The Poke

Just when we couldn’t possibly like Richard Ayoade any more he goes and says this about Nigel Farage on HIGNFY
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The US will livestream an execution by firing squad and the Mariana Trench isn’t low enough for how far Pete Hegseth just sank
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Petulant Trump published the phone number of the senator who’s blocking plans for permanent Daylight Savings and extra golf time – 24 top takedowns thepoke.com/2026/10/05/tru…

Someone mocked people who get their laptops out at the airport and the fury it prompted among these very busy travellers was simply brilliant
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Which British stereotype do you wish would disappear? – 17 clichés about the UK that can get in the sea thepoke.com/2026/10/05/whi…

This influencer complained she wasn’t allowed to film in a restaurant and the owner’s A++ response was simply magnificent
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‘Scoop getter’ Isabel Oakeshott spread a ridiculous conspiracy theory about secret planeloads of migrants, and got exactly the scathing takedowns she deserved – 22 favourites thepoke.com/2026/10/05/isa…

Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s 19-word takedown of Helen Whately was so good it was basically Mrs Merton-esque
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Reform UK-ers vented their fury at this spoof teacher’s note about a nativity play and the joke was very much on them
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Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News, in case you were wondering what to nominate for Least Surprising Development of the Week thepoke.com/2026/10/06/kar…

This woman had the perfect response for a mansplainer who accused her of saying ‘meaningless, ridiculous things’ and people loved it
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Donald Trump just gave Elon Musk the National Medal of Science and it wasn’t just the timing that sent people scurrying down the rabbit hole
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The US will livestream an execution by firing squad and the Mariana Trench isn’t low enough for how far Pete Hegseth just sank
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Someone trolled Brits for complaining about the heat now it’s finally got chilly and these A++ replies will make you proud to be British
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People have been sharing the ‘funniest or weirdest’ things they’ve seen on a train – 21 spectacles that almost make rail travel worth the money thepoke.com/2026/10/09/peo…

This BBC News man’s saucy breakfast time pun didn’t land as he’d hoped and maybe it’s just us but we had proper tears
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The White House confidently declared it would establish a ‘permanent presence’ on the moon and the mockery that followed will reinstall your faith in humanity
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‘What completely normal UK thing are you embarrassingly bad at?’ – 22 people who can’t even queue properly thepoke.com/2026/10/09/wha…

A Maga was asked to name one thing – anything! – that had got better since Trump’s return and it didn’t speak volumes, it bellowed them
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‘Cruelty’ to Anthropic’s chatbot Claude could lead to a ban, if you were wondering whether the tech bros have drunk their own Kool-Aid – 26 savage takedowns thepoke.com/2026/10/09/cru…