The 'districts' are called constituencies, or 'seats'. 'Seat' simply refers to their seat in the commons.
Brown mentioned about 'inching forward' to his efforts before the election. Boundaries around constituencies are quoted in miles - if at all. Even rossette rules at polling stations are quoted as not being bigger than a cerain number of inches. This year there were many boundary changes (except in Scotland). This morning we woke up with one big head ache. A hangover. Or more acurately - a hung parliament. We now have the ridiculous situation of the tories winning most seats, getting the highest % and - in millions of votes - leaving labour well behind. Yet we'll probably have Brown as our prime minister. This is due to the back room back scratching and deals etc between once warring parties to form a coalition. Either that or we limp along one bill at a time. Whatever happens we'll have another election in the Autumn (my bet). This is the result I feared the most. Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 06:42:18 +0000 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:47321] Another mixed bag on the BBC Watching the live stream from the BBC (on http://www.bbcnews.com) about the election results and there were two moments showing the typical British muddle: BBC cut away for a few minutes to give a weather report. The only numbers they gave were the temperatures around the country and they were in Celsius (but they only said degrees, which is even better since it simply assumes metric). Then they go back to the election results and they talk about one district (not the right term for Britain) being located "only a few miles" away from a neighboring district. So, there you go ... the usual mixed bag. Either way the final result turns out, the hung Parliament will only make it more difficult for the UK to finish metrication once and for all, I'm sorry to conclude. Ezra _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
