North/South Divide in Pictures

[TheHeretic]

Seems a bit of a cherry picking line as well.

[drivin_me_nuts]

South

[PeanutHead]

[Kermit power]

wolves_wanderer said:

Not really. There are 48 labour MPs below the line, so around 1/5 of the total. I wonder what %age of the population live below the line. (and how many Lib Dems there are below the line, compared to above?

The population of the UK is around 61 million.

I don't know the county layout well enough to say exactly which counties near the line are wholly below it, but I think we can safely assume that all of the following definitely are completely below it?

Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Bristol
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
City of London
Cornwall
Dorset
East Sussex
Essex
Greater London
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Oxfordshire
Somerset
Suffolk
Surrey
West Sussex
Wiltshire
Worcestershire

That lot has a population of 27.5 million, or 45% of the population. Between them, they return 18.6% of Labour MPs.

If you take Greater London (8.2 million people) out of the equation, then you have 31.6% of the population returning just 3.9% of Labour MPs.

You might not find that shocking, but I certainly do.

[turbobloke]

TheHeretic said:

Seems a bit of a cherry picking line as well.

Yes indeed. That was the point of the carefully chosen line, dividing the country as it does.

Kermit power said:

That lot has a population of 27.5 million, or 45% of the population. Between them, they return 18.6% of Labour MPs.

If you take Greater London (8.2 million people) out of the equation, then you have 31.6% of the population returning just 3.9% of Labour MPs.

You might not find that shocking, but I certainly do.

It is. Must be something in the lard

[stemll]

turbobloke said:

North/South divide in one picture.

Is that the route of the new wall then?

[turbobloke]

[Kermit power]

turbobloke said:

TheHeretic said:

Seems a bit of a cherry picking line as well.

Yes indeed. That was the point of the carefully chosen line, dividing the country as it does.

I don't think it's particularly cherry-picked, is it? It looks like it's basically the Severn/Trent line adjusted for the closest constituency borderlines?



ETA - Maybe it could've gone a bit straighter between Grimsby & Lincoln, but being a rural area, I'd imagine the constituencies are pretty big up there?

[GetCarter]

North: (It was 28C when I took this by the way)



South:



ETA - just watching 'Location x3' and a two bed crap top floor flat in N. London costs more than my six bed detached with two acres....

...with this view:



Now where shall I live, north or south?

Edited by GetCarter on Friday 28th December 17:41

[CommanderJameson]

Kermit power said:

I don't think it's particularly cherry-picked, is it? It looks like it's basically the Severn/Trent line adjusted for the closest constituency borderlines?



ETA - Maybe it could've gone a bit straighter between Grimsby & Lincoln, but being a rural area, I'd imagine the constituencies are pretty big up there?

That map seems very confused on the subject of the location of the river Tees.

ETA: Bloody hell. 70 miles wrong.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Friday 28th December 17:22

[TheHeretic]

turbobloke said:

TheHeretic said:

Seems a bit of a cherry picking line as well.

Yes indeed. That was the point of the carefully chosen line, dividing the country as it does.

So a bit of pointless number peddling? I thought you would be wary of such things?

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

North: (It was 28C when I took this by the way)



South:

So basically, nobody wants to be in the North then?

[GetCarter]

St John Smythe said:

GetCarter said:

North: (It was 28C when I took this by the way)



South:

So basically, nobody wants to be in the North then?

I get it all to myself. Thanks for that

[wolves_wanderer]

Kermit power said:

I don't think it's particularly cherry-picked, is it? It looks like it's basically the Severn/Trent line adjusted for the closest constituency borderlines?



ETA - Maybe it could've gone a bit straighter between Grimsby & Lincoln, but being a rural area, I'd imagine the constituencies are pretty big up there?

I suspect if you look at the electoral map you will see the reason why Lincoln is one side of the line and Grimsby/Shorpe are the other side.

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

St John Smythe said:

GetCarter said:

North: (It was 28C when I took this by the way)



South:

So basically, nobody wants to be in the North then?

I get it all to myself. Thanks for that

No worries. Brighton beach gets heaving with clunge

[getawayturtle]

wolves_wanderer said:

I suspect if you look at the electoral map you will see the reason why Lincoln is one side of the line and Grimsby/Shorpe are the other side.

Ahh Grimsby. A luxurious paradise full of prosperity if there ever was one.

[PaulG40]

getawayturtle said:

Ahh Grimsby. A luxurious paradise full of prosperity if there ever was one.

Also known as Scumville!!! They can't even pronounce Scartho correctly! Scar-tho. They say Scath-tha. Proper winds me up!

[sleep envy]

GetCarter said:

North: (It was 28C when I took this by the way)



South:



ETA - just watching 'Location x3' and a two bed crap top floor flat in N. London costs more than my six bed detached with two acres....

...with this view:



Now where shall I live, north or south?

Edited by GetCarter on Friday 28th December 17:41

Still posting that one day of summer pic?

I heard summer arrived early up north this year, on a Wednesday. Last year it was Thursday IIRC.

[getawayturtle]

PaulG40 said:

Also known as Scumville!!! They can't even pronounce Scartho correctly! Scar-tho. They say Scath-tha. Proper winds me up!

It's true. I was born in Grimsby, I used to live on Scartho Road funnily enough

[Mojooo]

al1991 said:

North:



South:

At least we get the job done more efficiently in the South.