@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot
@humanhorseshoes@mastodon.world @IndyRichard@mastodon.scot I thought it was mostly to do with the proportion of the population that was Catholic. The east was more protestant, which made holding onto it more viable.
@humanhorseshoes@mastodon.world
@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot @IndyRichard@mastodon.scot yes this is where the gerrymandering came in