Barry
@grumpycook.bsky.social
Just a Grumpy Cook, running a not for profit cafe business fighting food poverty
Happy days are here again. Now pass me that chlorinated chicken leg
Three-hour airport queues for UK
passengers as post-Brexit checks ramp up
Airport operators warn of 'chaos' from next week when more checks are rolled out, with the risk of 'serious safety hazards'
inews.co.uk/news/uk-pass...
passengers as post-Brexit checks ramp up
Airport operators warn of 'chaos' from next week when more checks are rolled out, with the risk of 'serious safety hazards'
inews.co.uk/news/uk-pass...
Three-hour airport queues for UK passengers as post-Brexit checks ramp up
Airport operators warn of 'chaos' from next week when more checks are rolled out, with the risk of 'serious safety hazards'
inews.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy days are here again. Now pass me that chlorinated chicken leg
UK manufacturers are to be hit with mountains of Brexit-style paperwork in January on £7bn worth of exports to the EU after the government failed to secure an expected exemption from new green taxes
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork
Brussels confirms Christmas carve-out from green levies will not happen, leading to Brexit-style requirements
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Brexit explained in 5 seconds
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Brexit explained in 5 seconds
Many moons ago Chris Rea was support to Eric Clapton at Wembley Arena. From that day on I became a fan. Thank you for the music Chris
December 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Many moons ago Chris Rea was support to Eric Clapton at Wembley Arena. From that day on I became a fan. Thank you for the music Chris
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Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
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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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