Barry
@grumpycook.bsky.social
Just a Grumpy Cook, running a cafe business fighting food poverty
Enough now Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
Cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne says he has matched a donation from Ben Delo announced late on Friday.
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September 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Enough now Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thoughts & prayers for Chris Mason at this sad time Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been under way into other donations.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Thoughts & prayers for Chris Mason at this sad time Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But the people of Clacton have already decided the outcome 🤷♂️ Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been underway into other donations.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
But the people of Clacton have already decided the outcome 🤷♂️ Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This guy is the best talk show presenter bar none right, and with this it’s easy to see why
September 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This guy is the best talk show presenter bar none right, and with this it’s easy to see why
This is very clever and funny too
👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣
September 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This is very clever and funny too
Something has gone badly wrong.
For every £100 of new wealth created across the world, £41 went to the richest 1%.
The poorest half of humanity received just £1.
Read that again.
£41 to the richest 1%.
£1 to HALF the world’s population.
🧵
For every £100 of new wealth created across the world, £41 went to the richest 1%.
The poorest half of humanity received just £1.
Read that again.
£41 to the richest 1%.
£1 to HALF the world’s population.
🧵
August 20, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Something has gone badly wrong.
For every £100 of new wealth created across the world, £41 went to the richest 1%.
The poorest half of humanity received just £1.
Read that again.
£41 to the richest 1%.
£1 to HALF the world’s population.
🧵
For every £100 of new wealth created across the world, £41 went to the richest 1%.
The poorest half of humanity received just £1.
Read that again.
£41 to the richest 1%.
£1 to HALF the world’s population.
🧵
@mrjamesob.bsky.social has Kemi stated following the by-election in Clacton, in which the tories didn’t take part in, that she saw positive shoots of recovery for her party? 🤭
August 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social has Kemi stated following the by-election in Clacton, in which the tories didn’t take part in, that she saw positive shoots of recovery for her party? 🤭
The BBC’s new campaign to get people to sign up to the Licence Fee has just been turbocharged
August 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The BBC’s new campaign to get people to sign up to the Licence Fee has just been turbocharged
I am just so blown away by the support we have been getting for feeding kids free at our cafe in Hastings. This though is on another level www.facebook.com/share/p/1dTm...
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August 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I am just so blown away by the support we have been getting for feeding kids free at our cafe in Hastings. This though is on another level www.facebook.com/share/p/1dTm...
My thanks to James and Eleanor for arranging m.youtube.com/watch?v=DbhL...
Reform councillor threatens to report café owner who fed kids for free to police
YouTube video by LBC
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August 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
My thanks to James and Eleanor for arranging m.youtube.com/watch?v=DbhL...
I was on the @mrjamesob.bsky.social show this morning, and a pleasant experience it was too. I’m kicking myself now as I didn’t sign off with “love to the family”
August 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I was on the @mrjamesob.bsky.social show this morning, and a pleasant experience it was too. I’m kicking myself now as I didn’t sign off with “love to the family”
It all went a bit nuts today.
July 31, 2026 at 8:45 PM
It all went a bit nuts today.
My cafe in Hastings has started doing free meals for kids starting this Monday, with no additional spend by an adult. @eastsussexcc.bsky.social have let the poorest children go hungry.
Clacton is organised and won’t fall for Farage’s lies twice.
July 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
My cafe in Hastings has started doing free meals for kids starting this Monday, with no additional spend by an adult. @eastsussexcc.bsky.social have let the poorest children go hungry.
Reform Party of @eastsussexcc.bsky.social are not giving out food vouchers for kids this summer, even though they’ve received the money from the Government. My help is being given at my cafe, but some Cold Hard Rage wouldn’t go amiss too.
July 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Reform Party of @eastsussexcc.bsky.social are not giving out food vouchers for kids this summer, even though they’ve received the money from the Government. My help is being given at my cafe, but some Cold Hard Rage wouldn’t go amiss too.
A couple of weeks ago we had a review from the guy who hosts Gary Eats on YouTube check it out m.youtube.com/watch?v=xaxA...
The UK's CHEAPEST Breakfast! £2! What A Bargain!!
YouTube video by Gary Eats
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July 22, 2026 at 12:16 PM
A couple of weeks ago we had a review from the guy who hosts Gary Eats on YouTube check it out m.youtube.com/watch?v=xaxA...
This man is a leader.
July 22, 2026 at 6:21 AM
This man is a leader.
France are in holiday mode.
July 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
France are in holiday mode.
Dear fifa why not just award the World Cup to the USA so we can all get on with our lives. Hating these late nights anyway www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup 2026: Uefa claim 'integrity of the game is at stake' over Fifa's Folarin Balogun decision
Uefa says Fifa's decision not to uphold Folarin Balogun's immediate ban at the World Cup is "unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable".
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July 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Dear fifa why not just award the World Cup to the USA so we can all get on with our lives. Hating these late nights anyway www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
They’re wondering why he’s getting involved? That’s obvious they’ve paid him to www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage’s anti-WHO campaign moves to US with allies added to board
Relocation of Action on World Health raises questions over why Reform UK leader is involved in a US pressure group
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2026 at 10:43 AM
They’re wondering why he’s getting involved? That’s obvious they’ve paid him to www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They’re all heart www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ryanair says it will reluctantly not charge parents to sit next to children
The airline had typically charged adults a fee of £8 each way to sit with their young children.
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June 25, 2026 at 1:38 PM
They’re all heart www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More kids go hungry, probably
It is extremely annoying the way that Hunt, like Osborne before him, personally undermined the foundations of the British state and now gets to opine as if this mess was absolutely nothing to do with him.
I’d have a lot more time for this if the answer was “by not cutting employee NICS”.
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June 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
More kids go hungry, probably
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Here you go!
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Try not to smile, let alone tear up.
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Try not to smile, let alone tear up.
June 10, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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I thought the Iranian capabilities had been destroyed? 🤷♂️ Trump says Iran shot down US helicopter and vows to respond www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says Iran shot down US helicopter and vows to respond
Two crew members of the Apache helicopter that crashed following the attack were rescued by an American sea drone.
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June 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I thought the Iranian capabilities had been destroyed? 🤷♂️ Trump says Iran shot down US helicopter and vows to respond www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...