minionofmidas
Lewis Trondheim
Atlas Institution
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« on: May 02, 2005, 04:50:41 AM » |
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Well...Independent traditions (as in, non-Anglican protestant) used to mean Liberal, way back before most regions with such traditions became Labour strongholds (for socioeconomic reasons). That would have the remaining such areas - and yes, the LDs (and Plaid Cymru) represent pretty much all remaining such areas in England and Wales - appear as holdovers from an earlier party system. It's not true of all LD areas, though, though it's certainly true of Cornwall (when people in Cornwall say "England", they tend to think of all of England except Cornwall, btw). The LDs aren't strong in all agricultural regions. Look at Suffolk.
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