What is strep throat? I live in Uk and have never heard this term used before. I have been unwell for nearly two weeks, sore tonsils, back of tongue sore and coughing up yucky green stuff. Does anyone have any ideas. Going back to the Doctor in 2 days.

Straight from wikipedia

Streptococcal pharyngitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strept_throat)

I was born with cleft palate and have very little in the tonsil department, Do you know if its still possible to get strep throat?

Oh yes you can still get strept with no (or in your case small) tonsils. Strept is a bacterial infection that infects the throat, not just the tonsils. Strept throat requires treatment with anti biotics to kill the bacterial infection.