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One of my favourite things about this time of year is how our blossom tree gives us this wonderful view for 2-3 weeks, until next year.

@TheTVGrump @SamCoatesSky 89

@SamCoatesSky Any particular type of families?

👀The Electoral Commission give Democracy Volunteers access to polling stations at election time. Only they and the police can go inside. They’ve just issued this report about “family voting” in Gorton and Denton: Democracy Volunteers deployed four accredited election observers across the Gorton and Denton Westminster Parliamentary By-election today. The team attended 22 of the 45 polling stations in the constituency, spending between 30 and 45 minutes in each. The observers worked in pairs using the international standard for election observation - the four eyes principle. Each team assessed several aspects of the polling process, from accessibility to issues around the integrity of the vote. Staff were welcoming to the team and we would like to thank them for their time in accommodating our work. The team assessed two significant aspects of electoral integrity - family voting (where two voters either confer, collude or direct each other on voting) which breaches the secret ballot. The team also assessed the impact of the requirement for voters to show ID before they are issued with a ballot paper. 2023 saw the enactment of the Ballot Secrecy Act, which made the practice of family voting more clearly a breach of the secret ballot, making it more enforceable by staff in polling stations. Signage is now available to discourage the practice. Signage was only seen in 45% of the polling stations observed. The observer team saw family voting in 15 of the 22 polling stations observed, some 32 cases in total, nine cases in one polling station alone. The team observed a sample of 545 voters casting their votes - meaning 12% of those voters observed either caused or were affected by family voting. Commenting John Ault, Director of Democracy Volunteers said; ‘Today we have seen concerningly high levels of family voting in Gorton and Denton. Based on our assessment of today’s observations, we have seen the highest levels of family voting at any election in our 10 year history of observing elections in the UK.’ ‘We rarely issue a report on the night of an election, but the data we have collected today on family voting, when compared to other recent by-elections, is extremely high.’ ‘In the other recent Westminster parliamentary by-election in Runcorn and Helsby we saw family voting in 12% of polling stations, affecting 1% of voters. In Gorton and Denton, we observed family voting in 68% of polling stations, affecting 12% of those voters observed.’ The team also observed cases of voters being turned away, however, in each case this was due to them not being a registered voter for Westminster elections, such as having EU citizenship, and only being allowed to vote in local elections. The team also saw a number of voters taking photographs of their ballot papers and one voter being authorised to vote despite them already having been marked as voted earlier in the day. Democracy Volunteers has informed elections staff at Manchester City Council about our findings today. This Statement is now available on the Democracy Volunteers website HERE. --

@Arden_2210 No, it's 18

@Arden_2210 21

Answer without calculator Let's try and win $500

@Mishi_2210 1.6666 recurring If the denominator is half of 500 = 250 plus add 50, then the equation is 500 divided by 300.

Answer is not "300" Tell me the answer and win $1000

@callmeMizuko 16

99.9% will fail..!! How many 4's did you see..??

@Saghar409 30

How many squares....!!! 99.9% will fail..?

@ManaByte Agree, but don't forget Frantic (1988) set in Paris.

Harrison Ford's run from 1980–1993 is unmatched. No debate: 1980: The Empire Strikes Back 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982: Blade Runner 1983: Return of the Jedi 1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1985: Witness 1986: The Mosquito Coast 1988: Working Girl 1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1990: Presumed Innocent 1991: Regarding Henry 1992: Patriot Games 1993: The Fugitive

@Jindo_1307979 63

Only for genius 🥸 99% will fail

@umeh098 1 2x2x2=8 3x3x3=27 4x4x4=64 1×1×1=1

Brain teaser

@Jindo_1307979 9908

Fine out the highest possible number. 99.9% will fail

@FcbShedy Ajax Simple

Name a club that has the letter J without mentioning Juventus Impossible 99% won't get it

@GunnerPuls Impossible? No. Walsall, Gillingham, Barrow, Grimsby in L2 alone. Ipswich, Hull, Lincoln, Cardiff, Stockport, Luton, Northampton, Burton Albion etc.....

Name a football club without letter "E" Impossible

My wife creates a wreath for our front door each Christmas, usually sourced from foraging in our garden. I keep telling her she should do these commercially as people pay good money for ones not up to this standard. Biased but genuine view.

@richyfoster We did execute a plan but it was grim to watch! We were below par. Wishe we knocked it around like you guys. I like that Iorpenda. Caused us problems. Having moved to Nottm when I was 22 I have soft spot for Notts, and hope we both go up. All the best

@Chimeraconsult1 Thought your boys executed your plan well yesterday and could have nicked it. Think we’ll both be in the race come May. Hopefully none of these shenanigans from us at the Bescot.

Bang on 30min. Absolute worst thing about football every week. 😡

@Rmcfmjay Walsall

Name a football club without letter "E" Impossible

Name one

Name a movie where the soundtrack elevated the entire experience.