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While we Brits love to have a good old moan about the state of the country, in all the many and varied ways we perceive it to be bad, we’d miss it like mad if we weren’t here. Proving how sentimental we can be as a nation is Reddit user noctenaut, who posted this on […] The post An ex-pat having a ‘homesick wobble’ asked for news from the UK – 23 spectacularly British answers appeared first on The Poke.

It’s a tight competition with a lot of incompetent contenders, but Pete Hegseth currently looks like the White House’s least qualified employee. The Secretary of Defense (we will not use that other pretend title created by a third grader) is mad at Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. Kelly had the audacity to inform the military, and […] The post Pete Hegseth mocked the Navy veteran senator he’s trying to investigate and he got ratioed into oblivion by the replies appeared first on The Poke.

You might already have seen the best thing to come out of Budget day, chancellor Rachel Reeves A++ jibe at the expense of Nigel Farage when she said this. “We are freezing known Russian assets, but let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the honourable member for Clacton” Reeves throws a very timely posh […] The post LBC’s Shelagh Fogarty wanted to double check Nigel Farage isn’t actually a Russian asset and Zia Yusuf’s finger-wagging fury made it all worthwhile appeared first on The Poke.

Like us you might very well not have come across Kurt Caz – @gegenhazt over on TikTok – before, but you’ll definitely know the type. He appears to be some sort of anti-woke warrior ranting at pride flags, ‘two tier policing’ and ‘Soviet Britain’, but most of all using his right to free speech to […] The post An anti-woke warrior took a trip down London’s ‘infamous’ Oxford Street to show how dangerous it is and was owned into next year appeared first on The Poke.

To the studios of GB News now, where the right-wing entertainment channel was furious that chancellor Rachel Reeves totally blanked them on Budget day. Political editor Christopher Hope had a proper cob on about it after Reeves said she didn’t have time for any more questions, despite the GB News man putting his hand up […] The post Rachel Reeves totally blanked GB News and their eye-bulging fury just makes the whole thing even better appeared first on The Poke.

Karoline Leavitt will die on any hill she is trotted out to defend. Her most recent stance really puts her loyalty to the test. So far, she’s passing with flying colors. Leavitt continues to aggressively push for anyone in the military to just do what they are told. She is outraged at the idea of […] The post Karoline Leavitt doubled down that the military must always obey orders and the grim historical comparisons should have everyone on edge appeared first on The Poke.

If you’re looking to get into the holiday spirit, look no further than Donald Trump sharing his gratitude during a time of thanks in America. No, that doesn’t include a long list of thank yous to everyone around the country. In this case, actually, it includes a string of grade-school level insults directed at his […] The post Donald Trump called the Governor of Illinois ‘a big fat slob’ and global supplies of irony hit critical lows – 17 calorific comebacks appeared first on The Poke.

A 2022 American football match between the Kentucky Wildcats and Tennessee Volunteers got an unexpected sideshow, courtesy of an incident involving the cheerleaders and a security guard. Watch what happened. @beachgalloway When the blue shirt man won’t get out of the way #VOLS ♬ original sound – Beach Galloway Of course, things weren’t that straightforward, […] The post Probably the best off-schedule cheer display these American football supporters will ever see – and definitely the most surprising appeared first on The Poke.

At his annual Thanksgiving address, Donald Trump dusted off all that he had to be thankful for. Actually, that’s not true at all. It was really just a list of grievances. So, you know, it was just a typical Donald Trump speech. One note he wanted to focus on was religion, a tricky subject to […] The post Donald Trump said Americans are praying now more than ever and walked straight into these heaven-sent clap backs appeared first on The Poke.

It’s fair to say that Budget Day didn’t go entirely to planned for the Labour government and its chancellor Rachel Reeves. It got off to the worst possible start when the Office for Budget Responsibility forever secured a reputation for exactly the opposite after it inadvertently published the whole thing before Reeves had even got […] The post Rachel Reeves’ A++ takedown of Nigel Farage was the lone high spot on a Budget day to forget for Labour appeared first on The Poke.