Quote of the day: Boundary changes edition

Former Chief Whip Nick Brown MP, as quoted by the Newcastle Journal on the proposed boundary changes:

“At first sight, it looks like it has been done by a monkey on acid.”

Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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