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This week, Baroness Hallett published her devastating UK Covid-19 Inquiry report on the then-government’s response to the pandemic. One of the startling conclusions from the report was that if then-prime minister Boris Johnson had locked down the country a week earlier, around 23,000 lives could have been saved. Well, Boris has finally responded to the […]

It’s the kind of message a businessman like Donald Trump should never want to hear. Amid ongoing dissatisfaction with his economic policies and the cost of living, the Trump-supporting Fox News had a novel suggestion for hard-pressed Americans feeling the pinch: don’t buy Christmas gifts. Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays: […]

They say men are from Mars and women are from Venus. Billionaires must be from another galaxy entirely. Bill Ackman, a US billionaire hedge fund manager, this week shared this tip for how young men should “meet young women in a public setting”. And the key to winning the lady over? “May I meet you?” […]

Free breakfast clubs should be an easy, popular win for the UK’s increasingly embattled Labour government. But, as with most political success stories, it’s all about how you sell it. At the start of October, the Department of Education shared a social media video asking parents what they would do with an extra 30 minutes […]

People expected fireworks from the first meeting between Donald Trump and the mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani. Afterall, Mamdani blasted Trump all throughout his campaign and called the president a “despot” in his election night speech. Trump, meanwhile, previously called the mayor a “communist lunatic”. But the pair’s White House summit on Friday […]

One slight downside of being brilliant at cookery must be the pain of seeing how badly other people sometimes do it. We can, therefore, only guess at the depths of torment experienced by Gordon Ramsay as he watched this particular horror unfold. Although, his face gave us a really huge clue. @gordonramsayofficial #duet with @Juliette […]

From the same White House administration that brought you, “We are not publishing the jobs report from October because… Democrats” we present, “Just wait a little longer. The jobs are going to be there. We promise!” U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, went on TV to do what he does best: kick the can down […]

The White House seems to be spinning off its axis with all of the denials, excuses, and gaslighting whipping through its press room this week. Amongst the lessons we’ve learned: it’s ok to demean women if you’re the President, it’s ok to make death threats if you’re the President, and now, it’s ok to force […]

There’s nothing worse than being put on hold, is here? Sitting there for minutes or, if you’re really unlucky, hours with nothing to entertain you but some annoying muzak. Well, it actually does get worse, because it turns out that sometimes the people who have put you on hold can hear you, even if you […]

We’ve all been there: you see an advert for something fancy and expensive, you know it’ll improve your life and make you a 100% better person, you buy it, and then… you never use it. They’ve been chatting about the ways in which we pointlessly splurge on stuff on the AskReddit page after user ehrabak […]