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10 of the biggest news stories we broke in 2016

Poke Staff. Updated December 23rd, 2016

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2016 has been a momentous year for news events – and thanks to our hard work and incredibly high journalistic standards we brought you many exclusive stories over the past year. Here are ten of the biggest and most important from the last 12 months.

1. HMRC launch ‘honesty box’ to let multinational corporations pay what they think is fair
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2. UKIP in turmoil as the Babadook becomes surprise new favourite in leadership race
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3. “I have had enough” says festering bucket of shit that ghostwrites for Katie Hopkins
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4. Company launches range of scented candles to help angry men on the internet relax a bit
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5. One bedroom south London sinkhole sells for £980,000 within hours of opening
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6. Idris Elba in talks to be the next Prime Minister
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7. London venue infamous for excessive drink and drug use to be closed permanently
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8. Introducing the limited edition Rupert Murdoch & Jerry Hall commemorative sick bucket
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9. Leak from the UK Government: their “Are You A Foreigner?” form
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10. Fisher Price unveil “My First Bunker” for children deeply concerned about 2017
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  1. Sean Spicer trolled ‘our good buddies the British’ for not helping America attack Iran and these homegrown smackdowns will make you proud to be British
  2. The ‘bad girl of Brexit’ trolled BBC reporters’ choice of clothes in the Middle East and was brutally schooled into next year
  3. Andrew Tate dancing ‘while the bombs fall’ in Dubai was a million miles from the flex he thought it was – 17 scorching burns
  4. A woman reporter dared ask Pete Hegseth a question he didn’t like and the hissy fit that followed didn’t just speak volumes, it bellowed them
  5. Nick Ferrari tried to get one over the UK’s former ambassador to Iran and was so savagely owned it was magnificent

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  1. Trump was asked why there was no evacuation plan for stranded Americans and his answer totally nailed the state of the White House right now
  2. Trump’s homeland security chief Kristi Noem denied calling ICE murder victim Alex Pretti a ‘domestic terrorist’ and was fact checked til she farted
  3. Giles Coren’s A++ take on Brits who moved to Dubai was very entertaining and totally on-point
  4. Donald Trump’s apparent realisation that the Iranian leader they just killed could be replaced by someone just as bad had people hollering into next year
  5. A mega Maga insisted no matter how many bombs Trump drops on Iran it’s definitely not a war and ended up owned inside out
  6. Andrew Tate said he couldn’t wait to be stuck in a Middle East war zone and these truthbombs all hit the target
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