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There’s no doubt that anti-immigration sentiment and general xenophobia are on the rise in the UK, stoked by the usual suspects who are constantly banging on about how ‘British values’ are under threat. But what are these British values, and what does it mean to be British? Well, Twitter user Simon Forrest has shared an […]

You’ll already know about this ‘raising the flag’ business where people have been spending their spare time putting up union jacks and the cross of St George all over the place and – if they can’t find a flag – painting one on a mini roundabout. And not just roundabouts if this picture is to […]

Everyone loves a good takedown of someone not getting their facts quite right. And when it’s an American not getting their facts quite right, people to seem to like it even more. So we’ve been down to the old archive where we found these 17 classic times when these particular stateside folk ended up flat […]

To the world now of JD Vance, surely the only person in the whole of America even less likeable than Donald Trump, where the VP has been declaring he’s basically ready to be take over the top job if the president dies. Not quite in so many words, obvious, but not far off either. VANCE […]

We don’t feature quite so many ‘bridezillas’ – or indeed ‘broomzillas’ as we used to but this particular ‘bride of the week’ is surely is right up there with the best. It’s a woman who apparently found herself spending so much time planning her dream wedding that she quit her job just so she can […]

As you may very well have seen elsewhere, more than 130 people seeking asylum will be allowed to remain in an Essex hotel after the court of appeal overturned a high court ban on housing them there. The Bell hotel has been the scene of angry protests – not all the protestors are Reform UK […]

Non-Americans have been sharing their biggest ‘WTF’ moments when they first visited the US and it’s a proper eye-opener. It all began when Redditor AppleberryJames asked this. ‘Europeans who’ve visited the US, what made you go “WTF”?’ And it prompted no end of replies – more than 33,000 of them – and we’ve read them […]

Here’s a rather fabulous thing courtesy of comedian, journalist, actor and much else besides Walter Masterson, a bunch of Magas interviewed about the Pride flag and why it irritates them so much. You can probably see the self-own coming from a mile off – there’s certainly not one iota of self-awareness to impede your view. […]

You’ll probably have already seen how former talent show contestant turned presenter and rental car guru Rylan Clark has been getting all sorts of attention after his controversial/outrageous (delete according to brain) remarks about immigration on This Morning. Just in case you need a reminder … This is where the country goes to the dogs. […]

Everyone enjoys a little boast now and again, and there’s no harm in that, especially if you have achieved something genuinely worth celebrating. However, some people’s ideas about what gives them a sense of pride can be somewhat odd, as they discovered on the AskReddit page after user Reasonable_Buddy1293 asked this: ‘What’s the weirdest flex […]