Pootle Town
@pootletown.bsky.social
Yes, I work and no, you won’t have heard about it. And still, after decades of doing what I do….no one has been able to come up with a job description. When that day comes, listen to the roar of “Yes! That’s it!”.
Of all my 4am fretting wishes “a predictable budget” is the one that’s granted….?
Seriously?
No need to leak it, whoever you are - picking ANY other wish would have been more helpful. I want a redo.
Seriously?
No need to leak it, whoever you are - picking ANY other wish would have been more helpful. I want a redo.
I miss the good old days when a Budget was predictable and summed up by %, VAT, fags, booze - in that order.
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Of all my 4am fretting wishes “a predictable budget” is the one that’s granted….?
Seriously?
No need to leak it, whoever you are - picking ANY other wish would have been more helpful. I want a redo.
Seriously?
No need to leak it, whoever you are - picking ANY other wish would have been more helpful. I want a redo.
I miss the good old days when a Budget was predictable and summed up by %, VAT, fags, booze - in that order.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I miss the good old days when a Budget was predictable and summed up by %, VAT, fags, booze - in that order.
Desperately scrabbling to place blame elsewhere for spending like a loon last Friday, collapsing in a heap on Sunday, only to realise it’s Groundhog Black Friday. Current longest suffering Mr PT’s blame test tube is full this week so I’m open to suggestions.
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Desperately scrabbling to place blame elsewhere for spending like a loon last Friday, collapsing in a heap on Sunday, only to realise it’s Groundhog Black Friday. Current longest suffering Mr PT’s blame test tube is full this week so I’m open to suggestions.
Charity alive and kicking in Tottenham St W1…
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Charity alive and kicking in Tottenham St W1…
Strong contender for the Mr Deluded 2025 crown. “Mr Kyle insisted that ‘there are other people who are coming to this country because of the excitement in our economy at the moment’.”
I’m sorry, I’m still giggling.
Did I hear a ‘Who that?’. Exactamondo - that’s our Sec for Biz & Trade.
I’m sorry, I’m still giggling.
Did I hear a ‘Who that?’. Exactamondo - that’s our Sec for Biz & Trade.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Strong contender for the Mr Deluded 2025 crown. “Mr Kyle insisted that ‘there are other people who are coming to this country because of the excitement in our economy at the moment’.”
I’m sorry, I’m still giggling.
Did I hear a ‘Who that?’. Exactamondo - that’s our Sec for Biz & Trade.
I’m sorry, I’m still giggling.
Did I hear a ‘Who that?’. Exactamondo - that’s our Sec for Biz & Trade.
What a surprise. Hancock found an affair more intoxicating than Covid.
Day by day, how Johnson and Hancock missed opportunities to grip Covid crisis trib.al/OK0T0YX
Day by day, how Johnson and Hancock missed opportunities to grip Covid crisis
Baroness Heather Hallett’s report on the government response to Covid accused Johnson of being too “optimistic” in his outlook in the early months of 2020
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November 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
What a surprise. Hancock found an affair more intoxicating than Covid.
Mr PT “No. xx Not Counting - Practice Makes Perfect” has just come back from lunch. 23:39.
He still doesn’t get Mr is not a permanent position in PT Towers. Not quite a sackable offence. Close though.
He still doesn’t get Mr is not a permanent position in PT Towers. Not quite a sackable offence. Close though.
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Mr PT “No. xx Not Counting - Practice Makes Perfect” has just come back from lunch. 23:39.
He still doesn’t get Mr is not a permanent position in PT Towers. Not quite a sackable offence. Close though.
He still doesn’t get Mr is not a permanent position in PT Towers. Not quite a sackable offence. Close though.
Yet another own goal. Sigh.
Eurostar operator halts UK plans over ‘tripled business rates’ - The Times and The Sunday Times
Eurostar operator halts UK plans over ‘tripled business rates’ - The Times and The Sunday Times
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Yet another own goal. Sigh.
Eurostar operator halts UK plans over ‘tripled business rates’ - The Times and The Sunday Times
Eurostar operator halts UK plans over ‘tripled business rates’ - The Times and The Sunday Times
So happy to be out of here tomorrow. No water no wifi. Happy to be without when I’ve planned it. But not when it’s imposed. When I need to get stuff n stuff done. Grrrr. Welcome to life in London.
