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Andrew Haxell

@adhaxi.bsky.social
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Higher Education careers & employability, football (Arsenal, Southend United, Morpeth Town, Napoli - in that order), Northumberland, walking, tea shops, and a bit of politics, are my things

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4h
Reform UK Councillor Mick Mahoney, representing Kenton on Newcastle Council. Who are ‘they’, Mick? What’s more, we also have Councillor Michael Vincent Fitzpatrick, also of Newcastle City Council liking it.
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Andrew Haxell @adhaxi.bsky.social · 2h
Classic ‘game of two halves’ there. At half time the long unbeaten run at home looked under real threat. Changes made, and a quick fire hat trick from the young substitute, changed it all around in the second half. Fans will go home happy … even if a bit damp! #MSV
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Sock Council @sockcouncil.bsky.social · 2h
🔴⚪️ The Arsenal range of Socks! buff.ly/4hOGFNN Top quality hosiery inspired by classic kits! #AFC #ArsenalFC
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 5h
That wasn't good at all from Arsenal, until it was. The equaliser sparked us into life, and the subs worked well. The Guimaraes goal is really lovely, and we probably should have scored more, chances for Gyokeres and Saka, Ode unlucky from brilliant Rice play in their box. Untidy but 3 points 👍
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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 5h
Commentators seemed much more lively when Leeds were winning
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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 7h
Nothing is more important than intimidating asylum seekers
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 7h
The Room Next Door - Kemi Badenoch
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The Room Next Door - Kemi Badenoch
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Jim @footyweekends.bsky.social · 9h
The next Football Weekends trip has been confirmed: we're going to #Germany! In February we'll be travelling to the Ruhr region to see Bayer #Leverkusen in action at the BayArena, plus other German matches. Want to join us? Find out more here: www.footballweekends.co.uk/pages/german...
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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 7h
They put David Seaman in a half and half scarf. Somebody needs to go to prison.
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Michael Wood @michaeldwood74.bsky.social · 8h
Morning wander through Shields and Tynemouth. Superlow tide on the Tyne. It's mint up North.
Piers of the Tyne at low tide, taken from North Shields.Tynemouth Longsands at Low tide, with the Outdoor Pool in the foreground.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 10h
Racism ruins everything.
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 9h
The higher education sector brings in about £27 billion in foreign earnings to the UK. It's about the same as the car industry. The home office is arbitrarily cutting the income from foreign students in higher education by about 10%. Racism makes us all poorer.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11h
Death by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban
Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8h
The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage this week of Kemi Badenoch, whose party has a truly atrocious electoral record under her leadership, and the utterly dismissive coverage of the Greens, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK
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Why the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green Party
The dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics
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The Book Vault @thebookvault.bsky.social · 23h
By the miracles of me working out how to use tech, we bring you @imcmillan.bsky.social live in our shop earlier today! For #bookshopday tomorrow, here is Ian reading a poem In The Bookshop, from his new collection Red River Valley. Signed copies in store now! #booksky #choosebookshops
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Lewis @lgambrose.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Basically everyone associated with City denies everything and doubles, triples, quadruples down. Maresca the latest. They do not have to do this. There is zero remorse. There is zero accountability. They all know the situation, and they are lying or are wilfully ignorant at every single turn.
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 09/10/2026
🚅 🇮🇹 Another 50km of high speed, high capacity railway joins Europe’s rail network. Last night the first test train ran on the new Verona-Vicenza line, part of the 400km Turin/Milan-Venice high speed railway.
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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Incredible story. And not often one can publish "founded in 1385". True-crime-in-fine-wine is my idea of a perfect subject, so hope to be writing about this - and comparable wine skullduggery - in coming weeks... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thieves in Italy steal 30,000 wine bottles worth €5m, reports say
The heist at the Florence-based winery is believed to be one of the largest thefts of its kind in Italy.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 09/10/2026
👋 Say hello to the stars of your new bank notes! After a public vote which saw over 2.5 million responses, the Bank of England have revealed the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, European hedgehog and buff-tailed bumblebee will appear on redesigned notes over the coming years.
