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To PMQs – again! – where the Green Party’s newest MP Hannah Spencer had a question about hospitality for Keir Starmer. But it wasn’t Starmer at the front of her mind – rather, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK – when she stood up to ask her question with a two-word takedown that was already good, but […] The post Green MP Hannah Spencer’s two-word takedown of Reform UK was already good but the furious response of its supporters took it to a whole new level appeared first on The Poke.

To PMQs now where Nigel Farage – only kidding, Farage wasn’t there, obviously – Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice was busy looking to make political gain out of human tragedy. And Keir Starmer – who’s performance at the Dispatch Box appears to get better the less chance he has of staying on as PM […] The post Richard Tice was hit so hard by Keir Starmer’s PMQs comeback that he erased it from his Twitter feed but don’t let that stop you from enjoying it appeared first on The Poke.

To the world – briefly – of the clown prince of the toxic manosphere, Andrew Tate, who’s been playing soldiers with the Russian army along with his brother Tristan. 🚨🇷🇺 BREAKING: The Tate brothers are getting Russian army training. 😳🔥 pic.twitter.com/jFiDaszD5M — Prime Tate (@primetateHQ) June 8, 2026 And we mention it because the video […] The post Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been relentlessly mocked for ‘training with the Russian Army’ – 14 funniest and most on-point responses appeared first on The Poke.

There are some things we do without consciously thinking about them that are vital, like breathing. And there are some things we do without consciously thinking about them that are practical, like driving a car. But there are some things we do without thinking about them that are utterly stupid, or at the very least, […] The post People shared the most mortifying things their brains ever did on autopilot – 23 hilarious times our synapses left us hanging appeared first on The Poke.

Every language has unique phrases that speakers use without even thinking about where they came from. They just make speech less formal and more interesting. The same is true, of course, of English, which has some delightfully colourful sayings and innuendoes. On /AskUK, numerous_art5080 wanted to know all about them. “British inneundos and sayings. What […] The post Someone asked for some colourful British innuendoes and sayings they can use, and these 24 really fit the bill (NSFW) appeared first on The Poke.

In response to a truly horrific knife attack on a man in his forties in Belfast, the city has erupted into violent riots, with buildings and vehicles being set alight, some of which had terrified people inside at the time. Belfast riots : Immigrant family rescued by Police after rioters set their house and car […] The post Mehdi Hasan called out the right-wing political interference of Elon Musk, and it’s an unmissable minute of brutal honesty appeared first on The Poke.

There’s a rather fabulous corner of Reddit called ‘Don’t you know who I am’ which – as the name suggests – is full of brilliant exchanges featuring people who had no idea who they were talking to. It’s a consistent source of joy and here are 17 of the very funniest. 1. (via) 2. (via) […] The post 23 hilarious times people had no idea who they were talking to from ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am’ on Reddit appeared first on The Poke.

If there’s one thing we can predict about the British summer (is it summer yet?) it’s that us Brits will inevitably complain about the heat, even when it’s not actually that hot. We say this after this American who grew up in Texas and has spent half is life in Las Vegas went on Twitter […] The post This American’s take on why us Brits always moan about the heat (even when it’s not that hot) is a properly intriguing read appeared first on The Poke.

Here’s a rather lovely thing that may go a little way to provide some kind of reassurance that it’s not just you that does this sort of thing. It’s a Q&A over on Reddit in which women were invited to share the wild come-ons that went totally unnoticed by a hapless chap. ‘Ladies, what is […] The post Women shared the wild come-ons that went totally unnoticed by a hapless guy – 17 blinding misses appeared first on The Poke.

To the world – briefly – of Donald Trump, who’s been posting on Truth Social to which you might think, right, no change there then. Except in this particular instance the president posted a link to a story about America’s widening trade deficit. Except it wasn’t the win Trump presumably thought it was, and these […] The post Donald Trump excitedly posted about America’s widening trade deficit but it wasn’t the win he appeared to think it was appeared first on The Poke.