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Donald Trump claims he is why no one laughs at America anymore and the internet still hasn’t stopped roaring
America’s standing in the world has taken a few major blows over the last decade. There was the time the country elected Donald Trump as President of the United States. Then there was… the second freaking time the country elected Donald freaking Trump as freaking President of the United States. And really, that about sums
Donald Trump met grieving families of fallen US military and turned it into a White House helipad photo op and precisely zero people were surprised – 17 scathing takedowns
Of all the words one can use to describe Donald Trump, classy wouldn’t make the list. Every public appearance the President makes reveals a new character flaw and his latest faux pas involved families of dead military members killed in combat. Trump brought grieving family members to the White House. Great idea. It all fell
Donald Trump said soaring diesel prices was nothing to do with his Iran war and was fact checked ’til he farted
As anyone who has filled their car up recently – especially if you have the misfortune of owning a diesel – it’s never been more expensive. And while the whole world points the finger of blame at Donald Trump, the American president was doing his desperate best to lay the blame at the door of
‘What’s something you didn’t know you were doing ‘wrong’ until your partner told you?’ – 23 outrageously intolerant other halfs
Finding a long-lasting relationship is something everyone yearns for, one of the highest prizes in the game of life. But, sometimes – or maybe that should be ‘often’ – people who have managed to bag a significant other find themselves wondering if it was actually a good idea to saddle themselves with somebody whose main
People are sharing red flags to look out for at job interviews – 21 employers to run a mile from
When you go for a job interview, it generally feels like the onus is on you to impress your potential employer, to the extent that you’ll feel jelly-legged with nerves. However, it’s important to remember that you’re going to be in this place day in, day out for the majority of your waking life. It
There was an unexpected twist in the tale of David Suchet’s Jeffrey Archer tribute and it could not have been more appropriate
As no-one anywhere won’t already know, the one-time Tory MP, best-selling author and convicted perjurer Jeffrey Archer has died. We’ve resisted writing about him until now but the great David Suchet has made it irresistible. Because the Poirot and much else besides star went viral with this unexpected twist in the tale of his tribute
‘What was your most awkward workplace blunder?’ – 17 mortifying faux pas that would convince anyone to change jobs
Making mistakes is an inevitable part of life. But when they happen at work, they can feel worse than usual. Don’t despair if you’ve messed up though, we’ve all done it. u/Late-Explanation-758 invited r/AskUK users to share their most humiliating errors by asking: ‘What was your most awkward workplace blunder?’ And they kicked things off
Lewis Capaldi’s hilarious payoff the first time he met Jamie Dornan on Graham Norton was simply killer
We like a bit of Graham Norton on these pages and we can’t remember a clip that’s made us smile quite so much as this one did today. It’s an exchange from back in the day between the great Lewis Capaldi and Jamie Dornan, in which Capaldi told his fellow guest how odd it felt
This ‘greatest foreword in history’ is so good on so many levels it’s better than many books
First in an occasional (let’s face it, totally one-off) series, foreoard of the week is surely this, shared by @DLCampanile over on Twitter. That’s one way to get a foreword. https://t.co/0cPELOwYzL — D.L. Campanile (@DLCampanile) October 5, 2026 And just in case that is in any way tricky to read … Foreword by Professor Rupert
An American said they were shocked how rude Europeans are and these A++ comebacks will make you proud to be British
Spare a thought – well, kind of – for this American who came to Europe only to have their trip totally ruined by a never-ending stream of incredible rude Europeans. So much so that they were moved to share the ‘culture shock’ they suffered as a result. i went to europe a while ago and
A Maga bigged up JD Vance for ‘humanising fatherhood’ and the entirety of the internet responded as one
Like us you probably haven’t come across Anna Lulis before but she’s an American pro-life activist who’s a big fan of JD Vance, it turns out. We don’t know if she’s a Maga but you’d imagine it’s an odds on bet, not least after she posted this about the vice president, by all accounts in
GB News-er Michelle Dewberry appeared to link vaccines with cancer and ended up schooled into another dimension
You’ll probably remember Michelle Dewberry back from when she was a contestant on The Apprentice in the days when it was worth a watch. Today she plies her trade as a presenter on GB News, among other things, and it appears to suit her so much better than any job Alan Sugar might have come
There can’t be many First Dates episodes to challenge this ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ moment for sheer cringe
Back in January 2024, Lauren Simon – who appears on ITVBe’s Real Housewives of Cheshire, apparently – went on Channel 4’s hit show First Dates, where she was paired up with a man names Chiles. Not Adrian. It got off to a slightly bad start when he didn’t recognise her. De-activate your cringe mechanism, then
Donald Trump was asked about fears of a plague epidemic in Russia and his answer was the polar opposite of reassuring
Just what the world needs right now – another global epidemic, right? And while we don’t want to alarm you or anything, people with much bigger brains than ours are keeping a close eye on the case of a Russian lab technician who died after an apparent accident at a plague research centre in Siberia.
Donald Trump said he’d let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego and the internet went nuclear on his barn door ass – 18 devastating comebacks
By all accounts, the United States war with Iran is a complete catastrophe. Soldiers are dying. Innocent children are dying. Gas prices are through the roof in America. Nobody is happy and there appears to be no way out. Just don’t ask the President of the United States, because he has a slightly different view
James Blunt’s turn on Celebrity Traitors sent this old Bake Off clip wildly viral and it’s peak Blunt
There are lots of things we love about the return of Celebrity Traitors and – as anyone who has stumbled upon these pages before will surely already know – one of them is the great James Blunt. So much so that Blunt’s turn on the all-conquering BBC1 show sent this old clip of him on
Donald Trump was asked to explain his plummeting poll numbers and his playground bully response answered it better than he could ever imagine
There is no love lost between the press and the President of the United States. The two sides just can’t see eye to eye. Anyone with a camera and a microphone who dare question Donald Trump gets berated, banned, or both. So when CNN decided to ask the President about the objective slide in support
This belter of a magic trick on Britain’s Got Talent just went wildly viral again and it’s a proper jaw-dropper
To Britain’s Got Talent now – no, not a phrase we thought we’d be using either – and this particular magic trick which has just been doing the rounds on Twitter for reasons which will become obvious. We’re not sure ‘magic trick’ quite does it justice because it’s so good Amanda Holden was moved so
‘What’s something everyone agrees is terrible but we all do anyway?’ – 17 bad habits nobody can kick
When it comes to healthy habits, we all know we should eat our five a day and get eight hours of sleep. This is great in theory, but it’s often harder in practice. That’s because our dumb monkey brains like to do things that are bad for us. To find out the worst habits that
Kemi Badenoch was asked for the vaguest of details about her ‘Iron Dome’ and it was a schoolboy error for the ages
To the studios of LBC now, where breakfast presenter Nick Ferrari was putting the questions to Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch. And it was only natural that the LBC man would want to ask Badenoch about the new air defence system they are proposing for the UK which a Conservative Party press release compared to
This American lawmaker’s epic takedown of ‘Putin-loving free speech imposter’ Nigel Farage will never fail to make our day better
There’s nothing Nigel Farage likes more than going to Clacton, sorry, flying to America to get up close and personal the cult of Maga. Except not every American lawmaker is delighted to see him. And when we say ‘not every lawmaker’ who we really mean is Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin, who had this to say
What’s the quickest way to make a bad first impression? – 17 mannerisms that will make people hate you instantly
You only get one chance to make a first impression, so it’s a good idea to make it a positive one. If smiling and being attentive doesn’t come naturally to you in the moment, the least you can do is avoid some common blunders. Luckily u/Aromatic-Ad3000 has highlighted the biggest mistakes by putting this question
Someone mocked people who get their laptops out at the airport and the fury it prompted among these very busy travellers was simply brilliant
Here’s a rather fabulous thing that that started with a funny observation and ended in an escalating ball of eye-bulging fury. And it doesn’t get much better than that. So here is @feelingsplain with their totally on-point observation about people who get their laptops out at the airport. Specifically, the airport bar. Got your laptop
People have been sharing the ‘most frugal’ acts they’ve ever witnessed – 22 examples of epic stinginess
Being a bit frugal is no bad thing, as anyone lucky enough to have some savings in the bank will tell you. However, when being careful tips over into being genuinely tightfisted, the virtue of counting the pennies becomes altogether less attractive. Over on the AskUK subreddit, user cactusdan94 asked this… ’Whats the most stingy/frugal
25 Funniest Threads Posts to Give Your Day a Lift
Happy Tuesday, if that’s even a thing. It’s happy for us, at least, because we’ve had the pleasure of scrolling through Threads for funny stuff, and that’s a pretty good way to pass the time. If you’re not on Threads, perhaps some of these will tempt you over. If you are, please show your favourites
Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffiths’ humiliating end to his conference speech is the funniest Tory exit since Liz Truss
To the Conservative Party gathering in Birmingham – no, stick with us, please! – where it’s fair to say that shadow chancellor Andrew Griffiths didn’t exactly make a splash with his barely-anticipated conference speech. But while the content of whatever the hell he had to say basically sank without trace … We’re actually just a
Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News, in case you were wondering what to nominate for Least Surprising Development of the Week
It’s been a year of real change for former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. In May she gave birth to her second child, before returning to the lectern just eleven weeks later, full of enthusiasm for her busy schedule of gaslighting the press pack with tales of Trump’s successes and general greatness. Karoline is
This Trump fan was asked for one good thing he’d done in his second term and it’s like the essence of Maga in 37 seconds flat
To the United States now, where Davram Stiefler of The Good Liars was keen to know from this Trump supporter one good thing he’d done in his second term in office. Just one positive change – anything! – and it was like the essence of Maga in 37 seconds flat (watch to the end. Seriously).
Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s 19-word takedown of Helen Whately was so good it was basically Mrs Merton-esque
We like a bit of Krishnan Guru-Murthy on these pages, the Channel 4 News man having an uncanny ability to cut to the chase in a way that is rare among TV news anchors. And this is right up there with his very best, a 19-word takedown of Conservative – Google, Google – shadow secretary
Watch Mark Francois hit peak question avoidance when Tom Swarbrick tried to pin him down on Tory childcare policy
Mark Francois is a curious creature. The Tories’ Shadow Defence Secretary has been such a figure of ridicule, over the years, that you’d think he’d have sailed off into the sunset to give lectures on the correct way to hang a Union Flag, or life in the Territorial Army. But no. The former European Research
Robert De Niro’s NSFW message to Trump was already amazing, but it was made so much better by how much it riled the Maga cultists
It’s exactly four weeks to the Midterm elections in the US. While Donald Trump’s position isn’t up for grabs, despite what he might say at his rallies, if Republicans lose the House and Senate, he will be a lame duck president. Trump’s pitch for the midterms: “Pretend I’m running, please. If we don’t win, they’ll
People aren’t exactly thrilled at billionaire tech bro Sam Altman telling them to accept ‘bad things’ for the sake of AI – 21 blunt clapbacks
Sam Altman has been speaking to Politico for their technology briefing feature, Decoded. Tech reporter Brendan Bordelon asked the OpenAI CEO to explain what makes his company different from their rival Anthropic, and this was his response. “We believe the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology.” In a
The Maga cultist who insisted that life ‘begins at inception’ is still up there in the Good Liars Hall of Fame
The Good Liars may be the most adept nterviewers when it comes to shining a light on Maga idiocy, and one clip from 2025 is still among our favourites of the genre. At Trump’s victory rally in Washington DC, one fan had the misfortune to run into Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler, who ran rings
Someone asked hospitality workers for examples of ‘customers acting like it’s their first day on earth’ – 24 people barely able to order a coffee
Being able to walk into a bar or restaurant and ask for a meal or a drink is a pretty basic skill that shouldn’t be hard to master, right? Well, no, wrong actually, if thus this post by hospitality worker tawohlebanna on the AskUK subreddit are anything to go by… What are your favourite examples
Billy Bragg’s magnificent takedown of Nigel Farage feels even more relevant now than it did then
Question Time is back on our screens and we don’t know if the new run will feature a return appearance by Billy Bragg but, well, fingers crossed. Because the great man’s takedown of Nigel Farage from this time last year feels even more relevant now than it did then. The singer’s one-minute takedown of Nigel
In case you thought there was even a shred of dignity left in the White House, this NSFW Trump supercut just erased all doubt
Throughout his two Presidential terms, Donald Trump has tirelessly worked to lower the bar of international discourse, political and otherwise. He shouts down reporters, usually women. He mocks the physical appearance of his rivals. He makes up grade school-style nicknames for both friends and foes. He bullied his way to the top of the Republican
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s ‘Meet Your Second Wife’ SNL sketch is going viral and it’s a hilarious must-watch
America’s Saturday Night Live has produced its fair share of iconic comedy over the decades, but few sketches hit quite as hard as ‘Meet Your Second Wife’. It’s deliciously dark and utterly hilarious and we’re so glad that it’s been shared on Twitter by Audu as it’s the first time that we’ve seen it. I
Donald Trump just shared his secret to living longer and it’s not exactly the fountain of youth he thinks it is
Donald Trump likes to brag about a lot of things. He brags about acing cognitive tests. He brags about his spelling. He brags about being able to walk up stairs. It’s all incredibly embarrassing. But this latest boast might be the most revealing in terms of just how little Trump actually understands about what’s going
‘What’s a one-liner joke so stupidly good it instantly ruined you?’ – 21 short, sharp and utterly hilarious gags
If there’s anything better in the world than a really good joke, it’s a really good joke which is so pithy and clever that you’re laughing almost before your brain has figured out what’s been said. They’ve been discussing the joy of these gags on the AskReddit page after user Far_Engineering3356 posted this appropriately concise
People have been sharing their ‘favourite one hit wonders’ – 21 stone cold bangers from artists who were never heard from again
No musical artist with ambitions of long-lasting fame wants to be a one hit wonder. They want to have the longevity of The Rolling Stones. But is sinking without a trace all bad? If you have a big enough hit you can probably quietly retire on the royalties and not have to put up with
Jacob Rees-Mogg just owned Tucker Carlson so hard he had no words and it was basically Britain 1, America 0
We wouldn’t ordinarily recommend you watch anything with Tucker Carlson in it, nor would you eagerly direct you towards content labelled Jacob Rees-Mogg. Except it turns out when the two of them met – to paraphrase the old ’80s detective series Hart to Hart – it was murder. Specifically, Rees-Mogg absolutely killing Tucker Carlson in
‘You can drop a single F-bomb into Shakespeare. Where are you putting it?’ – 18 hilariously inspired replies
If you’ve ever felt that Hamlet was a little too polite, or that Macbeth was needing an extra punch of drama, then you’ve come to the right place. Over on Threads, cookywook gave his followers licence to drop a single, well placed F-bomb into the words of The Bard. Here’s how he kicked things off.
