At the Olympics, Taiwan has this flag, so not even at the Olympics.
Richard Gadsden
@po8crg.gadsden.online
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Three-time Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate, Man Utd and Red Sox fan, cis man, he/him/his, 83 protons, not a werelabradoodle, in spite of my appearance
![Rule 39:
39(1)If a voter makes an application to the presiding officer to be allowed, on the ground of—
(a)blindness or other disability, or
(b)inability to read,
to vote with the assistance of another person by whom he is accompanied (in these rules referred to as “the companion”), the presiding officer shall require the voter to declare, orally or in writing, whether he is so incapacitated by his blindness or [F175other disability], or by his inability to read, as to be unable to vote without assistance.
(2) Subject to paragraph (2A) below, if the presiding officer—
(a)is satisfied that the voter is so incapacitated, and
(b)is also satisfied by a written declaration made by the companion (in these rules referred to as “the declaration made by the companion of a voter with disabilities”) that the companion—
(i) is aged 18 or over, and
(ii) has not previously assisted more than one voter with disabilities to vote at the election,
the presiding officer shall grant the application, and then anything which is by these rules required to be done to or by that voter in connection with the giving of his vote may be done to, or with the assistance of, the companion.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eyssbmqxckqlmu6vsu6lfgwm/bafkreiba7qg6n4c2djtmh4if2pa73ptaa5zxsnotxqdf37f75x4zvic7cm)
![Yesterday Alison Goldsworthy wrote to Ed Davey - with the support of Alison Smith and Bridget Harris. In it she detailed the extent of the smears against her and included the following paragraph.
You recently commented that it would be "the very least you [Kier (sic) Starmer] could do for victims and survivors" to strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage. The least you could do for victims and survivors is to apply the same rules to your own party. If Chris had "any shame left", to use your own words, then he would have realised that someone who behaved as he did would retire from the House of Lords. As he doesn't, I trust you will act. .](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eyssbmqxckqlmu6vsu6lfgwm/bafkreifmewoprufu4x2yn4pm2yglas5rogpsicr5fbmcqhp7b57urksxge)
