A map of the United Kingdom as US states has sparked debate about how British regions and counties compare to their American counterparts. For reasons unknown, the Twitter account “Milkman Memes For Lib Dem Teens” decided to attempt the wildly-controversial task of assigning states to the UK over the weekend, with the results sparking a mixture of debate and outrage online. Some of the decisions are pretty obvious: for example, London is clearly New York – a culturally rich and terrifying expensive major world city. However, others are less clear – especially as the explanations offered by Milkman Memes range from vague social commentary to geographical similarities. You can find the full map below: As ever with these things, whether any of these decisions make sense is a matter of gut instinct but here are some that fit quite well: And here are some that are more questionable… Anyone claiming that Preston is the “British Las Vegas” has surely not spent much time in either of those cities – especially when the UK’s Las Vegas is clearly Blackpool... Thankfully, some other users have come up with alternative suggestions for the different parts of the country, with some pretty detailed thinking behind them: Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Adriana Thyssen was popular for her weight loss content, which she shared daily with more than 600K followers on Instagram

By Liliana Salgado and Ted Hesson YUMA, Arizona (Reuters) -In the hours before the U.S. government lifts a COVID-19 immigration

Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of...

Anyone who lived through the noughties know the impact The Ketchup Song had, but people are just finding out what it's actually about. Taking to TikTok, Zara Larsson herself expressed her shock at realising the lyrics aren't all in Spanish, but instead, the chorus is a recreation of the 70s hit, Rapper's Delight. She explained how the storyline actually references a man who asks the DJ in a club to play his favourite song at midnight - but he can't think of the name, "The chrorus is from his pov and it sounds like gibberish because he is so drunk/high he cannot pronounce the words to the song correctly", one TikTok user pointed out. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter

MOSCOW Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his Wagner group would fight on in Ukraine if his

Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking that a federal judge be disqualified from the First Amendment lawsuit filed by Disney against the Florida governor and his appointees

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 3, 2023--

Aladdin Hangari, one of Credit Suisse’s top private bankers in the Middle East, is in advanced talks to

Andrew Tate, known for his provocative online presence unveiled the latest episode of his 'Tales of Wudan' series on Rumble

A metric tracking how much Bitcoin is being bought and sold has slid to a 30-month low as

Every year, a number of new vehicles are discontinued, generally due to poor sales