There used to be a lot of safe seats in British politics. Barring personal misdemeanours or the odd unkind boundary review, two thirds of British MPs had the proverbial political ‘job for life’. The last decade has put pay to that. In 2015, the sudden predominance of Scottish independence caused 40 of the 41 Scottish … Continue reading ‘Urban Flight’ – A real threat to many formerly safe seats in the Blue Wall