Daniel Chapman

Starmer in the Middle East peace talks

@NoContextCounty @TheRealestBoney

And caught driving at that

Ffs out in the 90s again

@NoContextCounty @TheRealestBoney

@theracehorseguy @TheRealestBoney

Constitution hill is the real deal, what a superstar horse 🖤🤍

@OldGassy1984 @TheRealestBoney

Deportman Road

@Prendo149 Boldmere? 🤣

When you’re desperately trying to get your newborn to sleep

Enjoy Cheltenham, everyone

FT Ingles 2-0 Lutterworth Ath. A Danny Chapman brace makes it 8 games unbeaten for Ingles

@Taylorberry4444 When Iranians were protesting week in week out, not one support was shown. All of a sudden people have found their voice.

👀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. --

🚨NEW: Green party creates Gorton and Denton by-election campaign video in Urdu to appeal to the constituency's Pakistani-heritage residents, who make up 20% of the constituency

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@JasonBourne1986 Another L for the keeper. Awful

Luke Thomas is often a target for criticism, but then just about anyone is ripe for it. Even so, what the heck is this again? Loses his man. How many times do we see this kind of incompetence? From him and others. It’s basic.

@maxhardy2003 @TheRealestBoney

Didn’t expect the camera to turn to Nico de Boinville 16 seconds in

League one pending

@DarylCarter7 @TheRealestBoney

Is this what Constitution Hill sees in his nightmares

Hi @ByDonkeys What time can we expect billboards about Peter Mandelson to be up in the constituencies of Labour MPs? Plenty of material to work with. I’m willing to even give you hand. Let us know chaps.

🤡… worse than faes

Fascinating to observe the almost total silence from loudly pro-Palestinian celebrities & media figures re the courageous Iranian protestors risking their lives for freedom and democracy. Suggests their hatred of Israel overrides intellectual honesty and principle.