Thanks Aks, better late than never, do any of you UK catters remember Dame Shirley Porter, Leader of Westminister City Council?.

Dame Shirley when Leader of Westminister City Council was convicted of gerrymandering during 1987-88, the good Dame sold off Council houses to people at a cheaper price, who were likely likely to vote Conervative.

After conviction, she was ordered to pay a surcharge of £27,000,000, but the boul Shirley high-tailed it to Israel, beyond the reach of the law.

In January 2002 she claimed she had only assets of £300,000, according to The Sunday Times rich list of 2001, she had £69,000,000.
She is believed to have disposed of the money in secret accounts, of which very little has been recovered.

If Shirley had been seeking advice from experts she should have looked no further than the Ulster Unionist Party who from 1922 until 1972 used the gerrymander method throughout the six counties, Derry for instance with a Nationalist population of 75%, could only claim one third of the seats in Derry Council. Ard Mhacha.