"Labour are not going to take 100 seats, there may be one seat on boundaries, maybe a seat in Scotland, but that's your lot, but it looks to me we could make gains and take Conservatives into minority territory".
There are 646 seats, with boundaries set by a scrupulously independent commission.
He has been an MP since 1983, representing Dunfermline East until 2005, when he took on his current seat after boundary changes.
He sneaked in as agriculture spokesman and began a bruising battle with Scargill to hang on to his Barnsley seat during boundary changes in 1983.
With a fairer seat and boundary system in place, Dunstan won three more elections, in 1973, 1975 and 1977.
Opportunities for the party existed in Tory seats after boundary changes, Farron said.
Across the country, Tory MPs – many of whom are worried about retaining their seats after boundary changes – have been ordered by their constituents to do the same, or else.
The question is whether Hunt and the other Staffordshire Labour MPs will be selected again before the next election or even earlier if there is a battle over seats following boundary changes.
The cowardly are fearful of receiving the black spot from Number 10 or scared of losing their seats if boundary changes bring about reselections that will be decided by heavily pro-Brexit Tory activists.
The seat, with varying boundaries, has been Labour since 1935, but it cannot be considered in any way "safe".
