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It’s been a while since Hugh Laurie was on TV screens everywhere as the eponymous Dr Gregory House in the long-running medical drama House. It won loads of awards, ran for eight seasons and made Laurie as big a household name in America as he already was in the UK. But that doesn’t mean that […] The post Hugh Laurie didn’t take kindly to a viewer’s belated House critique and his hilariously narked response went wildly viral appeared first on The Poke.

As he slides ever deeper into irrelevance, Laurence Fox is always looking for cheap stunts to keep himself in the news. Well, maybe not the news, but he’s certainly angling for more traction on his monetised Twitter account. So, this Pride Month, The Pathetic Mr. Fox has returned to one of his attention-grabbing ‘greatest hits’, […] The post It’s Pride Month so the edgy Laurence Fox has been burning flags again – 17 withering replies appeared first on The Poke.

Reform UK has had mixed fortunes recently. On the one hand, Nigel Farage has been in virtual self-isolation to avoid scrutiny over his financial affairs. A particular issue has been the £5 million gift he received from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, either for his security or as a reward for Brexit. His claim that a […] The post Zia Yusuf told Laura Kuenssberg that Reform chose respecting the wishes of Henry Nowak’s family over making a political argument – 17 counterpoints appeared first on The Poke.

Remember Matt Goodwin? He was the Reform UK candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election back in February, but was roundly beaten by Hannah Spencer who was representing the Green Party. Congratulations to Hannah Spencer. Look at Matt's face. He doesn't know where to look. His divisive rhetoric failed. pic.twitter.com/cFlcas4JVc — Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) February 27, […] The post Failed Reform candidate Matt Goodwin claimed that ‘JD Vance is closer to the British people than Keir Starmer’, and the chinny reckon was visible from space appeared first on The Poke.

While Donald Trump has a number of old favourites when he goes into rant mode – Crooked Hillary, Sleepy Joe, his perfect phone call with Ukraine – his top lie is still that he won in 2020, but the Dems orchestrated some sort of election fraud. With the red flag of Trump projection waving harder […] The post Donald Trump flounced out of an interview in a rage after the reporter pushed back on his claims of Californian election interference – 24 scathing reactions appeared first on The Poke.

We turn now to Michael Gove, the Brexit-embracing former Tory party leader wannabe turned editor of the Spectator. No, wait come back, it’s worth it, we swear! Gove appeared on this weekend’s edition of Have I Got News For You. And Ian Hislop quickly set his sights on Gove and ripped into him, not letting […] The post Ian Hislop relentlessly tore “cockroach” Michael Gove apart to his face on HIGNFY, and it will be 4 minutes of your time well spent appeared first on The Poke.

Royal Mail’s problems delivering mail on time are legendary – just this week, another investigation was launched into its failure to deliver first class post. But writer Paul S. Edwards’s case of late delivery really is something to write home about. Over the weekend, Paul shared some images of an edition of ‘Mother & Baby’ […] The post Royal Mail finally delivered this man’s magazine from 2007 – 19 first class responses to really write home about appeared first on The Poke.

The anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944 is an annual, sombre occasion, prompting us to reflect on ideas of sacrifice and bravery. So, naturally, the Trump administration sent one of its biggest buffoons to speak on its behalf on this special day. Pete Hegseth was in Normandy to mark the anniversary of […] The post Pete Hegseth used a D-Day speech to talk about migrants “invading European beaches” – 16 historically furious and funny responses appeared first on The Poke.

Thanks to regional rivalries and this country’s love of having a good moan, there are plenty of places in the UK which have gained a bad reputation. But are they actually justified? To find out, Desperate-Drawer-572 headed over to r/AskUK to put the following question to its users: ‘What is a place in the UK […] The post Where in the UK has a bad reputation but is actually nice? – 17 places that don’t deserve to be hated appeared first on The Poke.

A Californian Twitter user, named Ethan Isaacs, has had the temerity to launch a completely unprovoked attack over our use of the term ‘washing up liquid’, going as far to say that ‘Brits are not serious people’ for using the term. Seems a bit harsh, considering that washing up liquid is simply ‘liquid’ that’s primary […] The post An American has been mocking Brits for referring to ‘dish soap’ as ‘washing up liquid’ and was completely rinsed in the replies appeared first on The Poke.