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  A Tory peer listed all the things Keir Starmer had ‘no mandate’ for and this Labour MP’s A++ comeback beat all comers

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  It’s been a while since we’ve written about Dan Hannan, the former Conservative MEP who was a big noise in the Brexit referendum as the founder of …

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  ‘What’s something you can’t understand, no matter how simply it’s explained?’ 21 proper head-scratchers to make our brain sweat

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  Most of us like to think we know how the world works. And even if there’s something we don’t understand, we could learn about it or make an educated …

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  Reddit users are sharing their cringiest teen moments – 15 face-reddening stories

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  The happy reminiscences of childhood were far from the minds of these Reddit users when PaddedValls asked: ‘What did you do in your teens that you now …

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  13 reasons why Vinted is next level hell

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  Vinted, which is basically eBay, might be the most famous brand you didn’t realise was Lithuanian. Unless, of course, Bored Panda is the most famous …

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  If you’re going to be chased by a giant balloon, you want it to be this giant balloon

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  As high winds hit the UK, we’re reminded once again of the time an enormous panda balloon ran amok through the streets of Chengdu in China. No people …

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  Talk TV ‘feather ruffler’ Isabel Oakeshott blamed VAT on private schools for her move to Dubai and this A++ response beat all comers

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  Not the first time we’ve written about Talk TV international editor and ‘feather ruffler’ Isabel Oakeshott and probably not the last, after Matt …

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  Esther McVey said the Conservatives had a new diversity agenda and it was a glorious self-own

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  Former Conservative common sense minister Esther McVey was chiefly memorable for her time in government for getting the hump with rainbow lanyards. We …