North-South Divide
The Sun points out that just two out of 21 Cabinet ministers have constituencies south of Watford - the most heavily populated part of Britain. Double that number of Cabinet Ministers represent Scottish constituencies, whose population is less than that of London. The excessive Northern bias of Labour’s Cabinet is unacceptable.
To be fair, as Kerron Cross points out, there are only nine Shadow Cabinet members north of Watford. But since this far greater reflects the population distribution of Britain - and nine is significantly greater than two in anyone’s money. There may be a Southern bias in the Shadow Cabinet - but there is also a Southern bias in the country demographically.
Of course there should probably be more of an equal distribution of all front-bench teams, but you can either have a fully equal representation or those who are [at least supposedly] the best/most talented of the MPs of that party. You can’t have both.
But Labour does have an excessive Northern bias in it’s Cabinet. No-one can deny that fact. That the Tories have a slight Southern bias - far more in line with the country - is hardly much of a problem, certainly in comparison.
Source: The Sun
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