Scott Fisher

[smoggy (Ythan Harcourt) @smoggy1536445]

Anyone remember the Glasgow airport terror event, and how we celebrated the heroic Stephen Clarkson who started kicking fuck out of the terrorist?

Remember that?

Or the fucking legend that screamed "im Millwall" before proceeding to attack a terrorist in London and getting stabbed repeatedly?

Come to the UK and commit a terrorist attack, and you will be beaten the fuck out of.

And I will celebrate every single brave individual that does this. Whether your a Bobby or not.

[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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[Empire ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @Empire1872]

Get this tweeted out far and wide.

VAR looked at this and decided no penalty.

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@Sarahhuniverse @archeohistories 1 litre mug, 1/2 litre beer 🤪

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@BeeneyG123 @sidjreynolds “Be careful what you wish for!”

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

Just thrashed by City who looked like City again and the Facebook dads are saying we don’t attack enough 🤪

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@TTBITFC Davis completely turned off too

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@putey_pute The government to house asylum seekers?

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@Matthewmarriot6 @reluctantnicko Pope to Ipswich would be a shout, got local connections

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@LufcZovic Draw is best result

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@Leeds_Untied Southampton next, draw would be perfect 👌

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@Leeds_Untied We just like getting you lot all excited we’re going to drop points 🤪

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@Leeds_Untied Back from the brink 🔵⚪️

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@Leeds_Untied 😂

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@Leeds_Untied @JoeySadler_ Big rangers fan too 🇬🇧

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@Leeds_Untied @JoeySadler_ Search him, don’t slag him off though or you’ll be burned at the stake

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@RetroITFC @rubycurrie So many times I shouted fuck off Currie from the north stand 😂🙈

[Steve Davies MBE @steve220459]

Citizens of the United Kingdom. It is our solemn duty to start eating Tunnock’s delicious products as much as possible. A world without Tunnock’s would not be worth living in! Please retweet.

[Scott Fisher @ScientistScott]

@HerrGrouchy @racingblogger His house in Six Mile Bottom has been up for rent for a while now so must’ve had it planned