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Peter Hay

@petehay85.bsky.social
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Dad to two amazing kids, husband to an awesome wife. Teacher to fantastic children, Aberdeen supporting, Scottish football loving, F1 fan, studying for Masters @stirling uni. Grew up in Edinburgh, moved to West Lothian.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/02/2025
This is a President who skipped a World War One commemoration because it was raining talking to one who has stood in front of a fresh mass grave of his own people.
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I've read a few times how Russia won't accept European peacekeepers on Ukrainian soil. First, its not up to them as its not their country. Second, Ukraine and allies should not accept Russian troops on Ukrainian soil, including what has been occupied during Putin's illegal war!
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Minerals deal was our idea, says Ukrainian official as Zelensky expected to meet Trump - live updates
Details of the US-Ukraine deal are still to be confirmed - meanwhile, drone strikes by Russia and Ukraine continued overnight.
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Have these clowns never watched films or read comics about evil manipulating useful, powerful idiots? Pretty much all the pictures from this even show who is really in control and where the power lies! uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-victor...
Elon Musk, standing powerfully behind President Trump who is sat at the resolute desk in the Oval Office. Elons son is next to him.
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Since moving 8 years ago, I’ve loved staring at the sky at night. For my birthday my awesome wife got me a telescope, last night was the first time playing with it and I managed to get this on my phone. Delighted with it!
An image of the moon taken using a telescope on a phone
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 27/01/2025
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
open.substack.com/pub/noahberl... Great explainer, Musk cares about power, like all fascits through history.
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Is Elon Musk an Asshole or Is He a Nazi?
These are not mutually exclusive options.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, just spoke truth to power in one of the bravest speeches I have ever heard, yet all she really did was ask the new US President to have mercy on those in need. That shouldn't require bravery, but it did. It sets an example that others must follow.
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Education Friends - does anyone know of any vacancies or supply work coming up for a Secondary History teacher? He is willing to travel basically anywhere and work in any context or role. Current post is finishing unexpectedly early due to a secondment ending prematurely.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
RP if you agree with this. ❤️🇳🇴
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Going over to X now feels like having to check the mold infestation in your basement.
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The Pittodrie Pulse @handle.invalid · 24/11/2024
Give us a wee share folks, let other Dandies on Bluesky find us 🔴⚪️. - Fan Q&As - Ultras Spotlight - Exclusive Interviews & so much more!
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. But he still needed a 45% pay rise. Like if he needs a pay cut. RP if you want the Monarchy gone. #AbolishTheMonarchy
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The geek in me was delighted today that Empire: Total War was released on mobile. One of my favourite PC games, the ports of previous total war games to mobile were fantastic so can’t wait to play around with it and practice being and 18th century General and Admiral
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a group of men standing on the deck of a large ship
Alt: a group of men standing on the deck of a large ship. The opening sequence of empire total war
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
letter to the FT
this letter to the FT says: 


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	https://www.ft.com/content/ab358521-8d7e-424a-92c7-349155b08e79

	Far from “protecting the family farm”, as claimed by Tom Bradshaw, president of the National Farmers’ Union (Opinion, FT.com, November 5), the inheritance tax loophole on farmland, introduced in 1984, simply pushed up the price of land without improving returns to active farmers.

This is because, like most agricultural subsidies, the value of the relief was capitalised into land values. As tax planners cottoned on to its role as a licence to avoid IHT, they advised their super-rich clients to buy land and take advantage of it. In the 20 years to 2012, the price of farmland increased fourfold.

This turned landowning farmers into millionaires but — especially since land represents a cost of production — did no good to the incomes of food producers. It created impoverished millionaires who claimed a need for more support. At the same time, because more expensive land had to be squeezed even harder for the last drop of revenue, the environmental damage caused by intensive agriculture was made worse. Taking at least some of this tax loophole away will do no harm to family farmers but will help both public revenues and the environment.

Just a shame the relief was not wholly abolished.

Paul Cheshire
Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography
London School of Economics, London N7, UK
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Never has a crime so obscene been so confessed to, so endlessly, so shamelessly, so proudly
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I wonder what the jail terms will be for the unlawful protest…
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Today was all about family, trip to Stirling to Clan Kilts to get my son sized for a Kilt for my father in laws wedding. Followed by a lovely lunch together with the in-laws
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Honestly loving this so far! I’ve seen others put a wee descriptor here so here goes mine. I’m Peter, I’m a teacher in an SEBN school in West Lothian and I’ve worked in various alternative provisions for almost 14 years. Before that I was a mainstream PE teacher in Edinburgh. I grew up in Edinburgh,
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Morning dog walk with Woody, our springer spaniel. No point at all trying to get a picture of him flying through the woods!
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Just chilled and relaxed and enjoyed a float for an hour in a sensory deprivation tank at Float Bathgate. Was awesome just being alone with my own thoughts and breath
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Peter Hay @petehay85.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Just moved in here, I had the same username over on the other site. I’m going to try and be a bit more active than I was over there, be more engaged with the communities I enjoy!
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