Posted on 10/30/2026 9:12:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
The average journalist has nearly zero connection to the real world.
A British pie shop owner, Paul Bowen, was interviewed on Good Morning Britain on Thursday after a new minimum wage law was announced.
The clip was something else:
Utterly heartbreaking.
A must watch. https://t.co/K4W2sxKG4w— Mario Creatura (@MarioCreatura) October 29, 2026
Me, as a family, as a director, I'm taking a 2% cut. So my family, my one year old girl, I'm taking a pay cut, the business is taking a pay cut. How - how - how is that breathing room? Where is my breathing space? John Healey, if you're listening, where is my breathing space? You promised me.
The libs hosting the show had absolutely no clue.
But they do now!
They're both stunned. They never expected to hear that number.
Prices are going up, sales are going down, and this guy is likely going to have to go out of business.
Some reactions:
@MarioCreatura "Just fire your loyal staff and hire teenagers every few years."
God, the tone-deaf news in Britain just doesn't get it.— John (@RealJohnShoe) October 29, 2026
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@MarioCreatura "you could just hire and under 21 person"
The smug F U attitude in that follow up.
Ya go fire the older folks with families and bills and take up the teenager. They are widely known to have incredible working habits— Max Malts (@MaltstotheMax) October 29, 2026
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@GMB This is what happens when the vast majority of Labour MPs have never even had a real job, let alone run a business— James Blackwell (@jwblackwell) October 29, 2026
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Of course, the socialists in the comments are attacking the shop owner. Cockroaches love to make fun of men who actually try to build something.
But if the British government keeps going this route, cockroaches are all they'll have left.
ISWYDT!..........
Facts are stubborn things that can’t live in utopia.
That's $17.69 as of today. And their taxes are high to pay for socialism. How do they live?
“There’s a picture of the pies about 20% down the Daily Mail page.
They look to be about five inches in diameter.”
I looked up steak pie online to see was it a hand pie or bigger. the package said 1 serving so I figured like a frozen pot pie single serving size, similar to size you mentioned.
online it was $11.99 each! for a supposedly authentic British steak pie.
So $5 is cheap! most subs or other single serve things like that would be $5-9.
not sure why the person that bought it thinks it’s too expensive, especially if actually made there, not. just premade thaw and bake as much of US stuff is.
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