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Btw one of thing Jas mentioned was the boring constituency names - so for Dublin I suggest this:

Dublin Central = Dublin Thoroughfare
Dublin South Central = Dublin St James'
Dublin South East = Dublin Pembroke
Dun Laoghaire = Same the same.
Dublin South = Dublin Rathdown
Dublin South West = Dublin Tallaght
Dublin Mid West = Ehmm, Dublin Suburban Hellhole ( )
Dublin West = Dublin Blanchardstown
Dublin North = Dublin Fingal
Dublin North Central = Dublin Fairview
Dublin North West = Dublin Finglas
Dublin North East = Dublin Bayside