From: Alan Cairns 

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:47:13 -0800, Randall Parker  wrote:


>Agree with you about New England. Ironically New England now serves the
>same purpose in the US that Scotland has done for decades in Britain:
>Allowed the left-wing party to win in national elections while that same
>party ran poorly in the rest of the country.
>

I think you rather overestimate the power of Scotland here. Certainly
Scotland tends to vote labour, but there are more people in London than
there are in Scotland.


Alan
alancairns{at}dccnet.com

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