Tucker Carlson said Russia doesn’t punish people whose ideas it doesn’t like and Jacob Rees-Mogg’s one word response spoke for the entire internet
Tucker Carlson has finally achieved something of which we are genuinely in awe – he’s got people agreeing with Jacob Rees-Mogg. And nowhere did he do it more strikingly than in this particular exchange in the American’s interview with the former Tory MP, when Carlson said Russia wasn’t in the business of punishing people whose
Kemi Badenoch’s ‘free childcare’ pledge to reward the hard work of people on £100k-plus salaries went down as well as you’d expect – 17 votes of no confidence
The Tory conference is in full flight, as you might have spotted from their Glastonbury-alike notice. The line-up is in. 🎟️ #CPC26 https://t.co/r6sd7BhYOA — Conservatives (@Conservatives) October 3, 2026 We’d bet good money that Mrs Badenoch wouldn’t be up for queueing in a muddy field for a Portaloo. With the party announcing some key policies
This mega Maga said Nazis were actually ‘left wing socialists’ and this absolutely A++ reply took zero prisoners
There is a certain sort of person – Maga, we’re looking at you – who would have you believe that the Nazis were actually left wing because they called themselves ‘National Socialists’. Not only would they have you believe it, maybe they even believe it themselves. Case in point – this particular mega Maga who
Which British stereotype do you wish would disappear? – 17 clichés about the UK that can get in the sea
When you think of Britain, what comes to mind? Big Ben? The Royal family? Cockney chimney sweeps? Like any other country, Britain can be reduced to these stereotypes. And while some are harmless enough, others are getting on people’s nerves. u/fmh40 invited r/AskUK users to share the stereotypes they wish would disappear, and even kicked
This woman had the perfect response for a mansplainer who accused her of saying ‘meaningless, ridiculous things’ and people loved it
To the world of the mansplainer now, and in particular writer and social critic Caitlin Flanagan who has been writing about the phenomenon of frat parties in the wake of the Cornell University frat house rape investigation. Here is what @CaitlinPacific wrote on Twitter, with a link to her column in the Free Press. https://t.co/CKkM0p8opi
Trump claimed to know more about everything than anybody in the world, and the world hasn’t stopped laughing
Once Donald Trump has won the Nobel Peace Prize he craves so much, he’s bound to be a shoo-in for ‘Rear of the Year’, Gold in the 110-metre hurdles, and the Ballon d’Or. If he manages to pull that off, then we expect a phone call making him Life President of Mensa can’t be far
This influencer complained she wasn’t allowed to film in a restaurant and the owner’s A++ response was simply magnificent
We’ve featured a fair few influencer types being given the exactly the what for they deserved, and they don’t come much better than this. It’s an influencer who complained that she wasn’t allowed to film in a restaurant and despite enjoying the food she naturally made it all about her in the review. And we
Just when we couldn’t possibly like Richard Ayoade any more he goes and says this about Nigel Farage on HIGNFY
Have I Got News For You was back on BBC1 on Friday for its 72nd – 72nd! – series. And the even better news was that Richard Ayoade was in the guest host’s chair, and it didn’t get any better than this particular gag. Richard Ayoade -In Essex, one local man tries to walk normally
The Conservatives shared their conference lineup like it was Glastonbury, and got owned into next year – 17 brutal responses
Forget The Celebrity Traitors for a moment, as there’s now a rival in town. The Conservative Party Conference has kicked off and judging by the glitzy, festival-style lineup poster shared by the official Conservatives Twitter account, it’s gonna be HUGE! Let’s have a look. The line-up is in. 🎟️ #CPC26 pic.twitter.com/r6sd7BhYOA — Conservatives (@Conservatives) October
Congratulations if you had ‘Tucker Carlson defends Hitler and makes Jacob Rees-Mogg look like the voice of reason’ on your bingo card – 21 resounding facepalms
For reasons known best to himself and his accountant, Jacob Rees-Mogg allowed far-right conspiracy theorist Tucker Carlson into his home to record an episode of his podcast – imaginatively named The Tucker Carlson Show. Move aside, Hemingway – there’s a new wordsmith in town. If Rees-Mogg’s intention were to make himself appear more moderate by
Petulant Trump published the phone number of the senator who’s blocking plans for permanent Daylight Savings and extra golf time – 24 top takedowns
We cross now to the whiniest little baby in the world – the one who just happens to have access to the nuclear codes. We are, of course, referring to Donald J Trump, bankrupter of casinos, serial philanderer, starter of an unwinnable war, and self-styled stable genius who thinks the price of prescription drugs can
‘Scoop getter’ Isabel Oakeshott spread a ridiculous conspiracy theory about secret planeloads of migrants, and got exactly the scathing takedowns she deserved – 22 favourites
Times are hard for Reform UK, at the moment. Their leader, Nigel Farage, is at his lowest in the polls for years, in a backlash against several financial scandals involving him and other high-ranking members of the party. Approval Ratings (NET) Andy Burnham: 11% (+1) Kemi Badenoch: 0% (-1) Ed Davey: -8% (-1) Rupert Lowe:
This viral 3-minute video brilliantly explains the Manchester City scandal, and seeing the detail laid out like this is truly shocking
The fallout from the Manchester City financial scandal continues to be felt, with talk this weekend that the case could even affect the UK’s business relationship with the UAE. **EXCLUSIVE** Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak met a senior UK government minister to discuss the UAE’s investments in Britain just days before the club’s guilty
Tourism chiefs can’t understand why the number of visitors to the US has dropped by 2 million in the past year, and people are happy to solve the mystery for them
The tourism industry in the US is in crisis. That’s the message from a report by the Semafor outlet this week, finding that “overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year, with even the FIFA Men’s World Cup failing to arrest the decline in tourism.” Visitors to the
Mike Graham made a joke about Alzheimer’s and Andy Burnham’s late father, and it really confirms everything you’ve ever thought about him and worse
Former Talk TV presenter Mike Graham is no stranger to controversy. But this weekend he is under fire for comments he made about the prime minister’s late father during his latest episode of his show, Mike Graham’s UKLIVE. During a rundown of his ‘Plank of the Week’ nominations, Graham mentioned a Burnham tweet quoting his
Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick confronted shoplifters in south London in a new vigilante video, but people would like to see him tackle theft and crime a bit closer to home
Robert Jenrick loves a video vigilante stunt. You might remember when the Reform UK member confronted fare dodgers at Stratford Underground station. This time he’s turned his attention to shoplifters, filming himself confronting people who have stolen items from shops in Brixton, south London. Shoplifters are running riot. Parts of the country are feral. If
Donald Trump apparently didn’t turn his camera on for a G7 Zoom meeting, and honestly it might be the one relatable thing he’s ever done in his life
We’ve all had days where the thought of another video call, Teams or Zoom meeting makes us want to scream and set our hair on fire. Around here, we like to call them “weekdays”. So you can probably relate to Donald Trump when he didn’t seem to have his camera on during a video meeting
Jared Kushner is deeply offended that CNN accused him of a conflict of interest in his political and business work, but people are not buying what he’s selling
Jared Kushner is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore. The US “special envoy for peace” – and Donald Trump’s son-in-law – has said on Twitter/X that he’s going to start responding to some of the (many, many, many) bad stories and allegations about him, “when the truth matters”. For the
‘What’s a dating mistake you’ll never make again?’ – 23 romantic lessons learned the hard way
When you’re looking for love, it’s rare that the first person you go out for dinner or a drink with ends up being The One. You have to kiss a few frogs before you find your prince or princess. But, if the answers to a recent post on the AskReddit page are anything to go
Donald Trump promised a healthcare plan where Americans wind up with ‘a lot of money left over’ and these 17 replies prescribed a healthy dose of scepticism
Donald Trump usually spends his rallies making jokes about transgender athletes and complaining about rigged elections. So when he actually addresses one of the biggest issues facing his voters, it’s newsworthy. Such was the case when the President decided to promise a simple solution to one of the most complex problems hampering Americans today: healthcare.
People have been sharing the things they can’t prove but 100% believe – 17 weird hunches that don’t need evidence
As the old saying goes, seeing is believing. But for certain theories, a gut feeling is all it takes to be convinced. These hunches cover everything from the everyday to who’s really running the world. To hear the strangest things people believe without any basis, u/Leading-Language1 put the following question to r/AskReddit: ’What’s something you
Michael Spicer reckons ‘most TV is just this now’ and he’s so on the money it’s just brilliant
The great Michael Spicer has just gone wildly viral with his take on what most TV looks like these days. And with the return of The Great British Bake Off, not to mention Celebrity Traitors and all the rest, it was especially apposite. And he’s so on the money it’s just brilliant. Most TV is
This interview with an especially overwrought Maga is a terrifying insight into how Donald Trump made it into the White House twice
The number one question every (sane) American asks themselves when they wake up and unlock their phone in the morning: how the hell did this orange sack of decaying bones and unhinged racism get elected President of the United States? Well, they finally have an answer. Donald Trump visited Texas and Oklahoma this week to
Suella Braverman trying to convince this man’s not English is like the very essence of Reform and his A++ response was simply brilliant
Question Time wouldn’t be Question Time without a Reform UK-er on the panel – when are they not? – and this time it was the turn of Tory turncoat, Suella Braverman. And if you want an insight into the very essence of Nigel Farage’s party and the sort of people who inhabit it, then it
People have been sharing the weird little rules they follow on a daily basis – 17 bizarre but harmless ways of living
There are certain rules that everyone has to follow, like wearing clothes in public and being polite to your boss. But there are lots of individual rules people live by that may seem confusing to others. To hear about these weird and wonderful rules, u/brit_parent invited r/AskUK users to share the little personal, inconsequential rules
Someone asked people who’d ever won a ‘lifetime supply’ of something how they had fared and it turns out you can have too much of a good thing
Being lucky enough to win a lifetime’s supply of something sounds pretty cool, right? A dream we all share. Well, it turns out that it very much depends on what you end up getting, because too much of a good thing eventually turns bad. AskUK subreddit user OverSeasoned_ has been curious about this, and posted
Trump’s DoJ is investigating whether Nixon was a victim of ‘lawfare’, in case you were wondering how far through the looking glass the US has gone
In an unsurprising turn of events, the US conservative right is trying to rehabilitate the reputation of the disgraced Republican president Richard Nixon. He resigned in 1974, before a vote on his impeachment for his administration’s attempts to spy on the Democrats, and the subsequent cover-up of the plot. GOP Rep. Moore on Watergate: “Richard
Donald Trump’s latest unhinged Iran rant was eye-opening enough to listen to but written down it’s simply next level
Donald Trump’s been talking about Iran again and the war (not war) that looks likely to define his return to the White House. Trump memorably said it would be over in a couple of weeks but now it’s been a couple of months and it might very well turn into a matter of years. Way
This woman taking down the flag from this roundabout was already a hero but the eye-popping fury it prompted among these ‘patriots’ was absolutely hilarious
To be filed under ‘not all heroes wear capes’ comes this woman who’s taken enough of all those flags put up everywhere by anti-migrant protesters desperate to show their patriotism but invariably revealing something else. She was caught on video removing this St George’s flag from a roundabout by a man who, it’s fair to
Suella Braverman was brutally fact checked by Fiona Bruce in real-time and it was an absolute treat
Reform UK-er Suella Braverman was on Question Time on Thursday and went viral for a variety of reasons, one of which was this moment when the Tory turncoat accused the audience of being biased against her. It prompted quite the look from Fiona Bruce who was having absolutely none of her nonsense, and it was
Our 25 Favourite Funny Tweets of the Week
It’s not our habit to say “Friyay!”, any more than we’re tempted to plan the holibobs or talk about our fur babies. No judgement if you do – we’re not the word police. But we’re not too proud to admit that a little whisper of Friyay almost leaked out when we realised this interminable week
People are absolutely buzzing at Ross Kemp’s extreme Celebrity Traitors paranoia – 19 funniest comments
Ross Kemp is best known for two things – playing the violent and troubled Grant Mitchell on Eastenders, and making documentaries about real-life violent and troubled people involved in crime. He’s one person you’d think would have no trouble keeping a calm head under the stress of – for example – being a Faithful on
To call Donald Trump’s Time interview ‘word salad’ would be an insult to words …and salads – 19 stunned reactions
Donald Trump sat down with Time to give a wide-ranging interview, in which they asked him about AI, his alterations to the White House, the upcoming midterm elections, and the economy, to name just a few topics. His responses were erratic, and he either didn’t hear or couldn’t understand some of the points put to
The only thing better than Miatta Fahnbulleh’s side-eye was her succinct takedown of Suella Braverman
This week’s Question Time was a lively one, with Reform’s Suella Braverman going on the offensive from the start. She tried to suggest that the audience were biased against her, and got put in her place by Fiona Bruce. Suella Braverman is fact checked live on #bbcqt by Fiona Bruce. pic.twitter.com/I90w7M3t8v — Mike H (@mikoh123)
Celebrity Traitors is back, and Richard E Grant may have already bagged the unbeatable moment of the series – 24 five-star reviews (with spoilers)
Celebrity Traitors exploded back onto our screens on Thursday night – at one point, quite literally. If you haven’t watched it yet – and intend to – turn back now. Here be spoilers. The twenty-one celebrities playing cat and mouse in the Scottish Highlands under Claudia Winkleman’s mischievous eye include Richard E Grant, Julie Hesmondhalgh,
US Secretary of Commerce just lowered the bar for publicly kissing Trump’s ass and the internet nearly died of second hand shame
There’s nothing in America that can’t be achieved with the right amount of hard work. As long as all of that hard work is focused directly on slinging third grade teacher-level praise at the President. Donald Trump’s hand-picked Secretary of Commerce leads the pack when it comes to heaping compliments on his dear leader. Howard
Richard Keys thought he was getting revenge on Liam Gallagher but the joke was very much on him
It’s the only sports story in town right now as Manchester City wait to find out just how severe a punishment they will face after being found guilty of a mountain of serious financial breaches. One person who was keen to tell everyone how he wasn’t surprised was Richard Keys, who older readers might remember
Elon Musk claimed that AI will make us all rich and got dragged to the bank and back in the replies – 17 withering takedowns
Of all the condescendingly idiotic things Elon Musk has said over the years, this might be the most mortifying. Musk was at the White House alongside the other geekiest, and richest, minds in tech to draft a plan for policing artificial intelligence. After putting together a typo-filled, “morally” binding “constitution” for AI, Musk and Trump
‘What’s an obscure item you own that 99.9% of the population does not have?’ – 22 weird and wonderful possessions
We live in a world of rampant consumerism, which means that the vast majority of our possessions are exactly the same as everyone else’s. Yes, it’s a bit embarrassing when you realise your friends’ houses are cookie-cutter versions of yours because they kitted out the whole place from IKEA too. But, very occasionally we end
This looks like George Osborne has just found out how the triple lock works, 16 years after he launched it
The former political opponents Ed Balls and George Osborne now have a podcast together, named Political Currency. The two former chancellors don’t solely talk about finance, but it’s often at the heart of their discussions, and their recent dissection of Andy Burnham’s conference performance included their take on his remarks about changing the pensions triple
People shared the ‘craziest thing’ their spouse has ever done and these 14 range from adorably unhinged to utterly bonkers
Ah, marriage, the sacred bond where two people vow to love and honor each other until they eventually drive each other completely insane. We say this after one of the good folk over on Reddit asked married folks to dish on their spouses. And let’s just say people did not hold back. ’Married people of
This American mocked Brits for saying ‘washing-up liquid’ and these 18 comebacks will make you proud to be British
We feature no end of transatlantic confusion – and sometimes just plain old conflict – on these pages, but this one really is a classic of the genre. It’s a tweet that went viral – so very viral – a little while back about Brits’ penchant for saying ‘washing up liquid’ rather than – stand
An influencer told Chat GPT she was deleting the app and its brain-melting response is a hideous snapshot of where we find ourselves now
Like us you might not be familiar with influencer Alexandra Cross but no matter because you will be perfectly well acquainted with the world of Chat GPT. And that is what brings us here right now after Cross went viral – wildly viral – after she told Chat she was deleting the app. And it
Some flag-waving patriots had a get-together in the woods and as a vision of Farage’s Britain it’s hard to beat
If you go down to the woods today you’re sure for an unpleasant surprise. Because a bunch of flag-waving patriots have got there before you for what appears to be a bit of a get-together with like minded folk. And as a vision of Farage’s Britain – or something like it – it is surely
GB News’ Tom Harwood was wanging on about plastic bottle tops again, but sympathy was thin on the ground – 18 of the juiciest replies
