Reposted by Andrew HaxellDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 9hReading more about what Manchester City this is far more than a story about football, this is also the playbook for how some companies grew to global dominance in the last 30 years and the difficulties national authorities then have in dealing with them. 613933
Reposted by Andrew HaxellHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 4hPlease consider joining the thousands of people who make our work possible by making a donation today to support our work. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/148952/...secure.hopenothate.org.ukDonate to HOPE not hate – help us challenge hate and build communitiesHate thrives in the dark. HOPE not hate works to expose it, through investigations, community action, and challenging hate wherever it appears. But we can’t do it without you. Your support helps us st... 4448
Reposted by Andrew HaxellHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 4hThat is the lesson of Cable Street. Beating the far right means exposing them and organising against them. You have to do both. hopenothate.org.uk/the-battle-o...hopenothate.org.ukThe Battle of Cable Street 1936 - Learn the history and its legacyLearn about the history and the legacy of the anti-fascist struggle at the Battle of Cable Street which took place on 4 October 1936. 16817
Reposted by Andrew HaxellHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 4hNinety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵 He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first. 11553237
Reposted by Andrew HaxellPete (beautifulgroan) @beautifulgroan.bsky.social · 8hCity commercial revenue by year: 15/16: 177m 16/17: 218m 17/18: 232.3m 18/19: 227m 19/20: 246m 20/21: 271.7m 21/22: 310m 22/23: 341.1m 23/24: 344.7m 24/25: 340.4m The press are currently reporting as if City's inflated commercial income stopped in 2018. Look at these numbers. A thread. 35517
Reposted by Andrew HaxellJason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 18hHammering it into an open goal like Jude Bellingham against a team of 12-year-olds. 11612184
Reposted by Andrew HaxellMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6hSupport the National Trust by voting for Council members by 11:59pm on 30 October 2026. Quickvote is convenient if you're short of time or worried about inadvertently voting for Restore Trust's Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing or Omrani. In our often bad times, the Trust's doing good things. 16835
Reposted by Andrew HaxellPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 11hThere's an argument for scrapping the £100K salary limit for childcare but saying those on £100K salaries are uniquely hard working is bollocks. Workers on the early bus on their way to cleaning, caring, hospitality jobs work just as hard. Tories believe wealth is acquired by virtue. It ain't. 2441378
Andrew Haxell @adhaxi.bsky.social · 9hThis summer, on a visit to London, we went to see the Battle of Cable Street mural. 90 years, today, on from that event you’d have hoped we would have made some progress in stopping for ever fascists and racists marching on our streets. There’s more to be done clearly! #hopenothate 171
Reposted by Andrew HaxellJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question 1262142406
Reposted by Andrew HaxellPhilarsopher @philarsopher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Man City fans thinking they can spot flaws in a decision made by three senior lawyers is the new Dads think they could win a game against Serena Williams. 1021434
Reposted by Andrew HaxellSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Very disturbing that a political party has moved from saying that there should be no penalty for encouragement to violence, to calling for reduced penalties for literally blowing things up. A party manifestly not fit for political office. 27423118
Reposted by Andrew HaxellPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🔴 Manchester City is what happens when the rich and powerful believe money trumps any rules or regulations I've written about club football's biggest ever scandal, and interviewed the brilliant @migueldelaney.bsky.social, for Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/manchester...democracyforsale.substack.comManchester City: club football's "biggest ever scandal"I spoke to author Miguel Delaney about the UAE, industrial-scale cheating and football's “financial wild west.” 1522067
Reposted by Andrew HaxellMike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026static.klipy.comThis Is Fine Dog Meme in Burning HouseAlt: This Is Fine Dog Meme in Burning House 065
Reposted by Andrew HaxellSam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Burnham’s response to the Manchester City story may have been iffy, but wait until Farage gets asked about it - his party is in bed with the UAE… and he knows nothing about football 1926057
Reposted by Andrew HaxellThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That the BBC still puts ‘inflated‘ in speech marks tells us things about the state of BBC journalism. Bothsidesism has rotted its soul. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...bbc.co.ukMan City guilty charges: Which clubs did 'inflated' money flow to in transfer market?BBC Sport follows the trail of transfer money flowing to other clubs during Manchester City's period of financial rule-breaking. 1527958
Reposted by Andrew HaxellPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The radicalisation of the middle aged and elderly needs addressing. Many believe every single word on Facebook and X. 2421748
Reposted by Andrew HaxellToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026the story about the ULEZ bomber, a white bloke in his 60s, still isn’t on the front page of the BBC News when it feels like quite a big story about online radicalisation & violence 27770208
Reposted by Andrew HaxellOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice." 2842509911
Reposted by Andrew HaxellTollytb🇮🇪🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇧 @tollytb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My son has just sent me a photo of his new girlfriend. She's wearing football kit, football boots, and big gloves. I messaged him back. "She's looks like a keeper." 🐢💨 3496350