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
So happy to be out of here tomorrow. No water no wifi. Happy to be without when I’ve planned it. But not when it’s imposed. When I need to get stuff n stuff done. Grrrr. Welcome to life in London.
Time to throw dignity to the wind, bung half a cake in a soup bowl, sit cross legged on the floor, and eat it with a fork. That’s a Saturday morning you get to earn at my age.
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Time to throw dignity to the wind, bung half a cake in a soup bowl, sit cross legged on the floor, and eat it with a fork. That’s a Saturday morning you get to earn at my age.
Ground down by perpetual reels of kids playing grown-up on Reeves’ Amateur Hour. Need at least an ad-break between epics of sheer stupidity and fiscal incompetence.
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Ground down by perpetual reels of kids playing grown-up on Reeves’ Amateur Hour. Need at least an ad-break between epics of sheer stupidity and fiscal incompetence.
You may only read my next sentence if you promise not to tell Rachel Reeves, in case it gives her any ideas.
Spain used to charge a Sun Tax.
Spain used to charge a Sun Tax.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You may only read my next sentence if you promise not to tell Rachel Reeves, in case it gives her any ideas.
Spain used to charge a Sun Tax.
Spain used to charge a Sun Tax.
Oh i like this one…
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‘Every misleading claim will cost you $1 billion’ says man who would owe $30 trillion from first term alone
Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over their misleading Panorama documentary, seemingly ignoring the fact that by that logic, he himself would owe more than $30 trillion for…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Oh i like this one…
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Tinnitus that sounds like a buzzing mosquito. Somebody or something up there is having a laugh.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Tinnitus that sounds like a buzzing mosquito. Somebody or something up there is having a laugh.
Oh ffs. I’ve got the Simplicity Cremations ad jingle on my brain. Don’t ask.
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Oh ffs. I’ve got the Simplicity Cremations ad jingle on my brain. Don’t ask.
To my drying-off pups. Thanks for the very lingering memory made in the marital bed.
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
To my drying-off pups. Thanks for the very lingering memory made in the marital bed.
I’m just so very very grateful that’s not my dad. Mortifying. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/25/w...
Trump dances on red carpet as he arrives in Malaysia | CNN
The US president was met at the airport by Malaysian officials and a crowd of onlookers waving flags and dancing ahead of a summit with leaders from the ASEAN group of nations.
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October 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I’m just so very very grateful that’s not my dad. Mortifying. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/25/w...
Given Starmer’s clear University era views on the Monarchy, I imagine he will be delighted to pass an Act of Parliament to strip Andrew.
October 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Given Starmer’s clear University era views on the Monarchy, I imagine he will be delighted to pass an Act of Parliament to strip Andrew.
Ardcore Arbitration today at PT Towers
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ardcore Arbitration today at PT Towers
A Maccabi football fan can’t go to Birmingham but Putin can go to Hungary. Hmmm.
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A Maccabi football fan can’t go to Birmingham but Putin can go to Hungary. Hmmm.
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October 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Woohooooo!! Bilal won!! So deserved.
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Woohooooo!! Bilal won!! So deserved.
Someone’s having a laugh surely?? Iran 1 of 7 elected in to the UN Human Rights Committee? Nah, cannot, cannot be serious?
October 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Someone’s having a laugh surely?? Iran 1 of 7 elected in to the UN Human Rights Committee? Nah, cannot, cannot be serious?
Go to war with the Nobel Peace Prize Committee. Someone’s not the sharpest pencil in the pack.
October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Go to war with the Nobel Peace Prize Committee. Someone’s not the sharpest pencil in the pack.
I passed by a “protest” foolish kids chose to stage on Oct 7 - to proclaim they’ve charged their Uni with genocide - chanters anonymous in masks, scarves and designer sunnies. So, Dropped out in Disgust with time to spare volunteering with THIS, right? I saw not one look down as they snaked past.
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I passed by a “protest” foolish kids chose to stage on Oct 7 - to proclaim they’ve charged their Uni with genocide - chanters anonymous in masks, scarves and designer sunnies. So, Dropped out in Disgust with time to spare volunteering with THIS, right? I saw not one look down as they snaked past.