We’re not exactly sure at what point tethered bottle tops became a central battleground in the modern culture wars, but here we are. For months now, commentators on the right have been directing their absolute fury toward these eco-friendly lids, though few have framed the issue as a personal safety hazard quite like GB News
Kate Garraway burst Suella Braverman’s hypocritical migration bubble in four words flat and it was just magnificent
To ITV’s Good Morning Britain now, where Reform UK-er and Tory turncoat Suella Braverman was in the studio to big up her memoirs about growing up in Thatcher’s Britain and rising up the ranks to be a minister in one of the least effective governments in living memory. And during this particular exchange she looked
Pete Hegseth just declared the American military a ‘woke free zone’ and of all the funny replies this one hit hardest
It’s mission accomplished for Donald Trump’s secretary of defence, sorry, secretary of war Pete Hegseth. No, nothing to do with the absolute clusterfuck that is the war on Iran, but something much closer to Hegseth’s tiny heart – the war on woke. Hegseth: “It’s worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are
Pete Hegseth is creating the Office of Religious Affairs, and the US Constitution would like a quiet word – 21 alarmed responses
We cross now to the United States, where Pete Hegseth, the self-styled Secretary of War, has been making a fool of himself and the country with some grade A macho BS. He took some of the military on a run …with flags. We are a ridiculous country. https://t.co/vxqt230J6v — S.V. Dáte (@svdate) September 30, 2026
Donald Trump unveiled a new and utterly baffling way of standing, sending the internet into a hilarious frenzy of speculation – 18 funniest reactions
We’ve grown used to the unusal stances of Donald Trump. Not political stances – we’ll never get used to the idea that five-year-olds should go hungry because Doge cut their food stamps, while every raised surface in Washington DC needs to be plastered in gold leaf. No, the stance we’ve accepted is this weird tilt
Veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86, sending this incredibly moving moment of TV history viral again
Dame Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86, almost six decades after beginning a career in broadcasting that would see her become a household name. Broadcaster and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86. Her family said in a statement she was the “most wonderful mother” and “cherished grandmother”
Donald Trump had big tech’s biggest names sign an AI ‘Constitution’ but the document had one glaring mistake – 17 super intelligent shutdowns
For anyone worried about the creepily encroaching artificial intelligence takeover, have no fear, Donald Trump is here to save the day. While he’s not busy renaming AI to SI (that’s “super intelligence” for all of you luddites out there) and launching ruthlessly honest chatbots, the President of the United States is penning contracts to keep
Russell Crowe’s no-nonsense way of dealing with autograph hunters was already good but the final payoff was absolute Maximus
Hard to believe we know but no-one’s ever asked for our autograph but you can imagine it might get a little tiresome of you were someone of the stature of, say, Russell Crowe. And we mention the great man because of this particular clip of the star dealing with autograph hunters that has just gone
Someone asked about things that are ‘basically on life support and we don’t realise it yet’ – 21 everyday features we’re about to lose
The world around us changes at such a breakneck pace that things that we thought would be with us long term are suddenly redundant. Just ask anyone with multiple shelves of unwatched DVDs still cluttering up their living room. So can we predict what’s next for the chop? They’ve been discussing this on the AskReddit
Donald Trump tried to brag about how he doesn’t take a salary and the internet buried him in a pile of receipts
Of all the things that didn’t happen, Donald Trump not making any money as President of the United States didn’t happen the most. And yet he keeps insisting that everyone sing his praises for not taking a salary during his current term. Here he is bragging to a room full of hostages (probably?) that he
This young lad’s show-and-tell rock-out is still one of the most joyous things on the internet
Back in 2021, when we seem to remember there being an awful lot of misery in the world for some reason, one thing that brought a brief light into the gloom was this absolutely brilliant viral video of a small boy’s moment in the classroom spotlight. @britaincovey Teacher didn’t know how to react 😂 ♬
‘If the UK were to create a list of ‘scent tourism’ spots across the UK, what do you think would make the list?’ – 21 whiffs that will get you feeling strangely patriotic
Britain is celebrated at home and abroad for a producing a wide variety of good things, such as Shakespeare, the Spinning Jenny and Adele. But how about smells? Do we ever reflect on the wonderful whiffs that make up our everyday lives? Well, not really, until user DishyUmbrella took to the AskUK subreddit with this
People shared examples of ‘proper British passive aggression’ – 23 gloriously petulant moments that will make you proud to be a Brit
Are British people really more passive aggressive as those of nationalities? Or are we just more willing to own up to the ways in which we are unable to express our feelings in a clear and direct way? Hard to say, and, anyway, it doesn’t look like we’ll be changing any time soon. Over on
This artist was accused of plagiarism by a Facebook troll and the jaw-dropper of a payoff is one for the ages
To the world of Facebook now – no, stick with us, please – where this artist who proudly showing off her latest work was accused of plagiarism by an especially persistent troll who just wasn’t letting it lie. A tale told in six parts, you think you know where it might be going until the
Donald Trump accidentally handed the internet a clip of him saying he’s ‘done a shitty job as president’ – 15 enthusiastic agreements
We cross now to The Thick of It, or perhaps that should be Veep. Either will do to represent the almost too comically incompetent administration currently (in theory, at least) running the US. During his announcement that the US Government now has its very own chatbot, and that’s not a nickname for JD Vance, Donald
Saoirse Ronan’s stone cold takedown of her all-male fellow guests on Graham Norton just went viral again and it’s never short of magnificent
Time to rewind to this epic moment from the Graham Norton Show from a year or two back that’s just gone wildly viral again for reasons that will become obiovus. It’s actor Saoirse Ronan’s stone cold shutdown of her fellow panellists – Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Eddie Redmayne – after they split their sides
When have you been shocked by a grown adult’s ignorance? – 17 times adults have displayed breath-taking stupidity
Nobody knows everything. Not even that smart arse in your office who behaves otherwise. However there is a baseline of intelligence and common knowledge that you expect everyone to be aware of. Well, it seems that some people fall short of this low bar. And we know this because Late-Explanation-758 challenged r/AskUK users to share
25 of the Funniest Posts We’ve Seen on Bluesky This Week
It’s Wednesday, and as well as meaning we’re halfway through the standard working week – or will be after lunchtime – it also means it’s Bluesky round-up day. We’ve been reading through people’s funny posts over there, and we’ve picked our 25 favourites to share with you and put a little humour in your day.
Donald Trump berating women reporters is nothing new but these big tech CEOs’ response plunged it to whole new depths
To America now, where Donald Trump has been telling everyone that there really is nothing to worry about Artificial Intelligence, which he is insisting everyone call ‘Super Intelligence’ because there is nothing artificial about it. So Artificial Intelligence then, and to this particular exchange where Trump did his normal thing berating the woman reporter from
Jacob Rees-Mogg was just schooled so brutally on his own GB News show that it should be made available on prescription
To GB News now – no, stick with us – where Jacob Rees-Mogg was naturally unimpressed by anything Andy Burnham had to say in his first Labour conference speech as prime minister. No news there then, obviously, but we mention it because journalist Michael Crick was on hand to provide a little balance and it’s
Julia Hartley-Brewer trolled Andy Burnham’s tears for his dad and was magnificently owned into next year
Talk TV-er and various other things besides Julia Hartley-Brewer has had her say on Andy Burnham’s first Labour conference speech as prime minister, and to no-one’s great surprise anywhere she didn’t like it. But you might not guess why, after she took great exception to the PM briefly tearing up over the memory of his
A mega Maga’s disastrous attempted gotcha of the counsel who prosecuted Trump was already hilarious – then we saw his Republican colleague’s face
Since Donald Trump took office a second time, every FBI agent who was involved in any way in the investigation into his alleged misappropriation and mishandling of classified documents has been kicked out of the agency. The lawyer tasked with compiling the case against him, Jack Smith, has been accused of weaponising the Department of
Global supplies of chinny reckon are in great demand over Nigel Farage’s claim that Reform would protect pensions – 17 highly sceptical responses
Labour’s conference ended yesterday with some policy announcements from Andy Burnham. It was an emotional speech, in which he referred to the recent death of his father, the importance of good social care for the elderly and ill, and how determined he is to achieve that for everyone, free at the point of use. One
Donald Trump’s newly launched chatbot is out there boldly debunking his many lies, and people love that for him – 18 reactions dripping with schadenfreude
The US government has launched its own AI chatbot on America.gov. Donald Trump announced the new aid for anyone searching for information related to federal matters, shortly before a summit of tech bosses at the White House on Tuesday. This was his ironic take. Trump: If this is the biggest thing I’ve ever done. I’ve
Trump was asked for his message to voters heading into midterm elections and his answer attacked communists, socialists and … plumbers?
There isn’t a lot left for Donald Trump to destroy heading into the final two years of his second, and hopefully last, term. And yet with one month left before the midterm elections, he is unintentionally cutting his own party off at the knees with one batshit crazy statement after another. Given the opportunity to
Donald Trump called Canada ‘one of the worst countries in the entire world’ and the whole of Canada replied as one
It’s not hard to gain entry into Donald Trump’s inner circle. All it takes is a lot of money and a small piece of your soul. Dictators have no issue getting in. But the countries with morals and a backbone run into problems. Which brings us to Canada, America’s neighbors to the North, who have
Andy Burnham had a message for the right about ‘taking back control’ and it wasn’t just in the room he got a standing ovation
A big day for the Labour Party and an even bigger day for Andy Burnham, who gave his first speech to the party conference as prime minister today. And unlike when Keir Starmer did this sort of thing there was actually a moment or two that went viral, properly viral. And none more so than
This guy’s mad dog impression in a 2010 viral interview is still one of the funniest things to come out of Australia
Back in 2010, Australian Ray Graham went viral after his explanation of the problem of vicious dogs in his neighbourhood involved a very convincing impression of the animals. He became known as Barking Dog Man and, as the Batshit Moments in Aussie Media account explained in 2023, the clip might well be the most iconic
People have been sharing the pieces of modern etiquette they refuse to participate in – 19 social rules people have turned their backs on
When it comes to being a person, there are certain unspoken rules that are designed to make the human experience a little easier. A lot of them make sense, but then again, a lot of them don’t. TwoTapMcLap was curious to hear about the expectations that people are sick of living up to, so they
Angela Rayner’s A++ takedown of Nigel Farage was already good but the fury it prompted among these GB News-ers made it even funnier
To the Labour Party conference – no, stick with us – where Angela Rayner was doing her bit to gee up the troops ahead of Andy Burnham’s big speech this afternoon. And what better way to put a spring in delegates’ step than by taking aim at the man who deserves it most, Nigel Farage.
Yung Lean and some amazing dancers recreated the choreography from his viral video, and minds were blown
Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater hosted the VMAs on Monday, where Taylor Swift and Madonna were the night’s big winners, with the latter taking home the Artist of the Year award, while the former won in the Video of the Year category. ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ by Taylor Swift wins Video of the Year at the
People have been sharing facts that could save your life – 17 absolute game-changers
The world is a pretty dangerous place, and if you haven’t got your wits about you then sticky situations can quickly turn fatal. Luckily though, there are plenty of tips to protect you. Hardened veterans of life have taken to r/AskReddit to share their pearls of wisdom in response to this question set by user
Donald Trump told Americans things could be a lot worse than rocketing fuel prices and it was the very opposite of reassuring
When Donald Trump was trying to get elected he memorably promised not to get involved in foreign conflicts and to keep a lid on the cost of living crisis. So naturally he got embroiled in a war with Iran and sent fuel prices soaring through the roof. Way to go, Mr President! And Trump has
An American woman who accused a motorist of parking on her ‘private property’ turned the entitlement up to 11 and it’s a properly jaw-dropping watch
In the entitlement hall of fame this woman is surely somewhere close to the very top. It’s a woman who left a note on a motorist’s car telling him not to park outside her house because she owned the parking space. And just as he was recording the moment for posterity she strode out onto
Michael Gove was handed a humiliating legal lesson on live telly and the former justice secretary’s face was a proper treat
You will probably already have seen elsewhere that the five men arrested over a suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford have been released on bail. The five suspects were all British men in their 20s from London, and were released while police investigate why they were so close to the airbase in three vans with
People have been sharing their ‘ridiculous cultural blindspots’ after someone somehow thought Blur and Pulp were the same band – 22 exceptionally confused numpties
If you’ve ever been a big fan of a particular band or celebrity, it will be hard to imagine that someone might confuse them with someone else. However, we don’t all pay the same level of attention to the same things, so it’s easy to get a bit muddled. Over on the AskUK subreddit, user
An Australian comedian hilariously explained which things are the UK and which are Great Britain, and it’s breaking people’s brains
During Andy Burnham’s chat with Donald Trump, the president demonstrated his complete failure to grasp British geography, even though his mother emigrated to the US from Scotland. Trump: “You call it United Kingdom, Britain, they call it sometimes England. They go back to the old. It’s got more names than any other place in the
Sharron Davies said some retired people are struggling so much with bills they are having to spend their winters in Spain to save money and it just didn’t add up
The cost of living crisis is no laughing matter, obviously, and just how much the old age pension should go up each year is one of the hot topics at this year’s Labour Party conference. And it was the difficulty of some retired people to make ends meet that was at the forfront of swimmer
Karoline Leavitt’s ‘devastating burn’ for the Democrats was a textbook schoolboy error for the ages
Karoline Leavitt isn’t White House press secretary anymore but it doesn’t mean she’s stopped spouting nonsense on behalf of Donald Trump. She just doesn’t do it while stood behind a lectern in the White House. And it doesn’t come any more nonsensical than this, a devastating burn for the Democrats – Dumocrats surely? – which
Chancellor John Healey’s description of Nigel Farage as “Liz Truss with a Bitcoin account” has to be a shoo-in for Burn of the Conference
The Labour conference is currently taking place in Liverpool, with Andy Burnham’s big speech due to happen later today – at the time of writing. Expect a mixture of big-ticket announcements, ‘tough decisions’, and nostalgia from the PM who was born in the city. Chancellor John Healey has already had his moment in the spotlight,
Donald Trump’s Oval Office nap would have been less mortifying if he hadn’t just been wanging on about ‘Sleepy Joe’ – 19 resounding facepalms
We’re beginning to wonder why the White House doesn’t just schedule the president’s photo ops for the middle of the night. He’s usually up posting AI pictures of himself with great hair and a six-pack, defeating Mark Carney in a wrestling match, or towing Greenland over to New York, or some such guff. Flipping the
A cycling vegan coffee-snob asked the internet how they could become ‘even more insufferable’ – 23 ways to be an uber-irritating person
There’s a selection of lifestyles and enthusiasms which people adopt in the 21st century that have become shorthand for ‘deeply, desperately annoying’. There are plenty of them, and a user named BarnacleExpressor, who embodies quite a few, showed a laudable level of self-awareness when they took to the AskUK subreddit to post this… How can
Marjorie Taylor Greene is exposing the Republican playbook heading into the midterms and the furious Maga replies only made it more satisfying
Marjorie Taylor Greene made a name for herself by kicking and screaming her way into the White House. Her official time in American politics ran from 2021 to 2026, when she served as a Georgia congresswoman. During that time, she harassed Democrats, spewed insane conspiracy theories, and, above everything else, defended Donald Trump. So take
Someone asked about the bits of British life Americans romanticise which are ‘actually a bit rubbish’ – 23 UK stereotypes that don’t live up to the hype
If you’ve ever met an American tourist who is trying to visit London, Edinburgh and the St Ives in one weekend, while also looking to fit in afternoon tea with the King, you’ll know that often their expectations of how life is on this side of the pond don’t quite match the reality. Over on
The Telegraph’s gloriously juvenile list of Britain’s rudest place names was made even better by this letter to the Sunday Sport
You’d think that a newspaper like The Telegraph would usually have better things to do with its time than compiling a list of Britain’s rudest place names. But on this occasion we’re glad that it’s taking a break from moaning about the costs of private education, railing against immigration and stoking up the culture wars.
