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We cross now to Farageland, a self-contained nation state far, far away from Clacton. There, we find its president, Nigel Farage, trying to prove that he needed to be given £5 million for security, despite now claiming that the crypto-donation was a reward for Brexit. Naturally, the Reform gang jumped to his defence. 🛑 Listen […] The post Nigel Farage’s attempt to spin the ‘unacceptable’ presence of a journalist at his house as an excuse for that £5 million crypto ‘gift’ stretched credibility to Clacton and back appeared first on The Poke.

In a rare win that wasn’t completely in her own imagination, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch scored an effective burn on outgoing Health Secretary Wes Streeting after the King’s speech on Wednesday. 🚨 WATCH: Kemi Badenoch mocks Wes Streeting's leadership ambitions "Why don't you just do your job? There's no point him giving me dirty looks […] The post Nicki Minaj reckons someone will make a Thatcheresque film about Kemi Badenoch one day, in case you were wondering if the timeline could get any weirder appeared first on The Poke.

On the same day that the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner confirmed an investigation into the £5 million given to Nigel Farage by a Thailand-resident crypto billionaire named Christopher Harborne (or Chakrit Sakunkrit), the Reform Leader went running to the Sun’s Harry Cole to try (again) to get ahead of the story. Farage, who has repeatedly insisted […] The post Nigel Farage claims his ‘completely non-political’ £5 million gift from a crypto billionaire was also a reward for Brexit – 23 sceptical responses to Schrodinger’s Donation appeared first on The Poke.

The Trump family vacation photos keep rolling in from the President’s visit to China and Eric Trump just took the mantle for most clueless post of the trip. Eric thought it’d make sense to highlight how his trip aboard the jumbo jet Air Force One required a fuel stop along the way. So he posed […] The post Eric Trump posted a ‘refuelling’ selfie from Air Force One in Alaska and he didn’t just fail to read the room, he was on the wrong continent appeared first on The Poke.

The Donald Trump White House does not necessarily have a reputation for transparency and honesty. Sure, Trump and his cabinet are constantly making public statements, but besides the most dedicated Magas, nobody believes anything this administration says anymore. Which brings us to JD Vance’s press conference on fraud. Here is the Vice President explaining why […] The post JD Vance proudly declared that Donald Trump takes fraud seriously and the entirety of the internet responded as one appeared first on The Poke.

Joe Biden Derangement Syndrome is real and it is spreading quickly through the Maga party. On the same day that Vice President JD Vance blamed Joe Biden for inflation, South Caroline state rep Nancy Mace was making fantastical claims about a world in which Joe Biden was President. Mace: If we had Joe Biden as […] The post Nancy Mace confidently declared things in America would be ‘much, much worse’ if Joe Biden were President and the entire internet disagreed appeared first on The Poke.

It’s always good seeing a particularly irksome know-it-all being taken down a peg or two. Pomposity pricked, if you will. And it’s rarely more satisfying than these examples of people taking the time to correct someone online, only to be entirely, 100% wrong themselves. They are all from the corner of Reddit called ‘incorrectly correcting’ […] The post 30 of the most entertaining times people incorrectly corrected someone else and landed humiliatingly flat on their face appeared first on The Poke.

In 2025, siblings George and Jess Robbin bought a four-bedroom flat in Clapham for the princely sum of £511,250. Well done to them. They then gave an interview to the Times on how they managed to pull off this difficult feat in such a tricky time for house-buyers – and at the ages of 23 […] The post This classic house-buying tip from a pair of twenty-somethings sits firmly in the entitlement hall of fame appeared first on The Poke.

As the “two week” “incursion” in Iran stretches on with no end in sight, Magas are finding it harder and harder to explain away. Particularly the part where Americans are getting hit in the wallets at the gas station, grocery store, and just about everywhere else they go. JD Vance was pressed recently on what […] The post JD Vance was asked how he would go about fixing inflation caused by the Iran war and his answer was as familiar as it was infurating appeared first on The Poke.

We’ve all said something stupid at one point or another. Hopefully though, these blunders seamlessly melt away into the mists of time, never to be mentioned again. This isn’t always the case though. In fact, some mistakes can linger forever and end up living rent free in a person’s head. Humble-Blueberry4571 wanted to hear about […] The post “What’s the stupidest thing you’ve heard someone say that you still think about?” – 17 idiotic statements for the ages appeared first on The Poke.