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bonners
bonners
May 2019
8:48pm, 13 May 2019
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bonners
It's a parkrun, nothing to do with politics. I'd be all over the parkrun Facebook page like a rash telling them to get f#####d.
mrs shanksi
mrs shanksi
May 2019
8:59pm, 13 May 2019
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mrs shanksi
Politics & parkrun shouldn't mix.
Badger
Badger
May 2019
9:02pm, 13 May 2019
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Badger
Yup, nothing so overtly political. I’d feel the same way whether it was an organisation pro or anti the way I voted in the referendum.
jda
jda
May 2019
9:03pm, 13 May 2019
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jda
I'd wear my bollocks to brexit t-shirt and run with an EU flag, whether or not they were a pro or anti brexit group.

In fact I'll probably do that at my next parkrun anyway.

(ok, I probably won't)
LindsD
LindsD
May 2019
9:07pm, 13 May 2019
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LindsD
There's sthg about that in the charter. I think it's expressly forbidden.
larkim
larkim
May 2019
9:42pm, 13 May 2019
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larkim
Pro or anti brexit, there shouldn’t be any encouragement for a group of activists to take over an event. I hope the concept is hypothetical - if not, I’d be contacting HQ to let them deal with it.
Jovi Runner
Jovi Runner
May 2019
9:46pm, 13 May 2019
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Jovi Runner
parkrun is runn8jng event & therefore IMO only running or running related (e.g. local school organising a race,) should be allowed to adopt etc a run or be promoted at a run - no room for politics of any persuasion at parkrun IMO.
Jovi Runner
Jovi Runner
May 2019
9:48pm, 13 May 2019
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Jovi Runner
I guess you can't stop anyone turning up to run but promoting them is another thing. I'm pretty sure parkrun HQ strictly forbids promotion of this type.
Pothunter
Pothunter
May 2019
5:58am, 14 May 2019
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Pothunter
Definitely no to them volunteering as a group.
DocMoye
DocMoye
May 2019
6:52am, 14 May 2019
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DocMoye
Running related or charity is fair enough but not political. If I knew it was happening I'd attend a different parkrun that week, whether I agreed or disagreed with their standpoint.

About This Thread

Maintained by Hendo
A discussion of all things parkrun.

Here's a wiki giving brief reviews of parkruns up and down the land:

fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=545

parkruns with restart permission: google.com

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