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Some jobs are just as terrible as you would expect, but others have a certain appeal to them from the outside. Appearances can be deceiving though. Even the most attractive of jobs comes with hidden downsides. And people were lining up to tell CupIndependent3610 all about them when they put the following question to r/AskReddit: […] The post Which careers that look glamorous are actually nightmares? – 17 industries that just aren’t all they’re cracked up to be appeared first on The Poke.

Nigel Farage, you will remember, was all for Donald Trump’s war on Iran when the American president first dropping bombs on Tehran. These days not so much, a change of mind which is entirely in line with his party’s relentless mixed messaging about the prospect of all out war in the Middle East, But don’t […] The post Nigel Farage wasn’t happy when his party’s relentless reverse ferreting over Iran was pointed out to him and it spoke volumes about the man and is party appeared first on The Poke.

Andrew Tate was super-excited by the prospect of the Middle East descending into turmoil. So much so that he simply couldn’t wait to get back to Dubai so that he didn’t miss out on any of the action. We’re still not sure if he’s made it – turns out it wasn’t entirely straightforward, apparently – […] The post This clip of a pistol-packing Andrew Tate ‘defending Dubai’ prompted no end of hilarity – 14 funniest and totally on-point takedowns appeared first on The Poke.

It’s hard to know whether Donald Trump is achieving his goals with his war on Iraq, mostly because it’s not at all clear what he was trying to achieve in the first place. Beyond the appalling spectacle of destruction, obviously. But 10 days or so into the conflict, people reckon the American president is already […] The post People reckon Trump is already looking for someone to blame the war on Iraq on – 17 brutally on-point responses appeared first on The Poke.

Kudos to ITV Meridian’s Kit Bradshaw for holding Nigel Farage’s feet to the fire in a way that’s sadly lacking in too many of his interviews. Reform UK’s control of Kent County Council has been beset by in-fighting, rows over flags on lampposts, financial mismanagement, and a complete u-turn on a key campaign promise to […] The post Farage excused Reform’s tax-cut u-turn by saying “Cutting taxes can be not putting them up as much” – 17 emphatic clapbacks appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump’s been addressing Republican lawmakers in Florida, where the topic of his war on Iran was naturally at the top of the agenda. Along with the scores of people – many of them children – killed when a Tehran school was hit by a US tomahawk missile, Trump’s military has also sunk an Iran […] The post Donald Trump said it was more fun to sink ships than capture them and the Maga response is a terrifying sign of where we are now appeared first on The Poke.

To no-one’s great surprise anywhere, there have been contradicting signals emerging from the White House about exactly how long Donald Trump’s war on Iran is likely to last. It would probably help if they stopped changing their objectives, obviously, but that’s for another time. Defence, sorry, war secretary Pete Hegseth said it was just the […] The post Donald Trump was asked to clarify if it was the ‘beginning’ or the ‘end’ of the war and his answer totally nailed the state of the man and his presidency appeared first on The Poke.

No-one loves Donald Trump as much as Donald Trump. Well, not since Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared to see the light (at the time of writing). So it was no surprise to see the American president bigging up his achievements all the way to 11, proudly declaring that none of his predecessors would have done what […] The post Donald Trump tried to big up his presidency like no other but it ended up a glorious self-own – 14 A++ responses appeared first on The Poke.

Never let it be said that Kemi Badenoch isn’t the absolute queen of joined up thinking. Here is the leader of the opposition sharing her concerns about the soaring cost of energy prices as a result of Donald Trump’s war on Iran. How worried is she? This worried. ‘I’m very worried about families who will […] The post Kemi Badenoch said she’s super concerned about rising energy prices and the entirety of the internet responded as one appeared first on The Poke.

You will no doubt already know about the horrific bombing of a school in Iran in which scores of people, many of them children, were killed. Video evidence showed a US Tomahawk missile hitting a naval base next to the elementary school, part of Donald Trump’s devastating war on Iran. And yet Trump has repeatedly […] The post A reporter brilliantly called out Donald Trump over his claims Iran bombed their own school and had the entire internet cheering appeared first on The Poke.