Biggar's Borderline case
Yet some of Biggar’s citizens are no longer happy being in Lanarkshire, with its links to the Labour heartlands of the urban west. They want to move Biggar to the Borders, with its rural charm and lower insurance costs. But how to do so without an expensive rebuilding programme?
A local Tory MSP, David Mundell, thinks he has the answer. Rather than move Biggar, why not just change postcodes? Mr Mundell has written to his constituents suggesting that they hold a referendum to alter their postcode from Lanarkshire to Dumfries and Galloway - a move legally possible since 2002.
Some will scent snobbery; some crafty politics. But no matter where it sits, Biggar will remain its charming self, and worthy of a visit.