Donald Trump offered a new prediction for when the US war with Iran will end and prompted a facepalm so loud it echoed off the moon
For those not following along closely at home, it might be a bit tricky to track exactly what’s going on between the United States and Iran. From the very beginning, Donald Trump has promised two things about the conflict in the Middle East. 1) It’s definitely not a war and 2) it will be over
People are sharing pics of well-known actors before they were famous – 21 glorious throwbacks
Before he was playing James Bond, driving Aston Martins, and looking like a million dollars in a tuxedo, Daniel Craig was a relatively unknown actor taking work wherever he could find it – including a 1995 straight-to-video Disney movie called A Kid in King Arthur’s Court. Twitter user Count Mysterioso shared the pic of Craig,
The epic takedown of this American who went fishing for racists in Manchester had Brits everywhere cheering
Everyone’s talking about Manchester City right now for reasons which need not bother us here. But it did take us back to this video of an American interviewing people in and around Manchester (specifically, the Manchester City football stadium by the looks of it). There’s not a whole lot of context to be had, beyond
‘What strange obsession did you have a child?’ – 23 people who were amazingly eccentric kids
When we become adults and embark upon the 50ish year grind of work and responsibility, we forget the wonder and curiosity we felt about the world as children. Sometimes kids see the magic in things like flowers and insects. And sometimes, it turns out, they become enraptured by altogether odder things. They’ve been chatting about
‘What’s your biggest flex you can’t tell anybody?’ – 17 impressive achievements people have to keep to themselves
Thanks to social media, it feels like nobody keeps anything private anymore. Every ultrasound, set of house keys and promotion is often shared online for the whole world to see. That makes it all the more amazing when huge achievements remain anonymous. To give people a safe space to share their triumphs MysteriousWarning699 posed the
This AI slop from one of Trump’s inner circle at the White House had the internet shouting “Read the room!” – 22 facepalms
If you were wondering whether Dan Scavino – the Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office and the White House Deputy Chief of Staff – has a professional and measured approach to his social media, then no. No he doesn’t. In fact, if this recent post is anything to go by, Mr Scavino has
Donald Trump called on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a deal with Putin and of all the A++ replies this one beat all-comers
Having memorably told anyone who would listen that he’d bring an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine within 24 hours of returning to the White House, Donald Trump is no closer to ending it, any more than he is his war with Iran. And for an insight into what the American president thinks should happen
The American right-wing ‘muscular Christianity’ conference got exactly as much mockery as it deserved – 15 top takedowns
You know how we’ve all been lying awake worrying that the Church isn’t equipped for spiriyual warfare, and whatnot? Well, worry no more. The ultra-conservative Kairos Christian Alliance is all over it, and has just had a conference to address the matter, named ‘Muscular Christianity’. No, really! Trump cultist Dr David Schrock, who wrote his
Donald Trump’s frantically furious response to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins said so much more about him than he intended
These pages have featured no end of run-ins between Donald Trump’s and CNN’s estimable White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins, but we don’t remember one quite so revealing as this. Trump banned CNN and other media news outlets he doesn’t like from the White House last week, and while he has since been forced into a
Toby Young used a column in the Daily Mail to talk about being ‘cancelled’ and the internet replied as one
Free speech gimp Toby Young has been having a go at Andy Burnham in the Daily Mail. Nothing to see here, you might reasonably assume. Except for this particular column the Youngmeister used it to talk about being ‘cancelled’ and why the toll it took on him make it fearful of Burnham’s proposed National Centre
Francis Bourgeois’s pure joy at spotting a train is brilliant, but it’s the locomotive’s NSFW-sounding name that stole the show
There are few things on the internet more wholesome than trainspotter and new co-presenter of The Grand Tour, Francis Bourgeois, getting completely overwhelmed by a passing locomotive. However, when this clip from 2021 started racking up millions of views on Twitter, it wasn’t just his delight that had people talking, it was the name of
Martin Lewis asked a noisy train passenger to turn down their phone and their eye-popping answer had the entire internet tearing its hair out
To the world of Martin Lewis who it turns out isn’t just doing his thing to save us a few quid or two, he’s also trying to make travelling on public transport these days just a teensy-weensy bit less irritating. And nothing irritates more than someone who insists on watching something on their phone with
Donald Trump’s insistence that the US has ‘the best poverty’ might not be the winning midterms message he thinks
Donald Trump first entered the celebrity sphere in the 1980s, appearing in films, TV series, adverts, and in Wrestlemania, playing the role of a flamboyant and successful businessman. After all those years of speaking off the cuff to interviewers or fellow presenters, and – later – making political campaign speeches, Donald Trump should be coming
This Danish ‘apology’ for scamming the US into signing a 75-year-old deal is as hilarious as it is savage
When Donald Trump signed a deal with Denmark over the presence of US miitary bases in Greenland last week, the Danes found a way to savagely troll his administration, and the internet tipped its hat in their direction. LMFAO – Denmark has background music on waiting for Trump that had the lyrics “send in the
Boris Johnson was dragged hard for blaming small-boat crossings on ‘Labour ideology’, and even Community Notes put the boot in in – 17 brutal reactions
Farage watchers could do a lot worse than to remind themselves of the manner in which failed PM and Partygate ringmaster Boris Johnson exited the House of Commons. In June 2023, Johnson read the findings of the Privileges Committee ahead of the publication of its report, which stated that he had misled the House, and
This groundbreaking NBC News report about how to keep your food fresh prompted all the mockery it deserved – 15 ice cold clapbacks
Listen, we get it. We’re all tired of getting bombarded by bad news every time we unlock our phones. Doom scrolling is real and it is debilitating. That being said, the news can’t just post a crap story like this and expect to get away with it. Keeping your fridge and freezer closed is the
Whoever did this to Zia Yusuf over at GMB when he repeatedly refused to answer the question, give yourself a pay rise!
To the studios of Good Morning Britain now, where entirely unelected Reform UK-er Zia Yusuf was less than keen to talk about his tweet from a little while back that saw him accused of ‘straightforward racism’. Just in case you need a reminder … Unfortunately for Yusuf, presenters Kate Garraway and Ranvir Singh were rather
Trump tried out his Joe Biden autopen joke on President Xi and the fake laughter didn’t require a translator
Perhaps the worst element of Donald Trump’s “jokes” are that he repeats them every time he leaves the house. Or in this case, when he gives a tour of his house. The President rolled out the red carpet, literally, for Xi Jinping, hosting the President of the People’s Republic of China for the White House
This Daniel Thomas supporter made an unfortunate schoolboy error and the more we watch the funnier it gets
You’ll know about Daniel Thomas – or Danny Tommo to the hard of thinking – the far-right activist who’s been charged over the alleged slashing of a dinghy in the English Channel. Thomas pleaded not guilty to criminal damage, and also not guilty to a separate charge of failing to dispose his PIN to his
Who is your biggest “I knew them in high school”? – 17 people who had incredibly famous classmates
It’s easy to lose track of classmates after school. Lives go in different directions and your priorities change. That’s unless your old classmate becomes so famous it’s impossible to avoid them. Reddit user CelesteFan234 wanted to hear about people who shared a class with future A-listers, so they put the following question to r/AskReddit: ’Who
‘What’s the most embarrassing way you’ve discovered that your cultural references are obsolete?’ – 21 people who think they’re still making Top of the Pops
Remember being a kid and being unable to comprehend how your parents didn’t know, or, more shockingly, even care, which bands were in the charts? Well, we all end up there eventually, whether we like it or not. Over on the AskUK subdreddit, they’ve been discussing getting left behind by the fast pace of changing
This finger-pointing patriot prompted no end of comebacks but no-one said it better than the woman sitting next to him
To the studios of BBC1’s Question Time – again! – where a finger-pointing ‘patriot’ prompted no end of comment with his entirely predictable views on people trying to come to this country on small boats and the balaclava-wearing protestors trying to stop them (and the RNLI volunteers from saving them). He definitely watches GB News
Somebody asked about the things people do when WFH they would be ’embarrassed for your colleagues to find out about?’ – 21 frankly bizarre habits
Since Covid and its associated lockdowns, working from home has become a completely normal thing to do for millions of people. However, while the being at home bit is normal, it appears that the workers themselves are not, if the answers to this question from ButterscotchShake on the AskUK subreddit are anything to go by…
Alison Moyet had the very best response for a weirdo account which appeared to suggest she’s actually a man
Alison Moyet isn’t just a brilliant singer with 40 years (and more) of fabulous songs behind her, she’s also rather good at this Twitter thing. And this latest one is a classic case in point, after what can most kindly be described as a weirdo Twitter account appeared to suggest she was actually a man.
