This illustration picture shows social media application logo from Parler displayed on a smartphone with its website in the background. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images More than a dozen politicians from the UK's ruling Conservative party joined Parler before the social network went offline, according to The Observer. They included Michael Gove, Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and foreign minister James Cleverly, the newspaper reported Sunday. In June, Conservative lawmaker Steve Baker said he hoped Parler would lead to "competition and innovation" for social media companies, according to The Critic.