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Even Nigel Farage and Liz Truss have now distanced themselves from Trump calling Zelensky a Dictator, just in case anyone still wasn’t sure what a stupid thing it was to say

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After being shown to have fabricated his cv, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds can longer claim to be a solicitor, so he’ll just have to find another way to boost his charisma

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

In another revelation, Rachel Reeves apparently did not write for a prestigious economic journal. Friends of the Chancellor say it's hard for her to be 100% on top of all the details, especially at a time when she was training for the Olympics while also overseeing the Large Hardon Collider

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

Kemi Badenoch has claimed "Western Democracy will be lost if the Conservative Party fails" - a theory that's been debunked several times over the last 14 years

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

🎧 Tune into In The News This Week, the Have I Got News For You podcast, as we discuss the competing peace talks, 'trained human sniffers' & the unlikely asteroid... Listen now on: 🍎 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... 🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4BUr...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Jeremy Clarkson has controversially said he'd rather have Vladimir Putin as Prime Minister than Keir Starmer, an opinion he's free to have when there's no chance of him accidentally falling out of the 10th floor window of his barn

submitted 5 days ago • 14 comments

America and Russia discuss dividing up Ukraine at a meeting in Saudi Arabia, a country that knows a thing or two about carving up stubborn opponents

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Keir Starmer believes he can act as a bridge between America and Europe, as he's good at lying down and letting people walk all over him

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

Valentine's Day: the perfect time to reconnect with old flames

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Conservative MP Mel Stride says Labour need "solutions to the economic problems they've created", although didn't clarify if he meant 8 months of Labour mistakes or 14 years of Tory ones

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

As the fallout of the budget continues Labour will now have to raise taxes, having already raised blood pressures as well as Reform polling numbers

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Donald Trump say when it comes to Ukraine "President Putin wants peace", as well as Crimea, Donetsk, and any bits of Finland and Estonia that take his fancy

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Rachel Reeves has replaced artwork of old Chancellors in No.11 with art 'depicting emotions felt during lockdown', and if she wants to see a depiction of emotions felt since she became Chancellor, how about this?

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

As he sanctioned the ICC in the presence of  Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump declared there had been 'an abuse of power that set dangerous precedents and undermined international security' to which Netanyahu replied "I can hear you, by the way"

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

A controversial new scientific research paper claims it takes '32 minutes to boil the perfect egg', when everyone knows you can get the perfect egg within 5 seconds

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Kemi Badenoch has accused Keir Starmer of giving in to "eco-nutters", although she didn't explain how expanding Heathrow and drilling for more oil fit into his diabolical environmental plans

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Keir Starmer is cutting red tape to make it easier and quicker to build nuclear power plants, great news for people who've been waiting years for a second series of Chernobyl

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

🎧 Tune into In The News This Week, the Have I Got News For You podcast, as we dissect: 🇺🇸 Trump’s tariff tantrum 📖 The book on Starmer’s rise to power 🍻 The pub promo that spectacularly backfired 🍎 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... 🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5cA9...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Labour has announced plans to postpone some of the May local elections this year for admin reasons and not anything to do with having their arses handed to them

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

Pig farms in East Anglia breached environmental regulations over 700 times in the past 7 years. It's not clear how the authorities discovered the rule-breaking; obviously someone squealed

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

UK Science Minister says the use of Chinese AI "can be a boon to Britain", with the evidence so far showing it'll certainly help cover up any unsavoury bits of history

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Gaza latest: Not for the first time, Donald Trump attempts to grab something without permission

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

With Britain caught in the middle of a US-EU trade row, it’s difficult for Keir Starmer to take a stance or express a political opinion, so business as usual

submitted 19 days ago • 6 comments

Can you fill in the missing words of this headline? 🤔 Our favourite comment to this Missing Word Round (and the actual answer) will be revealed on Wednesday's episode of In The News This Week, the Have I Got News for You podcast! 🎧 Subscribe here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

submitted 19 days ago • 23 comments

A new book on Labour claims Angela Rayner called Prince Andrew "that nonce", an embarrassing breach of etiquette when he should always be referred to as "'His Royal Nonceness”

submitted 20 days ago • 13 comments

The Leader of the Opposition is to formally meet the King for the first time in 19 years, a centuries old tradition that the Queen mysteriously put a stop to for a few years

