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Chris Park

@chrispark57.bsky.social
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Retired UK civil servant. Loves sci-fi and fantasy (book, TV and film), languages, LGBTQ+ history and baking.

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ScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“The Tories are taking the public for fools. Across 14 years in government, they added just 500 prison places and closed 23 prisons. Now Kemi Badenoch expects the British people to believe they'll build 50,000."
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
French president Emmanuel Macron has labelled Brexit the “biggest lie of the last 30 years.” Speaking in Madrid on a state visit to Spain this week, Macron highlighted three different lines Brexiteers parroted, all of which proved to be completely wrong.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...
The Law Society
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In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The upshot of Reform UK's US-style healthcare plans is that - millionaires will get the very best treatment available - the well-off who get sick will go banrupt - the poor will be refused care, and die young, in pain "Nigel plans to sell off our NHS to his chums......" via We Demand UK
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Zia Yusuf: “I'm at RAF Fairford. The situation is developing fast, but it brings into sharp focus that the situation in the English Channel is a national security emergency." Reform UK expose themselves. www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2658573...
swindonadvertiser.co.uk
Reform UK politician spotted at RAF Fairford as he explains why he was there
A Reform UK politician has been spotted at the police cordon near RAF Fairford.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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leigh @lefty-leigh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
if england had a functioning media EVERY labour mp or minister would be getting a deserved roasting for the continuing arrests of our elderly folks protesting a genocide but here we are #votegreen
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Steve Cornforth @stevecornforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a huge shadow over Burnham's effort to make #Labour look reasonable. Mass arrests for wearing T Shirts and carrying placards... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
More than 50 Palestine Action support rally protesters arrested
More than 250 protesters sat outside Labour's party conference in Liverpool to support the banned group.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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humanists.uk
Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Outstandingly dishonest even by Nigel Farage's standards. Farage knows that the men arrested at Fairford would not have been released if they were still suspected to be terrorists. He's stirring up fear, hatred & resentment against both immigrants & the police. Pure malice.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I suspect that most Reform UK voters don't know Nigel Farage wants workers to get lower wages and have fewer rights of protest to pay for tax cuts for their billionaires bosses ... meme via The UK Against Hate
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Prashant 🌊 @prasshant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Similar story every single time... -Something bad happens. -Authorities say not to speculate. -Farage spreads speculation as he wants -Turns out he was baseless -Frogface moves on to next scheme
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Over 3500 people have been arrested in the UK for voicing support for Palestine Action. Anti-terrorism legislation was used for these arrests. The result is that one of the largest demographics of terrorist in the UK is now elderly middle class white people.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tom Tugendhat in Sunday Times insists on leaving the ECHR to tackle “soaring” immigration. What a miserable rat. Lying to us all. Betraying our country’s best interests. Threatening to flounce out of our human rights framework, trashing our treaties and torching our protection from abuses of power.
The Tories are planning to make the ECHR a dividing line at the next election. Last week the party announced plans to deport every foreign criminal, apart from those convicted of the most trivial offences, and said their plan for ECHR withdrawal meant only the Conservatives were equipped to take on the problem of soaring immigration. One of the problems withdrawal would create is a legal dispute over whether it breaches the Good Friday agreement, which committed the UK to fully incorporate the ECHR into Northern Ireland's justice system. Tugendhat said the issue had not yet been raised in his conversations with lawmakers in the US, adding:
"There's a lot of work to be done."
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Candice Holmes @candiceholmes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Britain is broken. Only Reform can fix it.” 😂 That’s quite a claim. If you’re asking people to trust you with the country, spell out **how** you’ll fix bills, housing, the NHS and public services — slogans aren’t a bloody plan.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yet again Farage goes absent from Parliament absent from his Clacton constitueny this time to campaign for an imminent general election which isn't going to happen ... "Anything to avoid doing his taxpayer funded job… " via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The people who brought us Brexit, now bringing fascism with the effects of it." via The British Pro-European Political Blog ·
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I doubt whether Nigel Farage's older supporters will be happy when they learn that Reform UK plan to abolish the state pension and our NHS ... meme via Drew Flanagan
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's the same the world over ... When allowed to work, migrants pay £millions in taxes while billionaires pay lawyers pay accountants & lawyers £millions to find ways to avoid paying taxes meme via Linda Starkweather
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I want an NHS which treats people according to how sick they are not how rich they are Farage & Reform want a health care system where only millionaires get proper care meme via The Unheard Majority
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When reading any Reform UK election leaflets spare a thought for all the Brexit benefits promised by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage which turned out to be the opposite of what actually happened ... via Border Communities Against Brexit
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The only 4 constituencies where rejoining the EU wasn’t the preferred option were those of Lee Anderson, Farage, Tice and Lowe. In those 4, the top answer was ‘don’t know’. Confirming that Brexit has no real support at all. Not surprising for a total shitshow. And makes red lines seem very silly.
Independent front page. 