Ash Sarkar’s NSFW assessment of the anti-immigration gangs making right dicks of themselves was spot on
You will have seen by now that a large mob of initially masked men, all dressed in black, assembled outside a police station in Basingstoke on Thursday evening. This is so cringe, they’re chanting “free DT” outside Basingstoke police station. pic.twitter.com/YXgWEWAYwa — Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) September 24, 2026 They were there to protest at the arrest
This Oasis fan got wondering just how many fans will see them at Knebworth and Liam Gallagher’s unexpected intervention was both very on-brand and very funny
Given how much money they made from last year’s extraordinarily popular reunion tour it’s no surprise to anyone anywhere that Oasis will be doing it all again next year. The tour – first chance to see them in, ooh, two years! – will include six dates at the legendary Knebworth estate in Hertfordshire, and very
Liz Truss appears to think the Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair
Liz Truss has been running wild again, this time turning up at the studios of LBC where the country’s shortest serving PM has been imparting her wisdom, such as it is, to breakfast presenter Nick Ferrari. And no moment was more eye-opening than this, when the premier for 15 minutes appeared to think that the
Helen Whately lobbed a small boats grenade at Andy Burnham’s government and Fiona Bruce threw it right back in magnificent style
To the studios of BBC1’s Question Time, where one of the Conservatives’ finest brains – more accurately, one of the Conservatives’ brains – Helen Whately was on the panel. And we are glad to announce she lived entirely down to expectations, not least when she bemoaned domestic government policy which was doing so much to
All Donald Trump had to do was walk straight down the red carpet. Mission: not accomplished
We cross now to the White House, where the Trumps have been hosting President and Madam Xi of China. Apparently they’re now BFFs, or some such thing – at least in the mind of Dozy Donald. The couples posed for photos, did the whole speech thing – as you do. Trump, however, hogged the internet
This right-wing ‘Christian’ pastor insisted that women’s social media use should be overseen by a ‘competent man’, and got dragged into next year – 22 deservedly brutal takedowns
Due to somebody’s oversight, US nationalists and so-called Christians Brian Sauvé and Eric Conn were given unsupervised access to one another, where they just amplified each other’s sexist BS. The pair of pastors from Utah’s Refuge Church got together to wang on about the alleged ‘feminisation’ of America, on their podcast, The King’s Hall. Brace
Donald and Melania Trump’s furious faces had the internet hooked – 21 favourite memes, mentions, and general mockery
The US is currently hosting the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and Donald Trump has been kissing arse like there’s no tomorrow. Trump on Xi: “He looks strong, vibrant and fit” pic.twitter.com/b1lm4lvo2p — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 24, 2026 It’s unlikely that Xi has been impressed, particularly after getting off to an awkward start when Trump’s
Ash Sarkar had the perfect response to an angry Question Time audience member’s defence of the so-called patriotic anti-immigration gangs
On Thursday, gangs of initially masked men dressed in black surrounded a police station in Basingstoke, where far-right Tommy Robinson ally and anti-immigration thug, Daniel Thomas, was being held after broadcasting himself stabbing a dinghy with a rescue worker on board. No-one can pretend that is not threatening and intimidating for locals wherever they turn
What does the most annoying person you work with do that annoys you most? – 17 infuriating workplace habits
It’s a sad fact of life that workplaces often contain irritating people. And unlike the real world, you can’t just tell them to change their ways for fear of getting fired. You can still bitch about them on the internet though. And that’s just what PaddedValls did by posing the following question to r/AskUK: ’What
This husband was caught on live TV making the biggest mistake of his marriage at a baseball game and got absolutely roasted by the announcers (and the entire internet)
Every relationship is different. Each partner takes on different responsibilities. There’s no one right way to achieve marital bliss. That being said, when you have a newborn and you are at a major sporting event and one of you is hungry and the other one of you has a baby strapped to your chest, maybe
Melania Trump’s Fox News brag about her diplomatic role accidentally turned into an eye-opening confession – 17 shocked (but not shocked) responses
Every single player in the disaster that is the current Donald Trump Administration has a particular way of screwing up. Donald himself repeats the same five lame jokes over and over again. JD Vance uses every soundbite to kiss Trump’s expanding orange ass. Pete Hegseth tries (and fails) to post workout vids. Then there’s the
This mega Maga was furious Xi Jinping didn’t show appropriate respect for the National Anthem and was brutally owned into next year
There are Magas and there are mega Magas, and they don’t come much more mega than Laura Loomer, who if she isn’t Donald Trump’s number one fan, then she’s definitely in the top two. Loomer’s Twitter bio also describes herself as an ‘investigate journalist’ which feels apt to mention here after she took great offence
Donald Trump tried to get one over on Xi Jinping with the help of a B-1 bomber and it backfired so badly it was hilarious
Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet in no uncertain style to welcome Xi Jinping on a 3-day visit to the US. The Chinese president arrived at Joint Base Andrews were Trump did his usual simpering thing and ordered a flyover by two B-1 supersonic bombers. Except if he was trying to get one over
John Noakes’ climb up Nelson’s Column may have been a health and safety nightmare, but it’s still just brilliant telly
Blue Peter presenter John Noakes was something of a daredevil. During his time on the show (1965 to 1978) – amongst other things – he crashed while tobogganing on the infamous Cresta Run, did a five-mile parachute freefall with the RAF …and this. Possibly the scariest piece of TV ever created: John Noakes climbing Nelson’s
A Trump-loving TV channel tried to fill the gap left by the American news networks and it went just as well as you’d hope it would
Donald Trump’s attempt to ban news outlets that don’t ask him questions he want to answer has backfired in spectacular fashion after the entire American press pool decided not to cover the White House either. Well, we say ‘entire’, there were still some TV channels up for covering the president, not least the Trump loving
Donald Trump just called CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins a ‘third rate sleazebag’ and it said so much more about him than it did her – 17 A++ comebacks
No reporter gets under Donald Trump’s skin quite like CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins. So much so that the president has banned CNN from the White House, along with a bunch of other news outlets, and appeared totally knocked sideways when Collins showed up at the UN, almost as if he thought he could
Nobody reminds you of your embarrassing blunders quite like your own family – 19 relatives hilariously keeping the gaffe receipts
Families may have your back – most of the time – but if there’s one thing a relative is good at, it’s making sure that you and everybody else never forget those really stupid things that you’ve done or said. They’re providing an important service and keeping you grounded. Over on Threads, manleedanlee asked about
JD Vance insisted Donald Trump had not banned CNN and his so-called reasoning was the very essence of Maga logic
In an outrageous breach of the First Amendment, Donald Trump has banned CNN and various other news outlets he doesn’t like from the White House. It’s already wildly backfired on the president and shows every sign of falling apart, but for now we are indebted to JD Vance for explaining just why it’s not a
This takedown of what Gregg Wallace gets up to these days was already good but his especially on-brand response made it next level
Now that Gregg Wallace has nothing to do with MasterChef for reasons you will already be aware of, he fils his days doing video messages for money… Make somebody smile with a Cameo message pic.twitter.com/KklK8supf4 — Gregg Wallace (@GreggAWallace) September 19, 2026 … reviewing steak pies … I taste test steak pies. Which brand do
Of all the blistering takedowns of Donald Trump wincing at the noise of a military plane, this one flies off with Burn of the Month
Donald Trump has pulled out all the stops to impress Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has just arrived in the US. Trump and the First Lady went to Andrews Air Base to greet them, which no president has done for a visiting dignitary since 1962. Our military on their hands and knees wiping off the
The theatre where Lincoln was assassinated is on a list of buildings that could be named after Donald Trump – 19 hard nopes
A Trump administration official has told MS NOW that Ford’s Theatre, the site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, is one of several federal buildings being touted to have Trump’s name added to it in some way. Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among
Nigel Farage’s “The Government’s campaign against disinformation is an attack on Reform” T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by his shirt
The jury is out over whether Andy Burnham’s first in-person encounter with Donald Trump was a success. The president described him in very positive terms, but rubbished the Chagos deal, which the PM has now decided to review. Hardly the Love Actually Hugh Grant impression people were hoping for. Another aspect of Burnham’s contribution to
Melania Trump’s ‘He’s doing the best that he can’ was the most hilarious accidental shade she could have thrown – 18 savage reactions
Fox News might not be joining in with the press pool, in support of the banned news outlets, but in other respects they’re still acting as the unofficial 24/7 advertising department of the Trump administration. At least, they’re trying to do that. On Wednesday, they interviewed the First Lady, Melania Trump, on Fox & Friends,
People shared the jobs that pay ‘absurdly well’ because no-one else is prepared to do them – 21 careers that might sap your soul but will make you a mint
Some jobs pay well because they require a huge amount of skill. Some jobs pay well because they require a huge amount of experience. And some jobs pay well because… well, nobody else is prepared to do them, whether that’s because they’re dangerous, disgusting or just incredibly tedious. They’ve been mulling this over on the
Karoline Leavitt claimed Trump respects women more than men and you don’t have to be a woman to appreciate these 14 withering takedowns
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s former press secretary whose relationship with the truth is most kindly described as ‘arm’s length’. It’s fair to say that Leavitt did not like the press and a fair bit of the press did not especially like Leavitt, especially if they had the temerity
Somebody asked for people’s ‘unbelievable truths’ – 23 absolute contenders for Would I Lie To You
If you’ve been living under a rock since 2007, you may not have come across the BBC panel show Would I Lie To You? The premise is simple: celebrities compete to tell the most unbelievable stories and anecdotes, and the opposing team has to figure out which ones are true and which are fibs. As
Donald Trump asked ‘Where’s Marco?’ and somehow missed the man sitting right next to him – 15 Twitter replies that spotted the problem immediately
The cognitive abilities of the President of the United States are a frequent topic around the world these days. The man himself, Donald Trump, likes to brag about acing cognitive tests and his superior spelling capabilities with words like “dumb” and its tricky silent “b.” But take a step back and it’s not so crystal
People have been sharing their favourite ‘nonsensical signs’ and these 21 are totally hatstand
We rely on signs for so much in life, from driving safely to finding the eggs in the supermarket, so we expect them to be clear, logical and useful. But, it turns out, quite often they are anything but. Over on the CasualUK subreddit, user PeevesPoltergist shared an example of one that baffled them, and
This very gratifying instant comeuppance for an entitled Tesla driver is one from the Hall of Fame
Back in 2023, Canadian musician Aaron Chapman entertained the internet with this simple story of a Tesla driver, an appalling lack of manners and instant karma. Aaron shared the tale over on Facebook, where he said – “To the owner of the Black Tesla who parked behind the Orpheum on Seymour Street tonight, who told
‘What’s the most British way to say “Absolutely not” without actually saying it?’ – 21 to file away for future use
It can be really difficult to say no, but the people who have mastered the art are the ones who don’t have to burn the candle at both ends, and don’t carry seething resentments towards everyone around them. There are varying degrees of politeness, including some that are not even the slightest bit polite, but
In the all-time worst date hall of fame surely none will ever go wrong in such hilarious style as this one
We’ve been on a few bad first dates in the past. In fact, most of our first dates were bad ones, but that’s between us and our therapist. But we’ve never been on one quite so bad – or unexpected – as this one, a proper hall of famer shared back in the day by
‘What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen someone turn into their whole personality?’ – 21 people who really need to get a life
Having a hobby or an interest is a good thing, right? It distracts us from the grind of work and gives us something to think about aside from paying the bills or the world generally going to hell in a handcart. Absolutely, until someone gets so consumed by something that it becomes the only part
What’s the most insane lie that someone has doubled down on? – 17 massive fibs that were given the hard sell
Everyone’s bent the truth at least once in their life, either to get out of trouble or to make a story sound even more impressive. However some people like to go further and conjure up tall tales that defy logic. To hear about these impressive lies, and the lengths people will go to to sell
This Nigel Farage fan’s meltdown over an English Heritage family photo felt like the essence of Reform UK – 13 historic takedowns
There are lots of reasons why you might choose not to be a member of English Heritage – maybe you don’t live near many of their sites, or maybe you can’t afford it. Possibly you’re just not interested. But we’ve never thought of this particular reason cited by this self-described member of the ’Free Speech
The great David Mitchell’s devastatingly logical take on Flat Earthers will never lose its appeal
Comedian, writer and actor, David Mitchell is a bona fide national treasure of the highly sarcastic kind, and he’s quite possibly never funnier than when he turns his scorn to the illogical. In this all-time classic clip of the Graham Norton Show, he absolutely nailed the issues with the Flat Earth International Conference, and it
Giles Coren admitted walking out of Sainsbury’s without paying – 17 privilege checking replies
It’s fair to say that most people who leave a supermarket without paying for their food tend to keep it a secret. Restaurant critic Giles Coren, however, has decided to broadcast his unique approach to grocery shopping to the entire internet. He justified his actions by basically blaming Sainsbury’s for not running their tills better.
The Lost Films of Hollywood hits the sweet spot of film history, clever design, and hilarious comedy
If you were wondering whether a collaboration between writer David Quantick and illustrator Chris Barker would be a work of comedic art, then the answer is obviously ‘Of course it is!’ The collaboration in question is a little thing called The Lost Films of Hollywood – the greatest movies never made. Chris explains the concept
People can’t stop watching Rory Stewart’s weirdly intense stare from last night’s Newsnight – 17 funniest reactions
Podcaster, author and former MP Rory Stewart is repeatedly popping up on our Twitter timelines today after a truly bizarre moment on BBC Newsnight in which he locks eyes with fellow guest Ailbhe Rea, political editor of The New Statesman. Well, ‘locks eyes’ is putting it mildly. It’s more of an intense death-stare delivered with
People have been sharing their favourite little acts of British rebellion – 17 petty ways of fighting the power in the UK
As a nation, Britain is known for its stiff upper lips and rigid class system. But while we may sound like a rule-abiding lot, we’re not adverse to putting the man in his place. Unlike other countries though, we act out in small, petty ways that give us room for plausible deniability. This prompted CalDaly
This reporter who immaculately trolled Donald Trump on the UN escalator deserves some sort of prize and even Melania appeared to enjoy it
Donald Trump’s gone and addressed the United Nations general assembly again, as no-one anywhere needs reminding given how much we’ve already written about it. But this particular moment was nothing to do with what Trump had to say from the podium, but rather one particular journalist’s immaculately-timed troll of the American president. You might remember
Whoever came up with this on-screen headline during Donald Trump’s UN speech take the rest of the week off!
There were plenty of eye-opening moments during Donald Trump’s general assembly address at the United Nations in New York in Tuesday, but surely none more so than this. It’s the passage of his speech, such as it was, when he threatened to annihilate Iran. Trump to the UN: “Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and
Donald Trump kept waiting for everyone to applaud him during his United Nations speech except it didn’t quite work out like that and it was just brilliant
Donald Trump had lots of things to tell the United Nations general assembly in News York on Tuesday, but the best bit was surely when the American president said nothing at all. That was the bit when he briefly paused after saying some nonsense or another, presumably expecting the hall to fill with applause like
Donald Trump wants everyone to start calling AI ‘super intelligence’, in case you were wondering about his priorities
Donald Trump has been doing a little market research in an effort to try and change the narrative on Artificial Intelligence. The president, who has shares in the AI economy, wants people to stop suggesting it might wipe out humanity, as some in the industry have claimed, which may be why he’s pushing for a
Donald Trump told CNN they shouldn’t be at the UN and correspondent Kaitlan Collins A++ comeback had the whole internet cheering
You’ll probably already know how Donald Trump has banned CNN and two other media outlets from the White House in an outrageous breach of free speech enshrined in the First Amendment. And the American president appeared to think he has the power to stop news media from covering him at all after he told CNN
Donald Trump was confidently incorrect on British and UK geography, and Andy Burnham’s face said what we were all thinking
Geography isn’t exactly Donald Trump’s strong point. Neither is History, for that matter. Nor Science. Actually – let’s just agree that he has no academic strong points, just to save time. On Tuesday, during a brief appearance with Andy Burnham at the UN Building in New York City, Trump showed his ignorance to the world
The Danish trolling the US with Send in the Clowns was already funny, but the zoom in on Marco Rubio raised it to new heights
We cross now to the UN general assembly in New York, where – to the relief of many countries – Donald Trump has signed a deal with Denmark over US access to Greenland for security purposes. President Donald J. Trump officially signs the landmark Greenland security deal alongside Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark and
When this Maga ambassador tried to defend Trump’s media ban, CNN’s Kaitlin Collins unleashed the perfect comeback to stun him into silence
Donald Trump does not want pesky reporters around anymore. He’s openly calling for a ban on unfriendly media and the more his administration talks about it, the worse it looks. The latest Trump ring kisser to defend the President’s fascist approach to the press is US Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz. If that
Which parts of British life do Americans romanticise that are actually a bit rubbish? – 17 things about the UK that don’t live up to the hype
We may speak the same language, but when it comes to selling the UK to the US, it seems that a few details have got lost in translation. Far from being the quaint country that Americans see in the movies, Britain is a bit more gnarly in reality. To learn about the little things that
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani had to listen to Donald Trump blather on about himself and his face is this week’s most relatable thing
More than anything, New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is known for his vibrant smile and relentless energy. So it’s notable when all of the sudden he shows up at a press conference with resting bitch face. Hmmm, what on earth could have possibly caused such a dramatic turn of events? President Trump visited the
This takedown of Right Said Fred’s ‘holiday’ moan was already good and it just gets better
You’ll remember Right Said Fred from back in the day when they briefly bothered the charts, but are now better known as conspiracy cheerleaders and railing against vaccines and lockdown back in they. And to this (long) list of things they don’t like we can also add ‘people who post pictures of themselves on holiday’.
Forget inspirational posters, ‘Uninspirational’ posters are so much more fitting for these times – 17 favourites
The @Uninspirational Instagram account is more “Work. Cry. Sleep.” than “Live. Laugh. Love.“, and that seems to fit the era we’re living through, so we’re taking a closer look. Let’s dive in. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Robert Jenrick was repeatedly presented with an open goal by Nick Ferrari and insisted on hoofing it over the bar
To the studios of LBC now where presenter Nick Ferrari was joined by Reform UK’s Tory MP turncoat Robert Jenrick. And topic of discussion was a Reform UK council which ended its 30 year partnership with ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ because it was a ‘politically charged organisation with an agenda’. So naturally Ferrari was
Flashback to the time an American confidently announced that Europe doesn’t have ice-cubes, and the takedowns were chillingly good
We’ve been reminded of the time, in 2020, when American journalist Matthew Yglesias tried to spell out how badly the US hah dealt with the pandemic by explaining why being better than Europe is a really low bar, and found himself the butt of the joke. Ice cubes? Ice cubes?? Anyway …Twitter had thoughts. 1.
