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Unless you’ve spent the last few years living in a cupboard under the stairs, you’ll know that HBO has been busy working away on a television adaptation of the Harry Potter books which is due to be released this Christmas. You’ll probably also know that lots of people have been asking one question in unison: […] The post The first trailer for HBO’s Harry Potter series has just dropped and people are finding it less than magical – 21 hilarious reactions appeared first on The Poke.

There was much to enjoy – well, that might be overdoing it just a little bit – at PMQs on Wednesday. There was the Reform UK flounce out after Keir Starmer’s especially welcome takedown of Nigel Farage, which we’ve already written about over here. But there was also this moment – also featuring Farage – […] The post Nigel Farage ended up the butt of this hilariously timed exchange at PMQs and it will surely never be bettered appeared first on The Poke.

Restore Britain, the party set up by Nigel Farage’s once upon a time chum Rupert Lowe, has been having a long hard think on Twitter. So long and hard that it’s decided that Britain was not built by immigrants. Oh no, it was built by ‘British men and women’. The ones that look like Rupert […] The post Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain said this country was ‘not built by immigrants’ and was schooled into next year appeared first on The Poke.

If you’ve got a very strong opinion about something and resolutely defend it, only to come to the realisation that, actually, you were utterly mistaken, it can be very hard to admit to without feeling like a total wally. But it turns out that it can still be done. They’ve been chatting about slightly humiliating […] The post People shared the beliefs they once defended to the hilt but later did a total reverse ferret – 23 eye-opening U-turns appeared first on The Poke.

The Place de la Concorde is one of most traffic-heavy squares in Paris – think Hyde Park Corner with easier access to great croissants. It’s no place to be a pedestrian, and the accident rate is pretty hair-raising for walkers and drivers alike. We don’t know what the drivers can do to make things better […] The post This classic clip of a German reporter demonstrating how to cross the traffic-heavy Place de la Concorde is a real edge-of-your-seat watch appeared first on The Poke.

If you tune into Fox News then you always know you are in for a treat if pundit Jessica Tarlov is among the panellists. The best – and possibly only – reason to watch Fox News, she was on particularly good form during this exchange with Jesse Watters – you remember – after he proudly […] The post Fox News’ Jesse Watters proudly listed all the newspapers he reads and this A++ comeback was simply magnificent appeared first on The Poke.

Spare a thought for @BenJNissim who flew all the way from America into Amsterdam only to be served this for breakfast. To be fair, we wouldn’t be happy about it either, just for different reasons. Because … look. Been in the EU for less than 15 minutes and I’m already annoyed at the portion sizes […] The post An American complained about the size of European meals after being served this for breakfast and these Brits’ comebacks were all extra large appeared first on The Poke.

When the history books cover the topic of Donald John Trump, they’re going to focus on the law-breaking, the warmongering, the lies, and the corruption. However, the Guinness Book of Records may want to invent a new category for him, as the recipient of the greatest number of BS awards and trophies. There are, for […] The post The Republican Party presented Trump with the new America First Award, and there’s not enough cringe in the world to cope with it appeared first on The Poke.

Like us you probably won’t have come across Mary Franson before, but have a watch of this and you’ll be hard pressed to forget her. A Republican lawmaker in Minnesota, Franson has been sharing her thoughts such as they are on why she isn’t overly convinced of the perils of climate change. And when we […] The post A Republican lawmaker said she doesn’t believe in climate change because it’s not in the Bible – 14 heaven-sent clapbacks appeared first on The Poke.

The wonderful Very British Problems account is all about the idiosyncrasies of the inhabitants of this messed-up rock, and we reckon it’s those things that really make it great. The queuing, the tea, the weather chat, sharing crisps by ripping open the bag – the lot. They posed this question about something that affects us […] The post What’s your favourite British way of telling someone to calm down? 19 suggestions you can try out today appeared first on The Poke.