THERE’S no doubt that the boundary changes will make life very difficult for Caroline Lucas. She will gain Labour strongholds of Moulsecoomb and Bevendean and Tory Woodingdean.

In the same instant she will lose The Lanes, the area around the station and, quite inexplicably, any link to the seafront.

There are people who may well think that we will lose the Green, Blue and Red political landscape, which reflects this multi-faceted city in which they live.

However, putting that part of politics aside, there are genuine concerns that the boundaries will carved up the city in ways that look like they were drawn up on the back of a fag packet.

The boundaries suggest a city with no heart – which is clearly not right.

It bolts different communities together and ignores the historical and very separate identities of Brighton and Hove.

All of this appears to be something that was drawn up by somebody with no knowledge of the area.

The city is already made up of different areas with their own identities but the constituencies do currently make a lot more sense in the way some of them are clubbed together under an MP.

Peter Kyle and Simon Kirby do not appear to be doing badly with the changes.

The Tory MP may be likely to see his party’s chances of retaining their MP in Kemp Town strengthened.

But we need to look beyond that. These constituencies need to need to take into account how areas have historically been bound and how they link together in a fitting way. For example Woodingdean obviously belongs with the deans.

The new boundaries appear to have no particular rhyme or reason. How can we have an MP covering a city which is defined by its seaside location, but her area does not stretch to the beach.

Albion hero Dick Knight makes strong and valid points today. Our verdict is clear: back to the drawing board.