Barry
@grumpycook.bsky.social
Just a Grumpy Cook, running a not for profit cafe business fighting food poverty
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Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
This has to be the end of Southern Water. How much more of their disastrous management of our water must we take? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This has to be the end of Southern Water. How much more of their disastrous management of our water must we take? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Celebrity Traitor revealed
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Celebrity Traitor revealed
What is life like in one of England's most deprived towns? www.bbc.com/news/article...
What is life really like in one of England's most deprived towns?
Hastings in East Sussex is one of the most deprived local authorities in England, data shows.
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What is life like in one of England's most deprived towns? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Right decision www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Prince Andrew to lose 'prince' title and move out of Royal Lodge
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Right decision www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Labour Comms take note
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Labour Comms take note
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve woken up in the 70’s. Coming up on ITV is Love thy Neighbour. If you voted for her then she’s representing you. I hope you’re happy
Didn't take long for "Stop the boats!" to become "Stop the blacks!"
Reform UK MP says seeing adverts 'full of Black people' drives her 'mad'
Sarah Pochin was responding to a question about whether her party will do anything about the 'representation of demographics in TV adverts', and claimed white people were 'demonised'
www.mirror.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve woken up in the 70’s. Coming up on ITV is Love thy Neighbour. If you voted for her then she’s representing you. I hope you’re happy
Can’t it be a Hunted Special on Channel Four www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Met urges Epping migrant sex offender to hand himself
Hadush Kebatu has access to funds and sought help from the public, the Met Police says.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Can’t it be a Hunted Special on Channel Four www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Everyone needs to read this.
October 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Everyone needs to read this.
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'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.
“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.
What did Trump say about Europe going hell…
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
What did Trump say about Europe going hell…
Used to run a cafe in a Country Park and this beauty was a regular
September 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Used to run a cafe in a Country Park and this beauty was a regular
Is this what we want here in the UK? Is this what our government is holding its nose for, just so it can cosy up to an administration in the US that wouldn’t look out of place in Libya?
September 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Is this what we want here in the UK? Is this what our government is holding its nose for, just so it can cosy up to an administration in the US that wouldn’t look out of place in Libya?
I was proud to be one of the baton bearers when the Baton of Hope came to Hastings on Tuesday
September 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I was proud to be one of the baton bearers when the Baton of Hope came to Hastings on Tuesday
Apparently Farage says migrants are eating our swans…no truth in that whatsoever
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Apparently Farage says migrants are eating our swans…no truth in that whatsoever
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This is so funny ...some orange people just can't take a joke🤣
September 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is so funny ...some orange people just can't take a joke🤣
Solid gold
September 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Solid gold
Perhaps the BBC could ask itself why it wets itself over Reform with five MPs against Lib Dem’s with 72?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ed Davey loves clowning around, but is it time the Lib Dems get serious?
As they gather in Bournemouth for their annual conference, Laura Kuenssberg considers what next for the Lib Dems.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Perhaps the BBC could ask itself why it wets itself over Reform with five MPs against Lib Dem’s with 72?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This makes me want to scream as the only thing for us to come out of this is more expensive services more poverty and Right Wing nut jobs taking complete control
September 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This makes me want to scream as the only thing for us to come out of this is more expensive services more poverty and Right Wing nut jobs taking complete control
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
The one trick pony Nigel Farage says illegal migration is a 'scourge' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage says illegal migration is a 'scourge'
The Reform UK leader will outline his plans to tackle small boat crossing later on Tuesday.
www.bbc.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The one trick pony Nigel Farage says illegal migration is a 'scourge' www.bbc.com/news/article...
I am proud to be a Baton Bearer for when the Baton of Hope comes to Hastings on 23rd September. We are going to hold 2 events to highlight the movement and raise awareness of men’s mental health
August 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am proud to be a Baton Bearer for when the Baton of Hope comes to Hastings on 23rd September. We are going to hold 2 events to highlight the movement and raise awareness of men’s mental health