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Here in the UK most of us are currently experiencing some unexpected warm weather, so we’ve put together some quick and easy ways to make the most of the sunshine and pretend you’re actually abroad on holiday. 1. . Via Wikimedia 2. Start drinking alcohol at 8am and continue throughout the day. 3. Via Wikimedia […] The post 10 easy ways to pretend you’re on a holiday abroad appeared first on The Poke.

It feels like a lot longer we know, but it’s been 100 days since Donald Trump returned to the White House and of all the front pages that will no doubt mark this moment, it’s hard to believe one will nail it quite so beautifully – and heartbreakingly – as the New Yorker. It’s by […] The post The New Yorker front cover just totally nailed Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office appeared first on The Poke.

Congratulations to Mark Carney – we have no doubt he’s reading – who’s been elected prime minister of Canada in a stunning comeback for the Liberal party in large part thanks to Donald Trump’s incessant wanging on about making Canada his 51st state. We mention Carney again – again! – because of this clip in […] The post Mark Carney saw parallels between Trump’s tariff obsession and Brexit not to put too fine a point on it, it’s painful AF appeared first on The Poke.

Danald Trump’s hopes of turning Canada into the 51st state of the United States suffered a devastating blow when Liberal party leader Mark Carney was elected in an extraordinary turnaround just months after it appeared the Conservatives were dead set winners. And there was one person who did more to ensure Carney’s victory than anyone […] The post Triumphant Mark Carney had an A++ message for Donald Trump and it’s the sort of statesmanship the US president can only dream about appeared first on The Poke.

Over on TikTok, back in 2023, gamer Kyle Mayson led us through his quest to present his dad with a celebratory cake on the day of his divorce. The plan, the clothes, the revelations at the bakery, the name of the wine … Honestly, it was just – via GIPHY See for yourselves. @mayzeson Got […] The post A son’s hilarious effort to make his dad’s divorce day special remains a unique way of marking the occasion appeared first on The Poke.

It’s normal for friendships to evolve, change and even drift apart over time. But they can also come to an abrupt end. According to the findings of Reddit user New_Perspective1201, friendships end due to a built up resentment or single moments of awful behaviour. And we know this because they posed this question to the […] The post ‘What was the final straw that ended a lifelong friendship?’ – 17 buddy bust-ups appeared first on The Poke.

Living in Britain means we get pretty much accustomed to the cold and rain, so when we do actually get some warmer weather it’s a bit of a shock to our systems. We’re like dormant sleeper agents and the sun is the trigger that activates us and makes us behave in ways we don’t as […] The post 12 things British people do as soon as the sun comes out. How many are you guilty of? appeared first on The Poke.

A bunch of bikers and their mates turned up to Dover to protest against immigration and quite the spectacle it was too. Just not – surely not – in the way they were hoping. We mention it after these pictures were shared by a Twitter account called @TheBritLad which is, apparently, all about ‘Defending Western […] The post This protest by ‘thousands’ of proud little Englanders in Dover was taken just as seriously as it deserved and this comeback surely said it best appeared first on The Poke.

We’re not sure what Gordon Ramsay would have to say about this 2023 culinary trolling from the New York Times, but we suspect it wouldn’t be directly quotable. The post The healthy swaps in this New York Times ‘potato salad’ really take the biscuit appeared first on The Poke.

Never have we written so much about an election in Canada, but never – it’s fair to say – has an American president been so determined to make their neighbour the 51st state of the United States. Except it turns out all of Donald Trump’s best efforts had the worse (for him) possible effect, catapulting […] The post This Canadian voter’s magnificently NSFW take on Donald Trump surely spoke for the entire world and people totally adored her for it appeared first on The Poke.