THOMAS PRIDE
thomaspride.bsky.social
THOMAS PRIDE
@thomaspride.bsky.social
Writer, satirist. Purger of parliament.
... get a doctor's appointment, the worst and most expensive railway system and the highest cost of housing in Europe.

That's the fault of putting these things in the hands of private investors who don't give a damn about UK citizens. Something Reform UK have pledged to do even more of.

Yours,
Tom
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
... best budget since 1986".

Your party is not the 'Reform' Party.
It is the 'Even More Of The Same Madness Party'.

P.S. 37,000 immigrants may be too many in your opinion. But they're not responsible for over 4m British citizens unable to get a dentist appointment, even more of us unable to ...
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
...pledged even more privatisation of the NHS and public services, more tax cuts for billionaires, their wealthy leadership have been involved in more corruption scandals than any other major party, not to mention Nigel Farage praising the disastrous Truss budget that crashed the economy as "the...
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
... enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else for decades, not to mention literally getting away with no action after being accused of historical sex abuse of children.

But your party are not the party of reform. They are the party of 'Even More Of The Same'.

Reform UK have ...
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
You're in danger of shooting the messenger there.
May 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
... bread and butter. It's popular because it means people struggling have someone easy to blame for their lack of resources.

Until mainstream parties realise they have to tackle - and really solve - the cost of living crisis - the rise of the populist far-right will continue.

That's the truth.
May 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
... caused by successive mainstream parties privatising everything, making us pay more for everything from healthcare to parking, giving tax cuts to billionaires while wages stagnate and social welfare and subsidies are cut for those worse off in society.

Anti-immigration is populist's ...
May 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
... Orban and his policies? No. They blamed immigrants, Ukraine, the EU and gay people for their inability to survive on a basic wage.

We see exactly the same happening in the UK, Poland, France, Germany and elsewhere.

This cost of living crisis was not caused by the populists though. It was ...
May 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
... the longest serving far-right populist leader in the west. Viktor Orbán has ruled there for 15 years. The reporter went to a small town there to ask why the people there still support Orban, despite the Hungarian economy being so bad they have to rely on charities to survive. Did they blame ...
May 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
... caused the rise of Fascism in the 1930s.

To solve the rise of the populist right we have to solve the COST OF LIVING CRISIS. Reform is ahead in the UK, other far-right populists are taking over in other countries. Why?

A @channel4news.bsky.social reporter recently went to Hungary, ruled by ...
May 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM