Pat Traynor
@pattraynor.bsky.social
Well. What can I say, that hasn't been already said?
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Pat Traynor
@pattraynor.bsky.social
· Jan 20
Yesterday I said goodbye, toodle-pip, farewell, au revoir, offski ye go to Twitter/X and Instagram/Threads.
All the fun went out of the former and I never got a handle on the latter, and as for their owners.......
Anyway maybe Bluesky is a place to be, for now, look after it!
All the fun went out of the former and I never got a handle on the latter, and as for their owners.......
Anyway maybe Bluesky is a place to be, for now, look after it!
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I remember when they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty.
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I remember when they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty.
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The wealthiest 10% of households in UK own about 43–44% of all wealth.
The richest 1% of households hold around 10% of all UK wealth (roughly the same as the combined wealth share of the poorest 50%).
Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of households together hold only about 9% of total wealth.
The richest 1% of households hold around 10% of all UK wealth (roughly the same as the combined wealth share of the poorest 50%).
Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of households together hold only about 9% of total wealth.
January 1, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The wealthiest 10% of households in UK own about 43–44% of all wealth.
The richest 1% of households hold around 10% of all UK wealth (roughly the same as the combined wealth share of the poorest 50%).
Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of households together hold only about 9% of total wealth.
The richest 1% of households hold around 10% of all UK wealth (roughly the same as the combined wealth share of the poorest 50%).
Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of households together hold only about 9% of total wealth.
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Scottish Energy bills to rise on New Year's Day 'to fund nuclear in England'
www.thenational.scot/news/2573216...
www.thenational.scot/news/2573216...
Energy bills to rise on New Year's Day 'to fund nuclear in England', Ofgem says
ENERGY bills are set for a slight rise on New Year’s Day as the price cap increase comes into effect
www.thenational.scot
December 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Scottish Energy bills to rise on New Year's Day 'to fund nuclear in England'
www.thenational.scot/news/2573216...
www.thenational.scot/news/2573216...
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What are we waiting for?
No Royals.
No House of Lords.
No more theft of Scotland's resources.
##ScottishIndependence
No Royals.
No House of Lords.
No more theft of Scotland's resources.
##ScottishIndependence
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
What are we waiting for?
No Royals.
No House of Lords.
No more theft of Scotland's resources.
##ScottishIndependence
No Royals.
No House of Lords.
No more theft of Scotland's resources.
##ScottishIndependence
I hate it when my morning coffee gives me THAT look!
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I hate it when my morning coffee gives me THAT look!
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My new favorite “church lady”😂😂😂
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
My new favorite “church lady”😂😂😂
I'm 70.....never watched it.
I haven’t watched the Royal Christmas Day speech for at LEAST 15 years …
They are irrelevant and what they’ve got to say from their ivory tower is irrelevant
#AbolishTheMonarchy
Who else is with me?
They are irrelevant and what they’ve got to say from their ivory tower is irrelevant
#AbolishTheMonarchy
Who else is with me?
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I'm 70.....never watched it.
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Please share in solidarity of the oppressed.
#Palestine
#Palestine
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Please share in solidarity of the oppressed.
#Palestine
#Palestine
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Nobody under 27.5 voted for Brexit.
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Nobody under 27.5 voted for Brexit.
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The truth about British colonisation! 😂😅🤣
December 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The truth about British colonisation! 😂😅🤣
A blooming bargain!
Shame I've already got them all😊
Shame I've already got them all😊
BOX SET DEAL! 😱📖
Get the FIRST SIX books in @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's addictive & darkly funny #TheSkelfs #Series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set.
£2.99 on #Kobo!
Catch up before bk 7 #GhostNotes lands next summer!
You really don't want to miss this deal!
⚰️ bit.ly/4rZySlZ
#BooksSky #CrimeFiction
Get the FIRST SIX books in @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's addictive & darkly funny #TheSkelfs #Series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set.
£2.99 on #Kobo!
Catch up before bk 7 #GhostNotes lands next summer!
You really don't want to miss this deal!
⚰️ bit.ly/4rZySlZ
#BooksSky #CrimeFiction
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A blooming bargain!
Shame I've already got them all😊
Shame I've already got them all😊
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Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
This needs to be called out more.
Employers paying realistic wages puts money INTO the economy.
Bolstering tight-fisted business owners takes money OUT more often than not.
Workers rights are human rights.
Choice, dignity, financial security!
Employers paying realistic wages puts money INTO the economy.
Bolstering tight-fisted business owners takes money OUT more often than not.
Workers rights are human rights.
Choice, dignity, financial security!
December 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This needs to be called out more.
Employers paying realistic wages puts money INTO the economy.
Bolstering tight-fisted business owners takes money OUT more often than not.
Workers rights are human rights.
Choice, dignity, financial security!
Employers paying realistic wages puts money INTO the economy.
Bolstering tight-fisted business owners takes money OUT more often than not.
Workers rights are human rights.
Choice, dignity, financial security!
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December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Proud to be one of the 40%
Even with Scotland’s relatively large 65+ population - the group least likely to back independence - the overall picture is clear.
Across the full voting population, current polling shows YES would win a referendum with almost 59% support.
Scotland has already moved on.
#ENDTHEUNION
#FREESCOTLAND
Across the full voting population, current polling shows YES would win a referendum with almost 59% support.
Scotland has already moved on.
#ENDTHEUNION
#FREESCOTLAND
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Proud to be one of the 40%
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I almost wept reading this.
Poor guy.
BTW, how much tax would he pay if his income was treated like PAYE, like a normal person? Significantly more, I'm guessing.
The cowardice and enablement of successive governments towards a fair tax system is outrageous.
Poor guy.
BTW, how much tax would he pay if his income was treated like PAYE, like a normal person? Significantly more, I'm guessing.
The cowardice and enablement of successive governments towards a fair tax system is outrageous.
Telegraph always the publication of the rich claiming to be poor.
Flamethrower level gaslighting 🔥
And the wonderful @monkemma.bsky.social always here with the receipts! 🧾 💰
Flamethrower level gaslighting 🔥
And the wonderful @monkemma.bsky.social always here with the receipts! 🧾 💰
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I almost wept reading this.
Poor guy.
BTW, how much tax would he pay if his income was treated like PAYE, like a normal person? Significantly more, I'm guessing.
The cowardice and enablement of successive governments towards a fair tax system is outrageous.
Poor guy.
BTW, how much tax would he pay if his income was treated like PAYE, like a normal person? Significantly more, I'm guessing.
The cowardice and enablement of successive governments towards a fair tax system is outrageous.
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London: 7°C - Pitlochry: -2°C
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
London: 7°C - Pitlochry: -2°C
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
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November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.