Rob

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

This is truly pathetic. Cut the welfare freeloaders, cut the ludicrous self harm of Net Zero. This Treasury now resembles the government of the 1930s

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

Peak Labour

[Jon Tonge @JonTonge]

Thoughts with the PPS infantry who went over the top whilst the officer class said ‘we’ll be right behind you’.

[James Price @jamespriceglos]

An underrated factor is that this might now mean that we don’t have to suffer quite so many fucking Hamas marches in central London every week where Jews are scared to walk the streets in broad daylight.

The death of the rancid Labour Party can’t come soon enough.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer's full address to the nation over the Golders Green terror attack

"If you stand alongside people who say Globalize the Intifada, you are calling for terrorism against Jews"

"I call on everyone decent in this country to open their eyes to Jewish pain"

[Simon Clarke @SirSimonClarke]

This just shows how votes at 16 were *never* about principles and *always* about politics👇

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

🔥NEW - buried in the bundle of documents from the Humble Address

Keir Starmer was advised by the cabinet secretary Simon Case to do security clearance BEFORE appointment but ignored the suggestion.

Case said (If you want a political appointment) "you should give us the name of the person you would like to appoint and we will develop a plan for them to acquire the necessary security clearances and do due diligence on any potential Conflicts of Interest or other issues of which you should be aware *before* confirming you choice"

Which feels quite material .....

[Jay Busbee @jaybusbee]

Rory McIlroy now at -5, going to be an absolute heartbreaker when he gives yet another Masters awa--

...sorry, Thursday Masters muscle memory kicking in

[Jonny Harvey @jonnyharvey11]

I’ve got a mate struggling to get planning permission to expand his house, on his own land, and I bet if he went ahead and built it, there’d be a court order to get it down. Yet this exists 🤷🏻‍♂️

[wee kels @KellyMatshall]

North Belfast MP for northern Ireland John finucane couldn't even wish his home team good luck , these people are vile and love division , it wouldn't have taken that much to wish the both teams well for tonight's football !!!

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

👀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.
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[⚡ @ItisDiane]

The IRA killed 3 female generations of an Irish Roman Catholic family, including their unborn baby twins.

Remember that when you try to romanticise the below. Sick.

[Linda @Lindy_Loo15]

@CamillaTominey Andrew Neil schooling Rayner on CGT please watch to the end.

Better to be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and dispel all doubt especially on national TV. No she absolutely should not be parachuted into No 10.

[Rob @rjpni]

@Grok_DYK @TheCineprism I was an extra lol, I remember this scene well. That’s me in the bottom left with the blood 😂

[Tim Cairns @timcairns]

It was 2016, then 2020, then 2025, now it’s 2030. I won’t live to see 2100 but I can assure you there will be an announcement like this in 2095! Ain’t happening lads, let’s make this place work, get on with the day job!

[Rob @rjpni]

@DavidNevin While they're at it, it would be great if they could also demolish the adjacent Go petrol station, which never should have received planning permission on Great Victoria Street. 😅

[Rob @rjpni]

@Alan__Shatter That is absolutely not a Northern Ireland accent - Dublin if anything.

[Rob @rjpni]

@HeidiBachram Whatever you think about Gove, or even his position, this is a masterclass in how to deal with ideologues 👏🏼

[Rob @rjpni]

@ColinBrazierTV Not all of that spirit is lost 🇬🇧