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Northerners do not want to be ruled by London and the Home Counties. There hasn't been a Tory MP in Manchester since 1987. It's just not a goer for an English subset at Westminster.
Maybe you could cut assemblies down to 3 (London & SE, SW & Midlands and North) but, by cutting out the County Councils and reducing the power, responsibility and Civil Service overhead of central government, it's perfectly possible to introduce regional assemblies without much extra administrative overhead.

[QUOTE="archie, post: 2470111, member: 64935"] Northerners do not want to be ruled by London and the Home Counties. There hasn't been a Tory MP in Manchester since 1987. It's just not a goer for an English subset at Westminster. Maybe you could cut assemblies down to 3 (London & SE, SW & Midlands and North) but, by cutting out the County Councils and reducing the power, responsibility and Civil Service overhead of central government, it's perfectly possible to introduce regional assemblies without much extra administrative overhead. [/QUOTE]

Verification: 5 + 3 = ?