People have been sharing their memories of small town nightclubs that were ‘simultaneously glorious and awful’ – 23 trips down memory lane
As the news is constantly reminding us, the UK’s night time economy is on its knees, clubs and pubs are shutting down in droves, and Gen Z don’t drink very much. And what a terrible shame it all is, as anyone who has fond memories of a cramped, sticky-floored and absolutely banging local nightspot will
The first and last time Nigel Farage dared to face James O’Brien has gone viral again, and it’s still a glorious own
It’s easy to forget that Nigel Farage was once (technically) a colleague of James O’Brien at LBC, before he left the station in 2020 having made inflammatory remarks about Black Lives Matter protesters. What a shocker. Despite sharing a workplace, James O’Brien has never hidden his disdain for the divisive politics of Farage and his
These shopping channel presenters arguing over whether the moon is a planet just went wildly viral again and it’s an out of this world treat
You don’t need a degree in astrophysics to know what the Moon is — or at least, you shouldn’t. But watching two QVC shopping channel hosts confidently argue whether Earth’s satellite is a planet, a star, or “something like the sun” is as painful as it is magnificent. Here’s the classic clip from 2015 which
Someone asked people who’ve worked in cinemas about the ‘craziest things’ they’d witnessed – 19 horrors that weren’t confined to the big screen
When we imagine seeing bizarre or scary things at the cinema, we tend to think that they will be safely contained within the film we’ve come to enjoy. However, for the cinema employees, it turns out that the most frightening monsters are us, the audience. They’ve been chatting about this on the AskUK subreddit after
A firefighter found the pressure of this hose rather too hot to handle and it’s 12 seconds of pure comedic joy
Time now to turn to what is traditionally referred to as the third emergency service. And specifically this firefighter in Pennsylvania in the US who, it’s fair to say, found the water pressure of this hose rather too hot to handle. Way too much, in fact, and what happened next was surely – surely! –
Merriam-Webster asked people to share their mortifying typos, and they really stepped up – 27 cringe-inducing errors
Anyone who has never made a typo has never typed. If you think you’ve never been affected, we have bad news …you just didn’t notice. Typos can happen due to autocorrect, wide fingers, or not paying enough attention, and they’re – as Douglas Adams might have said – mostly harmless. Merriam-Webster wasn’t interested in the
We’ve featured no end of JD Vance burns but Fox News just did this and it’s properly savage
JD Vance has been out on the campaigning trail begging voters not to give them the utter drubbing in the November midterms that the Trump administration deserves. And we’re starting to think the VP might need to get himself some fresh material. Not only because of this pisspoor joke that we’ve already written about over
Donald Trump’s press ban just spectacularly blew up in his face and this is surely the most satisfying Trump speech you’ll ever watch
Having long issued veiled (and not so veiled threats) against anyone he labels the ‘fake news’, Donald Trump went and actually banned any news outlets he doesn’t like from covering the White House. And in a hugely reassuring display of solidarity, all the other major US TV news outlets agreed to suspend their video coverage
JD Vance tried to be funny and if we stank the place out this bad we wouldn’t leave home for a week
There’s nothing JD Vance likes more than trying to ape his hero, Donald Trump. And we really do mean ape. And yet despite the fact that Trump has set the bar so very low, the vice president never even comes close to clearing it. And nowhere is that more true than when Vance attempts a
The White House launched Trump TV for all the Maga superfans, and the early reviews are as brutal as you’d expect – 17 top takes
It’s been quite an eventful 24 hours for the White House. The press banded together to protest Donald Trump’s attack on the First Amendment rights of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, and refused to provide TV coverage of Trump’s activities. Breaking News: Major TV networks — ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC — agreed to
The pushback against Trump’s attack on the media left his words hilariously drowned out by a helicopter – 26 cheers to the rafters
Donald Trump is known for his attacks on media outlets that don’t indulge in the type of arse-kissing he thinks he deserves, and he most often takes out his petulance on female reporters. Here he is hitting out at CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for the crime of doing her job. Kaitlan Collins reminds Donald Trump that
Dr Oz tried to explain why Trump banning media outlets isn’t a First Amendment violation and immediately made the case for why it is
The White House has stopped admitting the media inside. Well, some of the media. As of this week, MS NOW, CNN and Politico have been barred from entering the White House and covering Donald Trump. As much as that might sound like a relief, it is also a clear violation of the First Amendment to
This hilarious video of ChatGPT’s struggle to spell ‘Seventeen’ suggests the AI apocalypse might take a while
We’ve all seen the recent terrifying reports suggesting that Artificial Intelligence has a decent chance of wiping out the whole of humankind within the next decade, but perhaps there’s a glimmer of hope to be found in this video shared by the wonderful Husk over on Twitter. He’s got form when it comes to winding
The way this woman mysteriously disappears in this TV news report is properly melting brains everywhere
Okay so it’s probably not a glitch in the matrix but – seriously – what else can it be? It’s a TV news report which has been melting brains everywhere because of the most bizarre way this particular interviewee says goodbye and then basically vanishes. Just in case your Spanish isn’t quite up to scratch,
Pete Hegseth invited the Paul brothers to the Pentagon to pump up American troops and it backfired spectacularly in the replies – 17 scathing takedowns
This is not a serious White House Administration. Anyone following American politics for the last decade could tell you that. Still, Donald Trump and his band of merry gangsters continue to degrade the nation’s highest office with every new press stunt. The latest comes courtesy of former reality TV contestant and current Secretary of Defense,
Ed Davey’s attempt to rally the troops at the Lib Dem conference with their calamitous new slogan fell humiliatingly flat on its face
To the Lib Dem conference in Brighton now – what do you mean you didn’t know there was a Lib Dem conference going on? – where Ed Davey was doing his bit to rally the troops. Battling against claims that he is leading his party into irrelevance, it’s fair to say Davey didn’t quite energise
‘Tell me the thing that gives you the ick that you’re embarrassed to admit’ – 21 pet peeves
As anyone who has to be around other people can testify, people can be really irritating. There’s the chewing, the loud breathing, the Jimmy Carr laugh – you know how it goes. We’re fully aware that for every little thing that gets on our nerves, there’s someone who finds us so annoying it’s giving them
A classic Bullseye clip went viral because it features one of the most underwhelming star prizes in TV history
The classic darts based 80s TV quiz show Bullseye, hosted by Jim Bowen, regularly drew audiences of 20 million per episode during its peak. It was renowned for including star prizes such as luxury holidays, cars and the iconic speedboats. But not all star prizes were so, well – starry, as this clip shared by
Jacob Rees-Mogg said it’s people’s duty to die for their country and of all the A++ replies this one knocked the rest out the park
Former cabinet minister and reality TV star for 15 minutes Jacob Rees-Mogg has been busy doing some public service pronouncements. In particular he’s keen to tell anyone who will listen that it’s their duty to join up to fight for this country and, if necessary, die for it. Because it looks like the view from
People have been sharing the worst mistakes they made at work – 23 total cock-ups that will make you feel like employee of the month
Having to work every day is bad enough, but do you know what’s worse? The hideous anxiety that is induced when we do something wrong, and it is definitely our own fault. Reddit user Slow_Mix5034 is feeling this pain, and posted the following on the AskUK page… ’What are the worst mistakes you’ve made at
These reactions to the Proclaimers saying people are afraid to speak their minds are on their way to being the takedowns of the week
In case you missed it, the Proclaimers have come out as ‘anti-woke’, with some strong opinions that would make them the ideal gig-mates for Right Said Fred. They could even chat about what it’s like to work with your brother. With a new album out, the twins most famous for their hit “I’m Gonna Be
‘What’s something your parents told you when you were younger that you brushed off as nonsense?’ – 19 ways your folks were 100% correct
The arrogance of youth, eh? We’ve all been there, thinking we know best despite our incredibly limited life experience, and we all realise our folly when we get older. Over on the AskUK subreddit, PaddedValls posted their thoughts on the matter… ’What’s something your parents tried to tell you when you were younger, that you
Trump’s ‘new’ Greenland deal is the one the US made in 1951, and the facepalms were visible from Nuuk to the White House – 21 favourites
It’s almost nine months since Donald Trump got it into his head that the US needs sovereignty over Greenland for its security, leading him to make this highly alarming announcement. 🚨BREAKING: Trump announces plan to ANNEX Greenland. pic.twitter.com/8DGnU2blOA — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 4, 2026 Being the statesmanlike individual he is, he kept the conversation
A diner at Jeremy Clarkson’s pub protested at the price but he wasn’t sticking it to the man quite so devastatingly as he suggested
Jeremy Clarkson isn’t just farming these days he also owns his own pub, The Farmer’s Dog, just near Burford in west Oxfordshire, apparently. We’ve not been there but we can imagine the sort of person who would. Except in this case we don’t to imagine, because Farmer’s Dog diner Rick Gannon went on Twitter to
This particular vision of ‘student life’ in 2026 prompted an especially no nonsense reply and it’ll make you proud to be British
It’s been a long time since we ever indulged in something called student life, and even then it wasn’t that studenty to be honest (and more fool us). And it certainly wasn’t anything like this, a vision of student life shared by over on Twitter (they appear to be from Portugal but that doesn’t mean
A Reform UK-er got super excited by all these Union Jacks put up in Portsmouth and these 17 A++ replies surely said it best
Portsmouth has been in the news this last week or so, with far- right protestors targeting the RNLI for daring to rescue migrants as they attempt to reach the UK in small boats. So much so that the life-saving volunteers have had to close their Portsmouth station because of the absue and online threats. But
Laura Kuenssberg asked if it’s really the job of celebrities to get involved in complicated politics and ended up schooled into next week
Ed Sheeran has been busy doing his utmost to get his tour back on track after it was plunged into turmoil by support act Macklemore’s removal for shouting ‘free Palestine’ at a concert. It was naturally a topic of discussion on Laura Kuenssberg’s BBC1 Sunday morning politics show, where the presenter wondered if it was
Bridget Phillipson had the perfect clapback to Laura Kuenssberg quoting Jim Ratcliffe’s hot take on the UK
The billionaire part-owner of Manchester United, who made his fortune in the petrochemical industry, has been sharing his hot take on the state of the UK, and it’s not a glowing report. Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in the UK, describing the country as “on the slide”. “Nobody’s tough enough to deal
It’s 49 years since the Fonz ‘jumped the shark’ on Happy Days and Henry Winkler’s A++ response just made the whole thing worthwhile
As no-one anywhere needs reminding, ‘jump the shark’ has long become a common term for the moment TV series go rubbish. It was named after the Happy Days episode in which the Fonz – you guessed it – jumped the shark, in this episode of the classic TV comedy which it turns out just celebrated
17 scathing takedowns of the conspiracy theory that Greta Gerwig is trying to destroy Christianity by casting Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan
We regret to inform you that people have been getting their panties in a bunch about trivial things again – in this case, Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the CS Lewis Narnia book, The Magician’s Nephew. Empire had the scoop on the project …and the most important piece of casting. 🚨WORLD-EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK 🚨 Greta Gerwig
Elon Musk has been trying out a new comedy routine on Twitter by banging on about ‘Uranus’, and it’s a whole new level of cringe
Elon Musk has never been one to shy away from schoolboy humour, but this latest attempt at live stand-up on Twitter has left people more exasperated than amused. His Boring Company has previously sold weird merchandise such as $100 ‘Burnt Hair’ perfume and ‘Boring Bricks’ made from tunnel spoil, but his latest product proposal seems
Just when you thought Trump had hit peak ‘tinpot dictator’, he’s adding snipers and drone storage to his colossal arch – 24 devastating shots on target
Donald Trump has been very busy campaigning for the midterm elections, which are 43 days away, and are likely to be bad news for the Republican Party. 🚨 BREAKING: Republicans have COLLAPSED in support in the past two weeks. Since Labor Day, their odds of winning the Senate have gone down to only 31% pic.twitter.com/r6LkjhkO8s
Billionaire Man Utd owner and Monaco resident Jim Ratcliffe says he’s lost confidence in the UK, and people think that’s a bit rich coming from him
You know who we don’t hear from half enough these days? Billionaires. Poor dears are being silenced left, (far) right and centre. So, over to you Sir Jim Ratcliffe, petrochemical billionaire and part owner of Manchester United. You might remember this charmer from his comments about immigration earlier this year. Sir Jim, who is worth
Ed Sheeran addressed the ‘Free Palestine’ controversy at the start of his concert, but it seems he might have just made things even worse
When Ed Sheeran took to the stage at Lincoln Financial Field Stadium in Philadelphia on Saturday night, everyone knew he’d have to address the Macklemore/’Free Palestine’ fiasco that threatened to derail his tour – and career. And so he did speak about what has been happening – reading a carefully-scripted speech from a teleprompter. PHILADELPHIA
‘SNL UK’ went in hard on Ed Sheeran and Robert Kraft, and the 2-minute segment ends with a brutally funny Sheeran dig for the ages
Ed Sheeran, it’s probably fair to say, has had better weeks. And as his US tour continued on Saturday night, Sheeran tried to address the controversy with a carefully scripted speech – which might have made things worse. Ed Sheeran addresses the controversy surrounding Macklemore’s removal from his tour and says, “What is happening in
Labour peer Tom Watson has taken a senior job with controversial AI software company Palantir, and people are really not on board with the decision
Former deputy leader of the Labour Party, Tom Watson, has a new job to announce this week: he’s joining Palantir as Senior Vice President. Watson, who left the House of Commons in 2019, was given a peerage and took up a position as the chair of UK Music. After six wonderful years at UK Music,
Of all the hits on Ed Sheeran this week, nothing can beat this devastatingly funny 15-second takedown by a woman living with cerebral palsy
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has been at the centre of a public relations calamity for most of this week. It started when Sheeran caved to corporate pressure to fire singer Macklemore from the support slot on Sheeran’s US stadium tour – because Macklemore said ‘Free Palestine’ during his set at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The
Mark Carney made fun of Trump’s hand gestures during a speech, and the response shows just how much the world is laughing at the US right now
It has been a big week for Canadian PM Mark Carney. He delivered a rousing speech to the European Parliament, and Canada has been invited to be as “associate state” of the EU. Carney capped off his strong week by making another dig at Donald Trump during a speech to Liberal MPs announcing a $70
Trump threatened to withhold relief funding if Magas don’t win the midterms in case you’re wondering how democracy in America is holding up
Right after he told them their home state was the worst in the nation, Donald Trump followed that gem up with a joke about withholding disaster relief funds. The President was in North Carolina desperately stumping for his Maga candidates ahead of the midterms when he mentioned that if Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley doesn’t
Donald Trump’s been wondering if he’d rather be killed by a shark or electric shock and we’re going to need a bigger boat for all of these hysterical clap backs
Never admit weakness. Always attack. It’s the Donald Trump approach. Unfortunately for him, the only thing he is not afraid of (talking in public) has revealed his deepest fears (sharks and… batteries?) The President was speaking at a White House Rose Garden dinner yesterday in front of a group of outdoorsmen when the subject of
This Norwegian TV ad about how things don’t last as long as they used is both important and an absolute Scandi treat
Here’s public service broadcasting at its best, or something like it, and there’s not a phrase we’re often using on these pages. It’s a Norwegian TV ad about how things don’t last as long as they used to, and it manages to have both a very important message and be an absolutely fabulous watch, both
People have been sharing the most unfortunate and downright wrong nicknames someone ended up with – 21 absolute head-shakers
Being given a nickname is usually a gesture of affection. It means you’re well known enough in a group to warrant a special tag. However, it often turns out that the more esteem you are held in by your friends, the worse the nickname will be. They’ve been discussing this on the AskReddit page after
People shared their most embarrassing moments that mortify them to this day – 23 hilarious foul-ups to make your day better
Schadenfreude – the name for the feeling of pleasure derived from the misfortune of others – tends to be applied to events that are bad for unpleasant people. Like when Liz Truss got the boot from being Prime Minister for her insane mini-budget, for example. But sometimes we can feel a nice twinge of it
A Little Englander was asked on LBC to define what it means to be ‘English’ and it’s an absolute classic of the genre
To the airwaves now, where this particular Little Englander was asked to define what it means to be ‘English’ and it’s an absolute classic of the genre. They rang in a little bit back in the day, to coincide with a far-right London protest organised by Tommy Robinson, and we share it again because it
Everyone’s talking about Grand Designs this week and this video condensing every single episode into 96 seconds flat is just brilliantly done
Grand Designs is back on Channel 4 this week and the return – specifically, this particular tweet announcing its return – went wildly viral with people making very educated guesses what will happen in the episode, and very entertaining it was too. Bryony and Matt are spending £820,000 on a modern, high-performance home on the
An RNLI lifeboat station was closed due to far-right protests and these ‘patriotic’ replies are an unutterably grim indication of the state of things right now
As we’ve already written about elsewhere, shocking news today that the RNLI has had to close its Portsmouth lifeboat station due to far-right protestors unhappy at them helping migrants. We’ve highlighted 14 of the most totally on-point responses here, but while they surely represent 99% of the country right now, the 1% tends to shout
Donald Trump just considered banning fishing and as a real-time indication of his mental state it’s hard to beat
Time to return to the thoughts, such as they are, of Donald Trump. We’ve published no end of posts about the mental state – and we really do mean mental – of the American president on these pages, but for a real-time indication of where his head is at right now, this is surely hard
Reform UK-er Danny Kruger was brilliantly called out by Fiona Bruce and his reaction made it even better
Question Time was back on BBC1 on Thursday night, which must mean that Reform UK is back on Question Time, right? Of course they were, and this time it was the turn of Tory turncoat Danny Kruger, who was naturally doing his bit to defend all those mega millions of pounds donated to Reform UK.
