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Ever since the heady days of the 1972 Local Government Act, changes to the map of Britain have come around like stops on the Circle Line. Constant tinkering with the nation’s ancient county boundaries is the rule, long periods of benign neglect the exception.
It’s different in the USA, where the last detectable change to the nation’s internal borders