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

Shock around the world as man who spent the last 78 years screwing everyone over to get what he wants, screws everyone over to get what he wants

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood have turned down a multi-million pound offer to play at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, another blow to Ange Postecoglou's attempts to bring in some cover at centre-back

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Live scenes from the 5-year Brexit anniversary party, as everyone still happy with how it panned out gathers to celebrate

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

Lidl have revealed plans to open a pub - perfect for any shopper who fancies a pint of their favourite Froosters, Carlsberk or Heinekram

submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

Rachel Reeves says a third runway at Heathrow will improve air quality in London, although she may have some issues when it comes to clearing the air in her own party

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

🎧 Tune into the latest episode of 'In the News this Week', the Have I Got News for You podcast, to hear us unpack Rachel Reeve's Heathrow plans, DeepSeek & Starmer's call with Trump...🤳 🍎 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... 🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3y2u...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Rachel Reeves has launched a defence of her economic strategy, saying she's trying to protect working people's jobs, primarily her own

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

Rachel Reeves confirms Labour will back a third runway at Heathrow, great news for frequent fliers

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Now her job is on the line, Rachel Reeves says the UK "can't afford not to build a third runway at Heathrow", having spent the last 6 months saying the UK can't afford to do anything

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

It's been suggested Roman Abramovich left Britain 2 years ago owing £1bn in unpaid taxes, although experts can't rule out the possibility he's spent the whole time on hold to HMRC

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

Keir Starmer says he'll kick start the economy without raising taxes and by cutting red tape. Wonder where he got that idea from

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Royal Navy submarine shouldn't change it's name says an angry Grant Shapps / Michael Green

submitted 26 days ago • 8 comments

Can you fill in the missing words for this news story? 🤔 Our favourite comment to this Missing Word Round (and the actual answer) will be read out on Wednesday's episode of In The News This Week, the Have I Got News for You podcast! 🎧 Subscribe here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

submitted 26 days ago • 30 comments

Ed Miliband is advertising for a vanity photographer or, as it's more commonly known, the toughest job in Westminster

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Donald Trump says Keir Starmer is "doing a very good job"; it's not clear what he's referring to but the smart money is on 'boosting Nigel's Farage's poll ratings'

submitted 27 days ago • 6 comments

Keir Starmer is resisting pressure to raise spending on military vehicles, having already invested heavily in tanking the economy

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

Half of Gen-Z Brits said they'd be happy to live under an authoritarian regime, until someone explained to them that, in the real world it wouldn't include free meals and laundry

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Job losses have risen as a result of the Labour budget, with Keir Starmer now under pressure to add one more to the list

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

Republicans are drafting a bill allowing Donald Trump to run for a third term, although if they want to see the 78-year-old in power for 8 more years then they might also want to focus on the menu on Air Force One

submitted 30 days ago • 18 comments

Italians are upset over a German boardgame that makes light of being in the Mafia. Fortunately British businesses would never try to cash in on such lazy cultural stereotypes

submitted 31 days ago • 7 comments

Suella Braverman has called for 'collaboration across the right', while Kemi Badenoch is seeking a broader coalition by asking Liz Truss to 'shut up for a while'

submitted 31 days ago • 4 comments

Donald Trump says he could launch an investigation into Joe Biden, although with another cold snap due he'd better get a move on

submitted 31 days ago • 4 comments

Labour show off their equal-opportunity credentials as millionaires now also included in redistribution of wealth plans

submitted 31 days ago • 5 comments

🎧 Tune into the latest episode of 'In the News this Week', the Have I Got News for You podcast to hear us unpack Trump's inauguration, Melania's hat and strange uses for gravy... 🍎 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... 🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3wKU...

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments