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Post by batman on Jun 22, 2024 16:25:10 GMT
What I particularly dislike is political parties butchering constituency names so that they include more areas than are in the official title. So for example we have the Richmond Park & North Kingston Conservative Association, but the whole point of our concise constituency name is that both Richmond & northern Kingston immediately abut the park, which lies at the centre of, and is a unifying feature of, the constituency. Sometimes an and is OK, sometimes less so. Some of the names have been there for ever & a day, e.g. Folkestone & Hythe.
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Post by Ports on Jun 22, 2024 16:29:48 GMT
Those people from the marginally smaller town who get annoyed about it need to get a life. To play devil's advocate couldn't the same be applied to people who get bothered by the inclusion of those names? I agree that Honiton probably would've been fine but I don't find myself having any reaction to names like this. |
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Post by sirnorfolkpassmore on Jun 22, 2024 16:35:52 GMT
Those people from the marginally smaller town who get annoyed about it need to get a life. To play devil's advocate couldn't the same be applied to people who get bothered by the inclusion of those names? I agree that Honiton probably would've been fine but I don't find myself having any reaction to names like this. Oh yes indeed, but I fully accept my lack of a life! It's a minor annoyance, for sure. But I do think shorter names are more elegant. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jun 22, 2024 17:13:38 GMT
What I particularly dislike is political parties butchering constituency names so that they include more areas than are in the official title. So for example we have the Richmond Park & North Kingston Conservative Association, but the whole point of our concise constituency name is that both Richmond & northern Kingston immediately abut the park, which lies at the centre of, and is a unifying feature of, the constituency. Sometimes an and is OK, sometimes less so. Some of the names have been there for ever & a day, e.g. Folkestone & Hythe. I keep having to remind our lot that the seat next door is Thirsk & Malton, not Thirsk, Malton & Filey which I keep hearing people tell people. Eg "It's officially Thirsk, Malton and Filey, tell them that when you phone for a postal vote" etc.
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Post by Foggy on Jun 22, 2024 19:46:24 GMT
What I particularly dislike is political parties butchering constituency names so that they include more areas than are in the official title. So for example we have the Richmond Park & North Kingston Conservative Association, but the whole point of our concise constituency name is that both Richmond & northern Kingston immediately abut the park, which lies at the centre of, and is a unifying feature of, the constituency. Sometimes an and is OK, sometimes less so. Some of the names have been there for ever & a day, e.g. Folkestone & Hythe. Good choice of an example, since the constituency name proved so all-pervasive that Shepway Council area renamed itself to Folkestone and Hythe Council just a few years ago. |
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Post by cogload on Jul 11, 2024 5:06:22 GMT
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