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In their effort to be more Trump, the Reform Party is copying his petty policy of punishing areas that don’t vote for him. In Trump’s case, he has pulled funding from Democratic states and from bodies that are statistically more likely to help people in Dem areas. Reform hasn’t announced that policy yet, but they […] The post Reform UK’s vile threat to put asylum-seeker detention centres in Green-run areas is pure, petty Trumpism in action – 21 full-throated objections appeared first on The Poke.

To the world of men – not all men, just quite a few of them, especially on Twitter – after this picture of a make-up free Sabrina Carpenter prompted one particular specimen to think he’d just unearthed some kind of giant conspiracy. Sabrina Carpenter with and without makeup.. she’s a catfish. Don’t be fooled boys […] The post A man spied a giant conspiracy with this picture of a make-up free Sabrina Carpenter and was mocked into next year and back appeared first on The Poke.

Time now to return to the ever increasing cultural divide – okay then, chasm – between the United States and Europe. And this time the topic under discussion is … bottle tops. Specifically the sort of screw tops you now get on plastic bottles in Europe which really got the goat of this visiting American […] The post An American professor took issue with our plastic bottle tops and these A++ comebacks will make you proud to be European appeared first on The Poke.

For those of you in the UK and Ireland, here’s a Public Service Announcement – it’s Tuesday (at the time of writing). Write it on your hand, or something, so the post-bank-holiday confusion doesn’t cause any problems. As it’s Tuesday, we thought we’d share some more comedy gems from Threads, and we’ve narrowed it down […] The post 25 Funniest Threads Posts to Give Your Day a Lift appeared first on The Poke.

Twitter user Alice was in her friend’s local shop when she spotted a poster advertising canned goods. At first glance it appears to be nothing out of the ordinary, but on closer inspection it’s a hilariously weird AI generated ‘artwork’ advertising some truly baffling groceries. Let’s take a look. Losing my mind at this AI […] The post Someone spotted an AI generated poster for canned goods in their local shop and it’s hilariously bizarre – 17 facepalms appeared first on The Poke.

They say that the first casualty of war is the truth, which is clearly a good shout, and the Iran War has been no different. There are, for example, conflicting reports on whether two US ships have successfully navigated the Strait of Hormuz at the weekend, with the ‘Department of War’ and Donald Trump saying […] The post Donald Trump shared a meme of himself ‘holding all the cards’, and the world explained the rules of Uno – 19 scathing owns appeared first on The Poke.

As Thursday’s local elections, in England, and Welsh Senedd and Scottish Parliament elections approach, Nigel Farage has been in full campaign mode, to the exclusion of doing any other aspect of his job – such as voting in the Commons. However, the Guardian has put a fly in his ointment by revealing that the Reform […] The post The internet dragged Nigel Farage for chickening out of a Laura Kuenssberg interview in the wake of his undeclared £5 million ‘gift’ – 23 clucking good takedowns appeared first on The Poke.

Over on Bluesky, people have been ‘slightly diminishing’ films. Rather than the diminshment of The Godfather II to The Godfather III, it’s just about playing with language. Like this, for instance – The Ipcress Post-it. — Slow Down Arthur (@admiralbooth.bsky.social) 3 May 2026 at 19:02 There were far too many great suggestions to include them […] The post People were challenged to ‘slightly diminish a film’, and they didn’t disappoint – 23 five-star suggestions appeared first on The Poke.

Everyone’s favourite lexicographer and etymologist, Susie Dent, has been lighting up Twitter again after asking her followers for examples of things for which there are no words. The doyen of Countdown‘s Dictionary Corner phrased the question like this… A question: what are the things you wish there was a word for? And have you come […] The post Susie Dent asked her followers for ‘things you wish there was a word for’ – 17 top-drawer replies appeared first on The Poke.

The Life In the UK test is a requirement for people who want to gain British citizenship. It features questions like ‘What was the last battle between Great Britain and France?’, ‘How often are general elections held in the UK?’, and ‘Who was the tribal leader who fought against the Romans?’. However, those are things […] The post ‘What’s a British rule nobody talks about but everyone follows?’ – 27 unspoken regulations to live by appeared first on The Poke.