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Bill Park

@billpark.bsky.social
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Retired KCL academic. Lives in Oxford. Interested in security issues, Turkey, Kurds, Ukraine. Remainer. Also lover of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, Arsenal FC, jazz, travel, photography.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Will international media ever start covering Russia’s ongoing genocide? Ukrainians in Russian occupied Oleshky are eating grass and weeds to survive and the world stays silent 😭
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'Nothing left to eat' — Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisis
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People in Oleshky have no food and are surviving on grass and weeds, a desperate measure that won't even be an option in the winter. Real pressure must be applied to Russia to allow people to evacuate!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🇩🇰🇺🇦 Danish Prime Minister said that Western countries have Patriot systems that they can transfer to Ukraine. According to her, without strengthening air defense, winter will be extremely difficult for Ukraine.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
BOLTON: Europeans imposed 21 sanctions packages on Russia over 4 years. They should've been imposed all at once in February 2022. That, and strict enforcement, would've had much greater effect. Gradual escalation of sanctions has been a mistake, they can and should be tightened.
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Happy Ukrainian Flag Day. 🇺🇦 This flag has come to represent far more than a nation. Freedom, Defiance, Sacrifice & Resilience. From occupied cities to the frontline, Ukrainians have fought, suffered and died beneath these colours. The flag still flies in 2026 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yep. Russia has a problem of knowing when/where to stop - its is already 30% non-Russian (eg Chechnya etc) , and wants/has wanted to control Ukraine, Belorussia, Moldova, Caucasus states, Baltics, Finland, Central Asia, Poland, central Europe, northern Kurile islands, Afghanistan, Iran etc etc
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Gillian Tett, journalist: Right now, NATO needs Ukraine as much, if not more, as Ukraine needs NATO. Having seen what friends of mine in Ukraine doing with drone technology today, their resilience and fearlessness, it's mind-blowing. We need their technology, know-how, and grit.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Calling North Korea "unthreatening and respectful" when they send missiles, shells, and troops to kill Ukrainians is a special kind of lunacy.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Russia killed or injured more civilians in Ukraine in July 2026 than in any month since March 2022. We need air defense, it is not a whim. We need it to save lives.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
BROWDER: Putin's whole projection of power internationally is completely hollow now. Russia looks like second-tier regional power. That's where Putin is now. He's not superpower everybody thought he was before. We now see Russia for what it is: a corrupt, mid-level failed state.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
STUBB: Putin sees Russia as major power and empire. That’s why he talks about biggest travesty in recent history being dismantling of Soviet Union. That’s why he hails someone like Stalin who, after all, was mass murderer, killing millions of his own people and around the world.
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 07/08/2026
🇺🇦 In Kharkiv, Russia destroyed 8 million books from several publishing houses with two jet-propelled drones. Nearly a third of Ukraine's annual production. One million of those books were schoolbooks to be used in a few weeks by primary & secondary school children. The fire isn't extinguished yet.
The books logistics warehouse destroyed by russia. Books in ashes, charred structure.
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is the line the US took at the beginning of WW1 and WW2. Trump is not an aberration. US commitment to Europe during the Cold War was the aberration.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lib Dems on the Covid Inquiry report yday: "Doctors and nurses left unsafe. Billions of pounds wasted. Our NHS left hopelessly vulnerable. "The Conservatives' contemptible record of negligence has been laid bare. Never again should they be allowed near the levers of power or our health service."
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Thames Water has reported a return to profit today. Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Tim Farron MP: “This is an absolute kick in the teeth for millions of households to see Thames Water posting hundreds of millions in profit after hiking up customer bills."
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Depends on what one thinks the job is. Privatisation was not aimed at ensuring greater efficiency, better service etc. It was aimed at transferring wealth to the already wealthy. Public utilities were basically given away, and there is little regulation of performance. So, they are doing their job.
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"Greenland should be controlled by the US, not by Denmark", Trump said this week, reopening old wounds. The Danish PM reacted furiously: "We will defend our territory!" By jeopardising unity within NATO, Trump once again shows he will not help Europe if it is attacked by Russia; he doesn't care.
euronews.com
Trump's new Greenland threat triggers Europe's unhealed trauma
The fight over Greenland’s future is far from over as Trump revives his bid to seize the island, reopening Europe’s deepest fears. #EuropeNews
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court reverses U.S. vs Belgium.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 21/05/2026
The Czech Republic's top general said Ukraine should join NATO in the future as the next "logical step."
politico.eu
Ukraine should be in NATO, Czech military chief says
“Ukraine is not just a security consumer, it’s also a security provider,” Gen. Karel Řehka says.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Oh my God. The death toll of the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia has already reached 12 people. During the daylight, as people were minding their business... Russia killed them. Our daily news, our daily reality. It's very hard on us Ukrainians.
