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It’s been a while since we checked in on Dame Penny Mordaunt, one-time Tory MP and party leadership contender. Penny turned up on Channel 4’s The Last Leg this weekend, alongside Northern Irish comedian Vittorio Angelone. She probably thought she was in for an easy ride, talking about a disability storyline on Peppa Pig and […] The post Belfast comedian Vittorio Angelone absolutely roasted ex-Tory MP Penny Mordaunt to her face for promoting a Saudi arms fair, and it’s squirm-inducing, glorious viewing appeared first on The Poke.

Let’s be honest: with the world the way it is right now, we need to take every chance we can get to laugh. So when someone on Twitter/X this week asked for people’s suggestions for the best tweet of all time, we had to pull together the best replies. what’s the best tweet of all […] The post People are sharing what they think are the best tweets of all time – 18 of the funniest, filthiest contenders to help you forget the world is screwed appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump continued this weekend to have the hump about the UK not giving immediate full-throated support to his war on Iran. On Saturday, he threw a strop on Truth Social after the Ministry of Defence announced the UK is preparing an aircraft carrier before a possible deployment to the Middle East. 🚨 BREAKING: Donald […] The post Donald Trump whined that the UK is no longer a great ally and accused Keir Starmer of trying “to join wars after we’ve already won” – 20 responses to make you proud to be British appeared first on The Poke.

Canadian author, professor and ‘anti-woke’ warrior, Gad Saad, is well-known on Twitter for spouting his controversial views to anyone who will listen. He’s also appeared alongside Tommy Robinson on numerous occasions, so you know that he’s a bit of a plum. One of his most recent ever-so-edgy Tweets is targeted against the clothing choices of […] The post A right-wing professor criticised the ‘grotesque’ clothing choices of modern women and was given a proper dressing down – 17 stylish comebacks appeared first on The Poke.

Facts about the world can be mind expanding and incredible. However they can also cause people to lose their temper simply by existing. And we don’t mean the sort of skewed, weaponised facts that grifters like to bait people with. We mean perfectly acceptable facts that can’t be argued with. Killahbee33 wanted to find out […] The post Which facts make other people angry? – 17 pieces of information that somehow make people see red appeared first on The Poke.

The Reform UK party may have failed to win the Gorton and Denton by-election, but their leader, Nigel Farage, is now quick to point out a category in which they are winning. It seems that they raised more money from donations in 2025 than any other political party. But, given the fact that £12 million […] The post Nigel Farage’s boast that Reform UK raised the most money in 2025 just reminded people that it’s the billionaires’ favourite appeared first on The Poke.

Our brains can play really weird tricks on us. When images are relayed to the eye, the path of light means they arrive upside down, and the brain flips them. Our brains are hard-wired to see faces in things, hence the ‘Jesus is in my toast’ phenomenon. And then there are things like this – […] The post An optical illusion has got people very confused about which way this horse is walking through the snow. What can you see? appeared first on The Poke.

As well as being one of the hosts of the smash hit comedy podcast Help, I Sexted My Boss, William Hanson is probably the UK’s best-known expert on etiquette – which is very broadly the topic he addresses in Help, I Sexted My Boss. However, he occasionally makes us all think that the podcast isn’t […] The post This etiquette expert claims it’s good manners to eat cornflakes with a fork, but the internet’s just not swallowing it – 17 crisp clapbacks appeared first on The Poke.

Since the US and Israel started attacking Iran last weekend, Donald Trump has veered into rhetorical territory previously only occupied by Lord Farquaad from Shrek, who memorably told his subjects: “Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.” Trump said something to that effect in his first announcement of the […] The post Donald Trump was asked if Americans should now worry about attacks at home and his unbelievably heartless answer would put even Lord Farquaad to shame appeared first on The Poke.

The news for the past week has been dominated by a lot of unpleasant Western men causing pain and suffering in the Middle East. And so we turn to Andrew Tate and his latest saga of being ‘detained’, allegedly in Saudi Arabia, as he tried to enter Dubai. Tate posted videos over the last few […] The post Andrew Tate posted a video about “crossing the desert” to Dubai but luckily a dignified camel was there to mock him to his face on our behalf appeared first on The Poke.