Reposted by Andrew HaxellMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Clifton, where the university is historically based, sees 100 per cent of teenagers go on to higher education. In Hartcliffe, which is a post-war housing estate, white, poor, multi-generational, around 11 per cent of children go into higher education". (Marvin Rees)timeshighereducation.comBristol’s ‘gentrification’ needs academic answers, say ex-mayorMarvin Rees says research-intensive universities must put professors to work on civic challenges caused by academic expansion 0207
Reposted by Andrew HaxellDavid Cake @davecakes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Let’s all remember all the clips when he said the £5 million wasn’t for security and he could buy a Ferrari with it if he wanted to. Through this new round of changing the narrative to take advantage of something that is quite serious. 0534
Reposted by Andrew HaxellDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 02/10/2026In this piece I tried to tackle something that's been bugging me: If someone is demanding that immigration be cut because their kids can't find an entry level job, it is neither fair to say that they do not have a legitimate concern - nor that their position on immigration is one.dmitryopines.substack.comOn Legitimate ConcernsProblems, Policies and How To Parse Them 28716
Reposted by Andrew HaxellSeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 03/10/20263rd October 2026 07.13 229549
Reposted by Andrew HaxellMeidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s just that simple 615372
Reposted by Andrew HaxellPrashant 🌊 @prasshant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Great summary from Wrighty as always. Talking on the Overlap podcast on his emotions about Manchester City Sham. 611328
Reposted by Andrew HaxellAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like 25591249
Reposted by Andrew HaxellToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026those behind this terrorist’s radicalisation must be rooted out www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMan jailed for 15 years over Sidcup Ulez camera blastKevin Rees, 63, faces a tougher sentence because the offence had a "terrorism connection". 1012032
Reposted by Andrew HaxellThe North Bank: An Arsenal Podcast @northbankpod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Someone at the Darts had another sign saying, "City you require 115." 🤣👏 1281
Reposted by Andrew HaxellPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Burnham opening the Brexit debate is "the biggest boost in my career" - Nigel Farage 99626
Reposted by Andrew HaxellJames Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not just Jude Bellingham - but many of the most iconic English sporting figures of the past few decades; Moeen Ali Maro Itoje Maggie Alphonsi Lewis Hamilton Ian Wright Paul Ince Martin Offiah Ugo Monye Kelly Holmes Katarina Johnson-Thompson Harry Kane Lennox Lewis Mo Farah Good luck chaps. 2218138
Reposted by Andrew HaxellBob Shields @robbo03.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Reform UK leader Nigel Farage actually typed this into the internet. Please don't adjust your irony meter. 89700181
Reposted by Andrew HaxellSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of two Labour gains from Reform in Northumberland by-elections yesterday. Too early to know for sure we've passed peak Reform, but another encouraging sign. 24802150
Reposted by Andrew HaxellRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 531856754
Reposted by Andrew HaxellEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ross Kemp slowly losing his mind might be a highlight of Celebrity Traitors. 131969
Reposted by Andrew HaxellScott Innes @flyinginside.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Amol Rajan: ‘I know a lot of people think of me as that nice, warm man from the news…’ #CelebrityTraitors 1045055
Reposted by Andrew HaxellScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Only on the #CelebrityTraitors can people not believe that someone is a Traitor after they admitted that they were a Traitor 725124
Reposted by Andrew HaxellDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Great to see that Lee has discovered the idea of the counterfactual. Now all he has to do is to apply it to Brexit. 54010
Reposted by Andrew HaxellDamonTheDemon @damonthedemon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Few Highlights from 1980s Miners strike Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation 1981 inner city riots HIV Section 28 Poll Tax riots Housing crisis and right to buy Hillsborough Mad Cow disease Decimation of the welfare state NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding 107715224
Reposted by Andrew HaxellRosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I had no idea this was an option. 841081
Reposted by Andrew HaxellMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BBC re-running their headlines from 3 years ago when Sunak released 10,000 prisoners early over 6 months....oh wait, no, that went off without a media fuss. Labour are releasing up to 5,000 early over a year - due to Tory failure to build prison capacity. They only built 36 net new places a year. 23558240
Reposted by Andrew HaxellHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 01/10/2026The far right thrives on lies and disinformation. We’re debunking some of the most common myths they peddle, exposing the harm they cause, and showing why their claims don’t stand up to scrutiny. Read our new report: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/01/f...hopenothate.org.ukFar Right Fact CheckDisinformation Debunked - What the data actually says. 4195128
Reposted by Andrew HaxellSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"A big petro-state did it and ran away" 1013938
Reposted by Andrew HaxellSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're 30 miles from the continent, Tom 3521137
Reposted by Andrew HaxellDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread: 611039441