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The exact same attitude that kept the US out of WW1 in 1914 and WW2 in 1939. Because its the same US. And its making the same mistakes.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our current economy is rigged. It just is. A new report shows that 88 of the largest companies in America, including: Amazon Citigroup Haliburton Kohl's Palantir PayPal PG&E Southwest Airlines Tesla United Airlines Disney paid ZERO corporate income tax last year.
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WyoBronco @wyobronco.eurosky.social · 01/05/2026
And Meloni and Macron and Tusk and Zelensky and Frederiksen and Pope Leo XIV and Carney and… It’s better to jump off the Trump train before it crashes
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Yep. Trump claims to admire Churchill, yet there's a Churchill right in front of his eyes that he has insulted and betrayed. Then again, what did the US do to Churchill in 1939.....?
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Shouldn't voters look at themselves? They don't like NHS waiting lists, the behaviour of privatised utilities eg water, potholes, the economic consequences of Brexit, slow asylum procedures, the rich getting ever richer and, yes, immigration etc. But they voted Tory, which enabled all these things.
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The very existence of the profit motive - capitalism/free market economics if you like - as well as the interests of the sanctioned body, will always ensure sanctions won't fully work.
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
There wasn't a threat to Russia's borders, but a security zone would be OK - both sides pull back forces. But Ukraine has to be sovereign, intact, and free to maintain security forces. If we could get there,maybe we could then try to encourage Russia to be a more normal European state.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
PETRAEUS: We should be doing everything we possibly can to enable Ukraine to continue to succeed in what it has been doing — which is stopping Russians and innovating at pace that is defining future of warfare. And we should be learning from that as well, much more rapidly.
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
'an advocate for closer UK-China relations'. Not good I guess. But how about George Osborne?
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Health Foundation: "77.1% of patients waited less than four hours in A&E departments, falling short of the NHS’s interim 78% target for 2025/26. "Ambulance services essentially achieved the 30-minute interim standard for emergency calls, having made substantial improvements in response times."
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New NHS stats for England, via the Health Foundation: ‘The waiting list for routine hospital treatment fell to 7.22 million in February, the lowest in over 3 years, with a further improvement in waiting times and the number of very long waits."
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Vance just blasted Trump for his attacks on Canada! ======================
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Which party works for The People and which one works for the Rich Class? ================ Republicans, you can call a Democrat for help. -----------------------
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Dimi Reider @dimireider.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Lebanon is such a grim example of Israeli hubris and its folly. Israel had countless opportunities to negotiate a stable peace with the Lebanese govt, but time and time again chose invasion and/or mucking about in Lebanese civil wars via exploitable proxies. Why? Two reasons...
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Yep. I could support the Greens on domestic issues, but on NATO, Putin, Ukraine, there's no chance at all that I'd vote for them.
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The US does not understand that physical destruction does not equate to political victory, that war can be asymmetrical, and that having one's homeland bombed/invaded can strengthen will.
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Vietnam, Afghanistan etc 'proved' that. Problem is, proof doesn't make any difference when there is no learning process.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New Iran thread. Starting with a Lest We Forget: Hillary Clinton, 9 years ago: “This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes – because it’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin.”
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump is a loose cannon, irrational, mad even. But Vance is seriously, consistently, ideologically dangerous, sinister.
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Bill Park @billpark.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Odd though that most of western civilisation seems to disagree.
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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
“A foundation set up in the name of the late Roger Scruton has received more than £512,500 from the Hungarian government since 2023 – over 90% of its total funding”. Michael Gove and James Orr are Scruton Trustees.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/04/2026
Right wingers from every country are way more loyal to each other than with their fellow countryfolk.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 06/04/2026
They tried to make this man an MP while he's being paid €10k a month by Hungary.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I mean, putting aside whether it ends or not, what is even going on here? Is paying a prospective parliamentary candidate and regular talking head more that he'd earn as an MP not something that should require him with the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme? Isn't it a but unpatriotic?
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 06/04/2026
🔴 Russian military suffers record losses in failed spring offensive. According to President Zelenskyy, over 35,000 Russian soldiers were injured or died in Ukraine in March 2026, which is a record monthly high for Russian losses since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
‼️ Among those killed in Odesa as a result of Russia’s attack were a 30-year-old woman and her little daughter, just 2.5 years old, as well as another woman, aged 53.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Spokeshorse is the new term. Note it down.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
❗️Rescuers are pulling children from the rubble of a building hit by Russia. The number of injured has risen to 15. Among them, a pregnant woman and two children: a 7-month-old boy and a 2-year-old girl. Some are in critical condition. Yet Trump keeps accusing Ukraine of not wanting to end the war.
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