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The job of the Leader of the Opposition is to oppose the Government. We get that. However, as the current holder of the position, we’re baffled that Kemi Badenoch does her opposing in the form of carefully scripted self-owns, like this comment she made in the Commons on Wednesday. Kemi Badenoch: “It beggars belief that […]

Maga Mike Johnson was obviously born without a sense of shame, or the ability to know when to keep his mouth shut. After all, the now Speaker of the House of Representatives is the man who thought he should tell the world that he and his son keep each other pure for Jesus by monitoring […]

It’s Wimbledon time again, so we’ve rallied around to serve you 12 ace facts about the UK’s largest annual tennis tournament.  1. Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, the first taking place in 1887. 2. During the Championships, the grass on the Wimbledon tennis courts is maintained at a height of 8mm […]

Overfamiliarity with anything tends to deaden our appreciation of it, from small things like TV shows that we’ve watched too many times, to big things like marriages. But what about things that we forget to value because we’ve grown up with them? Over on the AskUK subreddit, user sergeantjake asked: Those not originally from the […]

Period pain is no laughing matter, and the fact that it’s part of life leads some people to underestimate how severe it can be. A company called Somedays, which produces period pain relief products, has found a way to address that problem. They take their period pain simulator out into the world, where people who […]

The definition of ‘Stick it to the man’ – at least, the one we just looked up – is to ‘show resistance to or fight back against the established doctrines of a person or body of authority, especially the government’. And these supremely satisfying moments are classic cases in point, 17 people who played by […]

It’s not always easy starting a conversation, particularly if you have to interrupt someone, but that’s nothing compared with the horror of trying to end a chat with someone who just won’t stop talking. But never fear because help is at hand after Redditor Spritti33 asked this. ‘How does someone politely end a conversation with […]

Dr. Seuess’s iconic kitty is using up another one of its nine lives in a new animated movie coming out next February. The trailer does little to distinguish itself from all of the other overly sanitized animated kids movies Hollywood keeps pumping out. The first trailer for ‘THE CAT IN THE HAT’ animated movie has […]

Hall of Fame NBA superstar Tony Parker accomplished a lot in his career. In his prime, Parker could drive by any defender on the court and played Robin to Tim Duncan’s Batman on four title winning San Antonio Spurs teams. Now in retirement, he’s still history. Not in basketball, but in poultry. On a recent […]

The good people of the Bank of England have clearly forgotten the lessons of the Boaty McBoatface saga – if you want something done well (in your eyes, at least) don’t ask the public to do it. Because they’ve just launched the first major redesign of their bank notes in more than 50 years and […]