Far-right protestors have forced the closure of Portsmouth lifeboat station and these A++ responses surely will not be bettered
Astonishing news from the south coast of England where Portsmouth lifeboat station has been forced into temporary closure bedcuae of far-right activists. You’ll remember earlier this month protestors targeted the station and other sites run by the RNLI because they had the temerity of going to the aid of people trying to get to the
Melania Trump’s post about the upcoming lavish White House state dinner was as far as it could get from reading the room – 17 fed-up reactions
We cross now to the US, where a cost of living crisis caused largely by the war with Iran, Doge cuts, and Donald Trump’s tariffs has seen ordinary Americans having to choose between food, healthcare, and fuel to drive to work. In that environment, and with Donald Trump’s approval ratings at an all-time low, you’d
Reform’s Danny Kruger claimed that the crypto billionaires want nothing in return for donations, and the Question Time audience’s laughter said it all
BBC’s flagship political panel show, Question Time, has just returned after the long parliamentary recess, and we were all hugely shocked by the presence of a Reform representative – in this case, Danny Kruger. They so rarely get to have their say. In an act of extraordinary televisual innovation, unheard of in the history of
The hilarious Twitter predictions for the new Grand Designs episode were made even funnier by the show’s own very self-aware bingo card
Channel 4’s architecture and self-build show, Grand Designs, has been on our screens for an incredible 27 years, fronted by the blunt yet enthusiastic designer Kevin McCloud. Season 24 has just launched, with episode one featuring Bryony and Matt’s ambitious build in the tiny village of St Minver, Cornwall. Here’s how the official account described
We regret to inform you that RFK Jr is ‘looking at chemtrails’, and there’s not enough facepalm in the world – 26 scathing responses
We can’t imagine what job RFK Jr is actually suited to. Talking head on Channel 5 ‘When X Goes Wrong’ shows, perhaps, or roadkill chef on his own YouTube channel. What he isn’t fit for is to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The man’s an anti-science conspiracy theorist who has overseen a
What’s the greatest ‘well, their career is over’ moment of all time? – 17 livelihoods that came to a crashing halt
Careers often gradually taper off as a person slowly winds down their obligations. But sometimes they come to an abrupt halt due to a massive screw up. And while it remains to be seen where Ed Sheeran sits on this spectrum, Ok-Poetry8702 wanted to hear about those unfortunate occasions where a person’s career drops off
There’s never a bad time to rewatch the legend that is Steven the lazy horse
Back in 2022, Scottish TikToker @glittergreigy shared a short clip (clop?) that went wildly viral, and deservedly so, with the description – ‘He thought about it for a second .. he really thought about it.’ If you haven’t seen it, you’re in for a treat. If you have, we know you’re going to want to
Donald Trump tried to break down the numbers on his trade policy and it did not add up – 15 calculated clapbacks
So much gets made of the nonsense Donald Trump spews on a daily basis that it’s good to get back to the basics. The American economy has been struggling under Trump’s stewardship and the nation’s people want to hear what his thought process is behind the decisions impacting their day-to-day expenses. Luckily, Donald took a
Sainsbury’s asked a customer to review their purchase of an onion and they were only too happy to oblige in hilarious fashion
In the not too distant past you could go to a shop, buy an item and that was pretty much the end of it. Nowadays, however, if you make a purchase online then it invariably brings about a seemingly endless string of email notifications. We have received your order! Your order is being processed! Your
Mark Carney’s EU speech was a devastating takedown of Donald Trump despite not mentioning Trump once
As you’ll have read elsewhere, Canada looks all set for closer – much closer – ties to the European Union after its prime minister Mark Carney’s visit this week. The prospect of Canada becoming the EU’s first associate member – raised by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen – already felt like a good
Somebody asked women about ‘the most ridiculous reason they’ve decided they didn’t like a man’ – 21 traits that seem silly but loom large
Given the difficulty of meeting someone – anyone! – to date these days, you’d think that the red flags would have to be huge and wildly flapping to put people off each other. However, sometimes it’s the small, apparently rather petty things that actually undermine a relationship before it’s even got off the ground. Over
Donald Trump called North Carolina ‘one of the worst states’ while speaking in *checks notes* North Carolina
In something straight out of a Spinal Tap movie, Donald Trump decided to dust off his thoughts on the state of North Carolina at the worst possible time. The President continues to travel the country stumping for Maga candidates ahead of the increasingly important midterm elections. He made a stop in the key swing state
What’s something about Britain you only appreciate after living abroad? – 17 things other countries just don’t do better
It’s in the national character for British people to moan and criticise their native islands. But as much as we whinge, deep down there are lots of things we all love about this country. Sometimes it takes a bit of distance to truly appreciate the good things though. In fact even a little time abroad
‘What’s a rule at your workplace that clearly exists because someone did something ridiculous?’ – 23 regulations created by idiots
Having to go to your job every day can be bad enough. But having to put up with some monumentally idiotic colleagues is often what tips it over into unbearable. They’ve been discussing the woes of working with other people on the AskReddit page after user Prize-Sale-4004 posed this question: What’s a rule at your
A Maga audience member heckled the whole of Europe at this comedy gig in Poland and it ended just as well for them as you’d hope it would
To a stand-up comedy gig in Krakow, Poland now – no, we didn’t think we’d be using that phrase today either – where the audience included an especially vocal American. Not just an especially vocal American but an especially vocal Republican American who voted for Donald Trump. They were just as warm and empathetic to
This mum was devastated by the ‘overt racism’ in her Oxfordshire village and Nigel Farage’s response nailed the essence of the man in 15 seconds flat
You will no doubt have seen the story of the Oxfordshire village which voted to be ‘independent’ from the UK in a symbolic referendum held in protest at plans to house more than 1,000 migrants at a former military base. Some 285 residents of Piddington voted to leave, with 26 voting no (and one spoiled
Man who just found out there’s a b in dumb announces he’s a ‘high-IQ person’ – 18 brutal clapbacks
Despite his approval rating being at an all-time low, and at a record-breaking low level for any US president, Donald Trump has been telling voters to imagine he’s on the ballot in the upcoming midterm elections. This may be why the Democrats are on course to take control of the House of Representatives, and have
Donald Trump vowed to cut off Europe if Canada joins the EU and the whole of Europe responded as one
Donald Trump has spent much of his second term in the White House slagging off Canada and its PM Mark Carney, suggesting it should become the 51st state of America instead. So it should be no surprise that Canada (and Carney) should look elsewhere for alliances, and this week it emerged that it could become
Grand Designs is back and people have been busy guessing how this first episode will go – 14 funniest and most totally on-point
This week just got so much better when we realised Grand Designs is back. Other Channel 4 property shows have come and gone but it is Kevin McCloud’s magnificent creation that continues to reign supreme. Bryony and Matt are spending £820,000 on a modern, high-performance home on the Cornish coast – designed to meet the
In ‘serious party’ news, Reform’s new immigration-tracking app features a game where you turn back small boats crossing the channel – 17 dumbfounded reactions
As you’re no doubt aware, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK are rather flush with cash at the moment after being handed a whopping £72 million from just two crypto-billionaire donors. But how to spend these riches handed over by people who obviously don’t expect anything in return for their largesse? Why not a nice shiny new
Ted Cruz warned that if Democrats take Congress they’ll ‘stop Trump’s agenda’, and the entire internet said “No shit, Sherlock!”
The US midterm elections are just 47 days away, and the polls suggest that the Democrats will probably take the House of Representatives, and might even end up controlling the Senate. Before you get too excited, remember that the only poll that counts is the actual election – right up until Trump declares it void
Anthropic claims to be highly profitable, if you ignore their major expenses, and the internet understood the assignment – 18 hilariously sarcastic takedowns
We’re very grateful to the wily bunch over at Anthropic, the company behind AI chatbot Claude, for taking time out of their busy schedule of developing their product (which experts say could wipe out the human race within a decade) to come up with a hilarious explanation of their finances. The company has put off
JD Vance’s plea for the US to give the Trump government ‘another chance’ wasn’t the winning midterms message he seemed to think – 24 votes of no confidence
JD Vance is not a man known for having a flare for communication …or empathy …or intellgence. In short, he’s the David Brent of Maga politicians, but with less charm and more eyeliner. Never forget that this is the man who – Claimed the Left would probably say drinking Diet Mountain Dew is racist. Vance:
‘What hobby looks peaceful from the outside but is pure stress once you get into it?’ – 22 ‘relaxing’ pastimes that will give you a nervous breakdown
A hobby is an activity that you do in your downtime, a chance to relax and take your mind off the pressures of work and day-to-day life. Well, it’s meant to be. But if the answers to this question posed by Stukwan on the AskReddit page are anything to go by, sometimes it’s the exact
Trump lap dog Mike Johnson says there’s nothing to worry about, AI will regulate itself and the internet begged to differ – 15 prophetic putdowns
Of all the brownnosers in the Trump administration, House Speaker Mike Johnson seems to have his schnoz furthest up the President’s rear end. Johnson will defend literally anything Trump says or does, either directly or through pleas of ignorance. The Speaker is best known for his ability to have not heard the latest reports out
The Brits’ replies to this Maga who said he’d been told not to wear his hat in London is best in class of this type of thing
We’ve featured plenty of posts on these pages of Brits telling various Magas exactly what’s what, and they don’t come much better than this. It’s a rewind to back in the day (does last year count as back in the day?) and this American who arrived in London for some sort of protest or another
People shared the weirdest interactions they’ve had with a stranger – 17 unforgettable head-scratchers
We’re all aware that talking to a stranger can be a risky endeavour, but sometimes there’s no avoiding it. And as you’d expect, it often leads to some bizarrely memorable moments. To hear about the oddest encounters, C-My-Vest challenged r/AskUK users to share the strangest interactions they’ve had with strangers in the UK. And to
This brutally honest US Senator said what we’re surely all thinking about Trump’s FBI chief Kash Patel and these 15 internet replies said the rest
Kash Patel hasn’t been in the news in a while. For him, that is a very good thing. Because when he does find himself back in the headlines, it’s never positive. Which brings us to Patel’s latest senate hearing, which was basically asking him why he has his job. Not surprisingly, Patel didn’t have a
This American lawmaker’s takedown of Donald Trump’s grasp of AI will surely never be bettered
If there’s a worse person than Donald Trump to help guard against the frankly terrifying excesses of artificial intelligence then we haven’t met them yet. And yet the president continues to insist it will all be hanky dory despite all of the evidence – exhibit A: Donald Trump – suggesting otherwise. And surely no-one nailed
Nadine Dorries suggested Angela Rayner owed the taxpayer a £17k refund only for it to blow up spectacularly in her face
Nadine Dorries should surely have seen this coming when she took aim at Angela Rayner over a Telegraph story about ‘botched local government reorganisation’. The tale, such as it is, concerns Reform UK demanding that Rayner – newly returned to the government under Andy Burnham – repay the cost of the aborted local government shake-up.
Jake Humphrey’s response to this unlikely heckle just went viral just not for reasons he would have hoped
Jake Humphrey used to be best known as a sports presenter but now he’s all about the High Performance podcast, helping us all become the very best version of ourselves (or, if we’re lucky, someone else). And we mention Jake because he was out and about minding his own business when a complete stranger yelled
This brilliant Victoria Derbyshire interview was held up as an example for American journalists everywhere and it’s just magnificent
This won’t be the first or last time we’ve found ourselves bigging up Victoria Derbyshire on these pages but if anyone is doing this sort of thing better at the BBC (or anywhere else) we’d like to see it. This time it was Tory Mark Harper in her sights, after it turned out she was
What’s the angriest you’ve ever made your parents? – 17 times kids pushed their folks over the edge
Annoying your parents is par for the course when you’re a kid. After all, you’re still learning how to be a human. However there are occasions where kids have pushed their folks too far with their nonsense. KuntaWuKnicks was curious to learn more, so they invited r/AskCasual members to share the times they made their
Donald Trump started calling this American lawmaker names so she gave every bit as good as she got and it’s just brilliant
Like us you might not have come across American congresswoman Joyce Beatty but once you watch this you surely own’t be able to forget her. Beatty clashed with Donald Trump after a judge rejected his demand to add his name to the Kennedy arts centre, of which she is a board member. Which the president
Tantrum Trump will permanently block the Kennedy Center from reopening unless they put his name on it – 17 scathing takedowns
The world’s biggest toddler and the President of the USA should ideally be two different people, and yet here we are. The Oval Office Orange is having a strop of epic proportions because – yet again – a court has blocked his name from being displayed on the John F Kennedy Memorial Center. This was
Richard Tice complained that a Sky News journalist had become an ‘anti-Reform activist’ and was schooled into next year
Time now to turn to the world of Richard Tice, the increasingly angry Reform UK deputy party leader who’s not happy with Sky News, he’s not happy with Sky News at all. Specifically he’s not happy with the widely respected and multiple award winning journalist Cathy Newman who he has accused of being an ’anti-Reform
Tory Lord Mark Harper tried to break the world record for repeatedly dodging the question, and you could almost see Victoria Derbyshire’s last nerve
The village of Piddington in Oxfordshire has been in the news after residents staged protests over plans to house around 1250 male asylum seekers in a nearby military base. In a village referendum on whether to withdraw from the UK, they voted to leave by 285 to 26, plus one spoiled ballot. The vote carries
Three more Durham Reform councillors have quit, leaving them on the brink of losing control, and we’re shocked. Shocked, we tell you!
