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The 2026 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, and of the eight acts to join the prestigious list, six are British. The 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees include: • Phil Collins • Billy Idol • Iron Maiden• Joy Division/New Order • Oasis• Sade • Luther Vandross• […] The post Liam Gallagher thanked fans for voting Oasis into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his hilarious, expletive-ridden previous comments about the award went viral appeared first on The Poke.

In a world in which Robert F Kennedy Jr is the secretary of Health and Human Services, it makes perfect sense to have a TV doctor who has sold overpriced ‘miracle’ pills to the gullible in another important health position. That person is Dr Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […] The post Dr Oz revealed that Donald Trump thinks diet soda kills cancer cells because it kills grass, in case you were wondering how the stable genius is getting on – 21 biggest facepalms appeared first on The Poke.

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to take a look at the week on Bluesky – but only the funny stuff. We’ve gathered some of the stuff that made us laugh, in the hope that they’ll do the same for you. If you’re not on Bluesky, maybe one of these will tempt you to across. […] The post 25 of the funniest posts we’ve seen on Bluesky this week appeared first on The Poke.

Spare a thought – only kidding – for Lee Anderson who was out and about at a petrol station in Nottinghamshire today with his Reform UK colleague Robert Jenrick to ‘send a message’ to Chancellor Rachel Reeves over fuel prices. But it turned out one woman buying petrol had a very specific message for Anderson, […] The post A teacher took down Lee Anderson in language he can definitely understand and had people everywhere applauding appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to attack the disenfranchised. Even in the middle of a hokey publicity stunt. When the White House set up a very obviously fake DoorDash delivery to prove that Trump cares about tips for delivery workers, he bizarrely took the conversation in the direction of transgender athletes. Here’s the full […] The post Donald Trump asked his ‘DoorDash driver’ to back up his views on transgender athletes and he was very satisfyingly put back in his box appeared first on The Poke.

Russell Brand and Tucker Carlson are joining forces to save both the book industry and organised religion. (Nobody asked them to, but that’s a different story.) Details continue to emerge about Carlson’s new publishing venture but his mission statement tells you everything you need to know: he’s “looking for books that nobody else will publish.” […] The post Russell Brand and Tucker Carlson have teamed up to publish a book on Christianity in case you were thinking of converting (away from humanity) appeared first on The Poke.

A clip of @_ap26‘s attempt to wax his leg while showing no emotion – like that was ever going to happen – went viral in 2024, thanks to this reaction stitch. If you haven’t seen this before, you’re in for a treat. If you have – you’re still in for a treat, but you know […] The post This guy’s plan to give himself a ‘zero-emotion’ leg wax came hilariously unstuck appeared first on The Poke.

JD Vance has been a devout Catholic his whole life for almost seven years now. So naturally, he feels very comfortable telling the Pope how to behave. The VP used an interview on Fox News to tell the Vatican to stay out of his way. Sure, his boss has been picking fights with the Pope […] The post JD Vance told the Vatican to stay out of politics and the hypocrisy could be seen from heaven – 17 biblical comebacks appeared first on The Poke.

Here’s 43 seconds to take your mind off everything else going on in the world right now. It’s a video that’s just gone viral on Twitter after it was shared by @CS11__ who said it was ‘probably my favourite video I’ve ever seen’. They weren’t alone either, the video first posted by @parkerwebster2 over on […] The post ‘Dropping things on my toes with a harmonica in my mouth’ is just the 43 seconds you need to take your mind off everything else right now appeared first on The Poke.

To Reform UK now – no, stick with us – where Richard Tice’s company has been accused of breaking the law by allegedly failing to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax on dividends that were paid to him and his offshore trust. The story was first reported by the Sunday Times and you […] The post A woman journalist asked Nigel Farage a question he didn’t like and the way he answered didn’t speak volumes, it bellowed them appeared first on The Poke.