Voters across Britain back rejoining EU
Reversing Brexit is most popular option in 646 of 650 constituencies, finds new electoral survey of 12,000Bar chart showing
Which EU relationship respondents most wanted the Uk government to propose

EU membership 35%
Single market 6%
Customs Union 5%
Uk govt position  18/19%
Starts quo 8/9%
Don’t know 16%
Loosen ties 11%
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🎉 YES! This is a huge opportunity! Please use this link to write to your MP - and then share, share everywhere! —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a... #Rejoin #UK #Europe #EU
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks
Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just Zia Yusuf having a pop at his parents.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 15/09/2026
New research from British Future explores how close the public wants Britain to be to Europe. It draws on polling of 3,007 UK adults and focus groups across England and Wales. 🧵
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We need to be crystal clear. 1. Reform relies on frustration and anger. 2. We are all the ancestors of refugees and immigrants. 3. Refugees and Immigrants add to our society, politically, financially, socially and culturally. RACISM DOESN’T. IT DESTROYS US.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Brexit has been a mess. Britain has gone off a cliff. It has had a huge impact on the British economy.," said George Osborne yesterday stating the fucking obvious. 2 things: 1. I’m sick of politicians forgetting it hurt people not just the economy. 2. Stop talking and do something about it FFS.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Billionaires don't use the money they save on taxes to create jobs. That's another myth. They use it to buy back stock, get bigger corporate jets, and build grander yachts.
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LGBTQ Books & Persons @svukic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
LGBTQ Global Biblio Odyssey… At 9/11, including Mark Bingham, the hero of flight 93, and Father Mychal Judge, the first officially recorded casualty of the tragedy. LGBTQ, everywhere, always. #LGBTQGlobalOdyssey #GayBooks #9/11 #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory 
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Malcolm D. @mdpb53.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026
🎯 by @ellabaron.bsky.social The abuse directed towards RNLI volunteers is horrendous. Solidarity with RNLI volunteers. They are doing incredible work.
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Robert Jenrick wants to give a medal to the man who beat a woman in the head at Conference. If Farage doesn't kick him out of the party by end of day... Anyone still supporting Reform UK, who's seen this⬇️... it's time to stop being civil with them.
youtu.be
Reform UK PRAISES woman-beating thug at Conference - Robert Jenrick
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 09/09/2026
Who wasn't at PMQs today? The newly elected Member for Clacton.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Farage has insisted he and his aides “had done nothing illegal” and that no money changed hands” “Detectives have assessed the information provided and determined that there are potential offences requiring investigation” Hmm 🤔 who to believe? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations after undercover sting
Nigel Farage has insisted he and his aides ‘had done nothing illegal’ and that no money changed hands – but the Met says ‘there are potential offences requiring investigation’
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Louis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It should be the final sign of how utterly fucked up UK politics is that the RNLI rescuing/helping people at sea, whoever they are, is met by hostility, accusations of being traitors, lies, and doxing etc. The fact that it isn't making some people pause, reflect, and pull back *IS* that sign.
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Haunted🏳️‍🌈Hunk @hunktz.myatproto.social · 03/09/2026
It's only fair.
altered graphic that says "Repost this if Trans people should have Samus Arm Cannons" with little figured who have arm cannons attached. The original graphic simply said "....Trans people should have equal rights" or something less absurd.
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