Why do a few lines from the song Plaistow Patricia spring to mind with all these posts about the DTB? 😊

TBK proving that we’ve elected a yes man , too scared of the demon headmaster.

CW - re that film, I reckon that’s what Papers is carrying around in his carrier bag…. 📽️🛍️

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TBK, come on mate time to acknowledge Shane or is the ban from those who have been making the rules still active?

Very weird behaviour Martin.

6MDM, Simon wasn't well-known before standing but has now been elected twice. The rest sounds like a cop-out to me. You should stand. I bet you'd be really good.

That'll be a no then TF. I've come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter what any candidate says or does as most take no notice, most who can be arsed to vote do so on how well known a candidate is or how long they have been around for. Aside from how futile standing is given you are gagged and have to toe the line or quit, why would somebody new stand who may not be a well known name, however good they may be. Totally pointless.

Are you allowed to acknowledge my existence again now the elections are over Martin?

Maybe postal votes weren't counted😂

Indeed. It does highlight yet again the importance of more good people standing and (probably more importantly) more people not being put off from standing by the grief they know they'll get.

TBK - We can all speculate on why the turnout is down so much on last time. But it's just speculation.

Carshalton - not yet as far as I know. I had the couple who used to run the TV coverage at Turf Moor on one of my tours and they said there was no footage. Yet somewhere or other I heard that BBC north west or Granada were there for the lOcal news. If that is the case any footage will probably have been wiped.

Mav, I would say that is because (unlike last year) it was a hardly-contest election and a quiet majority are just enjoying our recent success on the pitch and don't see a need for change. Who's to say if they're right or wrong?

Would be good to be told how many votes were cast for Ian.

Last year's turnout was 33.65%. So it's down by approximately a third.

In an interview some 30 years later Dons’ heroic keeper Dickie Guy was quoted as saying: “Bob Lord (Burnley chairman) felt there was too much football being shown on television, so refused to allow cameras in.” He added: “But we found out recently a camera was there, and we are trying desperately to track down the film.” I don’t know if they ever found it.

Nicander, agree. Three seems like an awfully long time. Two would be better I reckon. Can you remember why we changed? Was it to keep some continuity?

Flags are great but I believe at least one Reform council have removed some - safety. Imagine someone hung a flag from a lamp-post and after a few weeks it fell, got entangled in the wheels of a motorbike, ... Would the person who hung it come forward and take the blame or would it be the local council who hadn't taken it down?

Sorry - should have said: (or Sudanese).

When is Shane being co-opted onto the board? Jan DTB meeting ?

23% turnout is even worse than I expected. More than 3 in 4 don't care. We've also discovered that volunteering to be on the ESG has to wait till January but between 2 and 4 of us are likely to volunteer. I also doubt if we'll get a resolution about the ESG before the AGM at the earliest but help from people with experience of framing resolutions would be gratefully received.

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I think the more union Jacks and flags of St George that are flown the better. Once they are universal, they are no longer a minority issue. If people want to fly Palestinian (or South Sudanese) flags - perhaps Gaza or the West Bank is the place for them.

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