At the last set of local elections, Durham Council came under the control of Reform UK, with 65 councillors – including former GB News presenter Darren Grimes, who was appointed Deputy Leader of the council. Last week, a Sky News report revealed chaos in the council, with allegations of bullying and incompetence, illustrated by a
Kash Patel’s defence of the FBI dropping its bestiality conviction ban for agents raised far more questions than it answered – 29 gigantic side-eyes
We cross now to the US, where FBI chief Kash Patel has been having a normal one in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight. Patel was forced to defend his decision to drop the Bureau’s bar on hiring agents with convictions for theft from an employer, solicitation of sex, or bestiality. Or all
Brits are sharing the increasingly common Americanisms that they are really not happy about – 17 words and phrases that should be tariffed with immediate effect
Language is what connects us as humans across the globe. Unless it’s Brits and Americans. In which case, it seems to have driven a wedge between two cultures that are entirely unwilling to meet half way. We say this after Twitter user @gabrielledisco posted about the Americanism that is becoming commonplace and they are really,
If we hadn’t seen this mind-blowing bowling trick shot, we’d have thought it was impossible
We wouldn’t have believed someone could pull off this shot if we hadn’t seen it for ourselves, courtesy of ESPN. @espn WAIT FOR IT 😳 (via @Bonzatron) #bowl #bowling #trickshot #timing ♬ original sound – ESPN Well done to @Bonzatron for that 2022 stunner. We’d like to know how many recordings show disaster. It certainly
People shared their most embarrassing moments at a GP surgery and these 22 tales will have you cringing all the way to A&E
Going to the doctor provokes a myriad of emotions, one of which, depending on your ailment, can be an enormous amount of awkwardness. However, experiencing an extreme level of cringe in a medical setting is such a common experience that we can all comfort one another with similar war stories. Which is what they’ve been
JD Vance warned the American people not to normalise fraud and that noise you just heard is the world’s hypocrisy meter exploding
The Vice President is often given the unthankful task of taking on an impossible problem to keep busy while their boss handles the bigger issues. In the curious case of Donald Trump and JD Vance, Trump has given his #2 an assignment that hits a little too close to home: fraud. In his forever efforts
This 1979 clip of school kids being asked ‘What would you buy if you were rich?’ is as hilarious as it is wholesome
Back in 1979, the hugely popular BBC magazine show That’s Life! sent their roving reporter on a mission to interview a load of school kids about what they would do if they suddenly hit the jackpot. Their answers are a brilliantly funny and delightfully bizarre time capsule of unfiltered 70s TV magic. It’s been going
Someone asked about things people ’don’t understand, no matter how many times it’s explained? – 23 things we just cannot get our heads around
The world is an increasingly complex place with an awful lot of things to get to grips with, from which bin to use for which recycling to the ways in which AI is going to end humanity. So it’s no wonder there are some things we just cannot fathom, no matter how hard we try.
Breaking Bad’s brilliant Vince Gilligan had the ultimate final word on people pushing AI and it’s just perfect
If you want the perfect final word on Artificial Intelligence then you’d better call Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and the (now Emmy award winning) sci-fi satire, Pluribus. The great man was asked about AI at the Emmy awards and he totally nails it in less than a minute. Not for
‘What’s a small thing you’ve seen abroad that you’d like to see implemented here?’ – 23 little changes that would have a huge impact
When we think about altering the UK for the better, we tend to think of the big things, like a change of government or eye-wateringly expensive infrastructure projects (we’re looking at you HS2). But there are smaller changes that could be more easily implemented that would make all of our lives noticeably better. They’ve been
Talk TV ‘feather ruffler’ Isabel Oakeshott argued we have nothing to fear from billionaires and it’s the polar opposite of a slam dunk
To the world – briefly – of Isabel Oakeshott, the Dubai-based international editor of Talk TV and self-described ‘feather ruffler’. Except there’s one class of people who Richard Tice’s betrothed appears to believe should never have their feathers ruffled. And that’s the poor old put-upon billionaires. Here’s what she had to say on Talk TV
The message behind this viral French video about what would happen if immigrants went ‘home’ is more important than ever
Afrobeats and RnB singer Leeno Daash has gone viral, after making and starring in a video about the contribution immigrants make to Europe, or more accurately – what would happen without them. Having moved to Italy from Cameroon, he’s likely to be only too familiar with the angry bigotry portrayed in the clip. It’s in
27 of the funniest and most interesting entries from the brilliant ‘Terrible Maps’ on Twitter
We make no secret of the fact that we’re more than partial to a map. Good maps, bad maps, accurate maps, deliberately incorrect maps. It’s almost as though the Terrible Maps account – @TerribleMaps – has tapped straight into our browsing tastes. They describe themselves as ’The home of terrible maps with a pinch of
The unexpected plot twist to this ‘morning after the night before’ exchange is a proper humdinger
Here’s a rather fabulous ‘morning after the night before’ exchange which has been making us smile all over again. It was posted a little bit back in the day by Dan White – @atdanwhite over on Twitter– who said: ‘Trying to be a good guy.’ Trying to be a good guy. pic.twitter.com/nXHggXzRLi — Dan White
There was no shortage of eye-opening moments in this derelict house for sale but the payoff was truly the stuff of nightmares
To Rightmove now, where this particular house for sale has been raising eyebrows – and keeping people awake at night – over on Twitter. It’s somewhere called Station House on Station Road in Bleasb in Nottinghamshire and, well best have a look for yourself. @SarahDuggers I know you love these…..you may think you know what
You don’t have to like Angela Rayner to appreciate her scorching 41-second takedown of Nigel Farage (and why that £72m is so important)
To the Trades Union Congress now – not a phrase you read too often on these pages – where Angela Rayner has been having her say on Nigel Farage. Rayner is back on the Cabinet now Andy Burnham is in charge, and you don’t have to like her to appreciate what she is saying here,
Liz Truss tried to seize the economic moral high ground and these A++ comebacks brought her tumbling back to earth
Liz Truss – you remember – took time out from her busy schedule to attempt to seize some sort of economic high ground as we await the first Budget of Andy Burnham’s government. We can only hope it goes better than the mini budget unveiled by Kwasi Kwarteng which proved to be the undoing of
Martin Short may not have bagged the Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy, but his reaction to the news deserves an award of its own
It was TV’s big moment on the red (well, actually it was blue) carpet on Monday night as the stars all came out for the Emmys. Widow’s Bay and The Pitt were among the success stories, with Welsh actor Matthew Rhys making history by taking the Lead Actor Emmy for two separate shows in one
Reform UK-er Laila Cunningham said her beloved Nigel Farage always ‘brings receipts’ and it was a simply magnificent own goal
You’ll be familiar with a little bit of the work of Reform UK-er and London mayoral hopeful Laila Cunningham, whose been at it again on Twitter begging up her beloved leader. Cunningham presumably thought she’d got a proper slam dunk after she suggested that unlike other party leaders, Nigel Farage always ‘brings receipts’, instilling in
Isabel Oakeshott claimed the crypto billionaire donors want nothing from Reform because they’re already rich enough, and the chinny reckon stretched to Dubai and back – 21 highly sceptical responses
Reform rent-a-gob and economic migrant to Dubai, Isabel Oakeshott, is often to be found running interference for the party that used to be led by her fiancé Richard Tice, until he was unceremoniously bumped by Nigel Farage before the general election. With increased scrutiny over what two crypto billionaires could possibly want from the party
Donald Trump said that the only control needed over AI is a strong and smart president, and the internet responded as one – 23 scathing clapbacks
You should, by now, have seen the news that AI industry insiders believe that there’s a much higher than zero chance that their product could kill all humans within ten years. If you haven’t heard that, Alexa is probably hiding it from you. Here’s Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire reacting appropriately to that information. “You just said
Angela Rayner fact-checking Rachel Johnson to her face is a supremely satisfying watch (and her crestfallen expression makes it even better)
Angela Rayner is back in the Cabinet under the country’s new PM Andy Burnham and good job too if this clip is anything to go by. It’s Rayner taking issue with interviewer Rachel Johnson over the cost of supporting people and making sure everyone has a certain standard of living. Specifically, personal independence payments, or
Donald Trump says America wasn’t built on diversity and every race, color, and creed dared disagree – 17 colorful clap backs
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is a real problem for Magas. Probably because racism drives their entire belief system. Stupidity is a close second, however, and that came to light through a moronic statement Donald Trump made during an international trip to Ireland over the weekend. Trump was in Ireland for *checks notes* oh for fuck’s
‘Has a complete stranger ever done something unexpectedly kind for you?’ – 21 incredible acts of generosity that will restore your faith in the human race
We seem to hear and see a lot about how awful other people are nowadays. You only have to open up any of the myriad social media apps to witness somebody have a huge moan about somebody else. So when we hear about people being nice to each other, it’s a real mental and emotional
Nick Robinson had the Comeback of the Day when Richard Tice suggested people should trust Reform UK’s compliance officer
We cross now to BBC Radio 4, where Richard Tice got his arse handed to him on a plate by Today presenter Nick Robinson, as he tried to bat away questions about Reform UK’s two crypto billionaire donors. We suspect this made Tice regret putting his head above the parapet on the media rounds. Let’s
Jared Kushner said if only Zelenskyy would give Putin what he wants the war would end and this Ukrainian woman surely said it best
The United States ‘special envoy for peace’ Jared Kushner – AKA Donald Trump’s son-in-law – has been having his say about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here he is appearing to suggest that it’s up to Ukraine to make the next after Putin ‘laid out his line of what he wants to achive’. And it’s quite
One of Reform’s crypto billionaire donors wrote that he backs Farage because he ‘cannot cope with lying politicians’, and everybody’s irony meters exploded
If you weren’t impressed after Elon Musk bought a convicted felon the presidency of the USA, hold onto your hats. A couple of crypto billionaires have donated more than £70 million between them to the only party that’s promising to slash regulations around crypto like they’re freeing the Gordian Knot, rather than – you know
Donald Trump blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for rising oil prices and was fact checked til he farted
Donald Trump took time out from rolling around his Ireland golf course to give an update on his thoughts, such as they are, on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Trump of course said he’d bring an end to the conflict within 24 hours of returning to the White House except it’s not getting on for the
Jesse Watters thought he’d just owned his Fox News colleague and her A++ comeback was simply sparkling
Time for one of our occasional visits to the studios of Fox News, specifically the bit hosted by Jesse Watters and his fellow panellists on The Five. More often than not these visits end with Jessica Tarlov making someone look stupid, and we’re glad to say this one was no exception. Over to you, Jesse
These House of the Dragon stars discussing the perfect cup of tea was already the most British thing ever but James Norton’s unexpected twist was next level
House of the Dragon doesn’t appear to have seized upon the national consciousness quite in the same way as the show which spawned it, Game of Thrones. Still it passes the time enjoyably enough, but surely not as well as this behind the scenes chat between a bunch of its stars which has just gone
A woman journalist asked Donald Trump about the Dublin protests against him and his feeble reply was straight out of his presidential playbook
Donald Trump’s been on a two-day visit to Ireland, partly to meet the Irish political high-ups but mostly to attend the Irish Open which just happened to be taking place on one of his golf courses. Not everyone was pleased to see the American president, obviously, not least the people who took the time to
Whoever made this ace cut from the timer to Pierce Brosnan at the US Open tennis tournament, take the rest of the week off
There is a certain power in the hands of the camera team and the editors that allows them to bring moments of magic to the viewing public. Like this subtle humiliation of Donald Trump. Cameraman zooms out to reveal hundreds of empty seats after Trump claims “you don’t have any seats that are empty” pic.twitter.com/3XRARWD3uD
Nigel Farage was crowing over Reform UK’s crypto windfall, and got owned to Thailand and back – 19 top burns
Nigel Farage and Reform UK have been boasting about securing an eye-watering £36 million donation from crypto-billionaire Ben Delo, followed by an identical pledge from Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, to fuel their next campaign. Delo claims he simply wants to ensure a ‘fair fight’ and break up the political ‘cartel’ maintained by the traditional
Donald Trump claimed he was a young boy during the Falklands War, and counting entered the chat – 17 favourite takedowns of President Delulu
If Spitting Image hadn’t got there first, we’d be begging someone to make a documentary about Trump and call it ‘The President’s Brain is Missing’, because he can claim it’s called ‘the weave’ until his face goes from orange to blue, but we all know it’s really just word salad. During his recent visit to
Robert Jenrick told Laura Kuenssberg that the two crypto billionaires bankrolling Reform are just “patriotic Brits”, and even she wasn’t buying it
By now, you’ll be aware that Reform UK has gone further into their Magafication of British politics by receiving pledges for two £36 million donations from crypto billionaires within 48 hours. Astounding story. Reform receives a *second* £36m donation from a crypto billionaire in 48 hours. Christopher Harborne- the £5m benefactor- has matched Ben Delo’s
A male journalist for ‘The Spectator’ wrote a deeply weird article about lusting after a former child star of ‘Stranger Things’, and the collective “Yikes!” was heard all over the internet
It’s a Sunday morning. You might be relaxing over a cuppa, with some extra time to catch up on your reading. So, here for you consideration is this piece from ‘The Spectator’ by writer Sean Thomas. Entitled ‘Lust Can’t Be Lectured’, the subject is the actress Sadie Sink, now aged 24, who first shot to
Far right activist Danny Thomas harassed a man on the street for not seeming to support his ‘Stop the Boats’ protest, and now people are calling on the police to step in
Almost a week on from his involvement in a balaclava-d protest in Dover, far right activist Danny Thomas is apparently taking his campaign to the streets of Portsmouth – to harass strangers for not openly supporting his cause. A self-filmed video went viral this weekend of Thomas approaching a man, who, according to Thomas, had
Reform UK has received a total of £72m from crypto billionaires over two days, but Nigel Farage says they want “nothing” in return – 20 savage responses that are right on the money
Reform UK’s controversial funding arrangements are back under scrutiny this weekend after it was reported that Nigel Farage’s party had received donations totalling £72m from two crypto billionaires over a two day period. One donation of £36m came from Ben Delo, a British crypto billionaire once convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate