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You’ll already be well familiar with the outrage caused by chemicals multibillionaire and Manchester United co=owner Jim Radcliffe’s remarks about immigration to the country he used to live in. 🇬🇧 Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire co-owner of Manchester United, says the UK has been colonised by immigrants: "The UK has been colonised by immigrants… the […] The post Gary Lineker had the magnificent final word on Jim Radcliffe’s outrageous ‘colonisation’ remarks appeared first on The Poke.

It’s hardly a surprise that levels of tourism to the USA are in sharp decline, given the open hostility to foreigners and immigrants from the MAGA crowd and their orange leader. It seems that threats to invade other countries, stricter entry requirements and out-of-control ICE agents are causing potential visitors to the USA to think […] The post This hard-hitting parody ‘Visit USA’ ad spotted on the London Underground definitely won’t do anything to reverse the tourism ‘Trump slump’ appeared first on The Poke.

Winter Olympics gold medals are much like buses, you wait ages for one, then three come along at once. Great Britain has now had its most successful medal haul ever at the Winter Olympics, with golds for men’s skeleton, team snowboarding, and mixed team skeleton. Matt Weston slides to skeleton gold as Team GB finally […] The post With one week to go, the Winter Olympics is an ironically hot topic on Bluesky – 28 favourite things people are saying about it right now appeared first on The Poke.

Liz Truss, the 49-day prime minister who wrecked people’s mortgages with a mini budget that would have poured money into the pockets of billionaires, has been out to Mar-a-Lago for reasons we can only assume include lying about the current state of the UK, and claiming the ‘blob’ sabotaged her political career because she was […] The post Liz Truss posted her Trump fan-girling photo with the words ‘Right about everything’, and got mocked into next week – 23 top takedowns appeared first on The Poke.

It seems like a lifetime ago that Trump faithful Mike Waltz added a journalist to a sensitive group chat about the US government plans to bomb Yemen, but it was less than a year ago. How time flies when right-wing grifters are lining their pockets at the expense of democracy – as they say. Personally, […] The post An EU diplomat had to sit through Maga Mike Waltz talking about the many wars Trump ‘ended’, and her hilarious facial expressions said it all appeared first on The Poke.

You don’t need us to tell you that the Trump White House is a very strange place indeed. So naturally they had to mark Valentine’s Day in their own special way – with weirdass images of MAGA-themed candy hearts and love notes. There was…whatever this is. Made just for you 💌 pic.twitter.com/DhSgnGK1M6 — The White […] The post The White House posted images of Valentine’s Day candy hearts saying “Daddy’s Home” and the creepiness detector just exploded into smithereens appeared first on The Poke.

There are many complex reasons why millennials and Gen Z age groups cannot afford to get on the property ladder. Things like student debt, flatlining wages, skyrocketing house prices. And now…cooked chickens? Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens. […] The post A newspaper said millennials and Gen Z can’t afford to buy homes because of “splurging” on rotisserie chickens – 21 responses that are a giant ‘cluck you!’ appeared first on The Poke.

There are not too many laughs to be wrung from politics in the US right now. So, credit to actor William Baldwin for prompting one of the most fun threads about the Trump Administration we’ve seen in a while. He posted a picture of talk show host Megyn Kelly, US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi […] The post Someone asked for band names for a group made up on Megyn Kelly, Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavitt – 18 certified platinum suggestions appeared first on The Poke.

In the world of music it’s a rare thing indeed for a cover version to be better than the original and it’s always a controversial subject. Is Jimi Hendrix‘s version of All Along the Watchtower better than the Bob Dylan original? Is Soft Cell‘s cover of Tainted Love better than Gloria Jones‘ Northern Soul classic? […] The post Everyone should hear ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ performed on rubber chickens at least once in their lifetime – 17 reactions from way up the pecking order appeared first on The Poke.

We’ve all been ravenous at some point in our lives. But have you taken extreme steps to satisfy these hunger pangs? If so, you’ll relate to the replies to a question set by Reddit user Julie727. Over on r/AskReddit, they wanted to hear about how people have overindulged by asking: What’s the fattest thing you […] The post “What’s the ‘fattest’ thing you ever did because you were hungry?” – 17 moments of glorious gluttony appeared first on The Poke.