Apparently it has done in Cornwall, according to the Minister of State for Transport and Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber, Rosie Winterton.
How it will affect the everyday lives of the residents Penwith and Kerrier has yet to be seen. For millenia, these poor people have been under the illusion that the were quite happily living on mainland England. But apparently not.
In an oviously professional and knowledgeable reply to a question by Andrew George, MP for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives, Ms Winterton confirmed that the Council for the Isles of Scilly is responsible for the islands of Penwith and Kerrier.
Ms Winterton is probably right now heading straight for her ‘get-away-from-it-all’ cottage in Nassau, Humberside, to study her atlas. She may also be advised to review any requests made for EU funding for the Penwith ferry and the Kerrier intercontinental tunnel.
And these people are running the country?