A close-up of a puffin. A small bird with a black back, white front and brightly-coloured beak.A close-up of a bee on flowersA hedgehog walks through a woodland floor at nightTwo brown and white barn owls on a wooden perch
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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Have only the afternoon to go. The time has flown" @uniofleicester.bsky.social #HigherEducationPostcard
An old colour picture postcard showing a road going under a university hall of residence.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
60% of those who responded to the Bank of England consultation called for pictures of wildlife on bank notes. Does he think the British people are conducting a "slow, steady and relentless attack" on themselves?
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's become a catchphrase for Badenoch that "We have to be SERIOUS" - and she's right about that. Yet every announcement is like this: a burst whoopie-cushion of wrong numbers, bungled data and stuff someone found on Google. The gulf between rhetoric and reality is positively cavernous.
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 08/10/2026
Anyway, if you want to explore crimes of the Wehrmacht, there are lots and lots of great resources which I'll share here. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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Marching into Darkness — Harvard University Press
On October 10, 1941, the entire Jewish population of the Belarusian village of Krucha was rounded up and shot. While Nazi death squads routinely carried out mass executions on the Eastern Front, this ...
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 08/10/2026
🧵 The Wehrmacht was a CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION responsible for mass crimes against humanity and genocide.🧵 🔥The mother of threads.🔥 Click below for an exhaustive discussion of the criminality of the German Army during WWII as I try to once again kill the cockroach that is the Clean Wehrmacht Myth!
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Saving this one for future use.
Richard E. Grant on The Traitors Uncloaked. Caption: "Well, Joseph Stalin also made history."
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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I see Newcastle's new Dot Bikes hire scheme are causing controversy by being left on pavements. Thankfully drivers are fighting back with their dockless vehicles.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What would your cut away be? I think mine would be: rocking back and forth looking shellshocked, possibly compulsively eating
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
me at the chippy #celebritytraitors
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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They only come out at night. Why? What are they afraid of? What don’t they want us to see?
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reform tried to cancel Black History Month in town, now it will be 'bigger than ever' www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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Black History Month to be 'bigger than ever' after Reform UK move
After St Helens Council leader withdraw support for annual celebration, locals in the town have had another idea
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The main Reform players involved would run a significant perjury risk to stick to the official line - that Reform did not commission the polling, but Mr Jukes was doing it for himself, not for Reform - and would have to ask the pollster Mr Johnson to perjure himself too.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'According to analysis by social mobility charity the Sutton Trust, those who were eligible for free school meals (FSM) earn 55 per cent more than non-graduates from a similar background. In contrast, graduates who aren’t from an FSM background earn only 43 per cent more.'
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Disadvantaged ‘gain more from degrees’ than better-off peers
Social mobility charity urges universities to double down on access efforts after releasing new analysis showing benefits of higher education
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Probably headline of the year: Reform investigates Reform and finds Reform did nothing wrong www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform investigates Reform and finds Reform did nothing wrong
Reform UK has been accused of producing a 'whitewash' internal investigation into allegations senior party figures tried to disguise foreign donations
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just an absolutely delightful interview, just the sort of thing it's impossible to read without smiling. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘He was devastatingly sexy’: Frasier’s Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce on the love between Daphne and Niles
From a breathless tango to a kiss that sent fans wild, the pair crafted a sensational seven-year TV crush. The real-life best friends talk first impressions, Casablanca moments – and having hot husban...
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How sheepish is Europe? This map shows the distribution of sheep across Europe. Source: buff.ly/dSfHDOe
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"People are looking through the shop window and they like what they see..." says Kemi Badenoch, of the Conservative party, which is currently polling at its lowest level in its entire history
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An opportunity in 2028 - when the UK + Ireland host the Euros - to celebrate half a century since Viv Anderson's first full international cap + the pioneers who made an inclusive English identity a common sense norm. (Over 120 black England internationals since) www.theguardian.com/football/art...
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Use Euro 2028 to celebrate black footballers, say British pioneers
Black British football pioneers have called on organisers to use the next men’s European Championship, to be held in the home nations in 2028, to celebrate the contribution of black footballers
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Great to see Liam Henderson getting recognition here as a recent trailblazer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹 www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Why are so many British footballers playing in Serie A?
The 1990s felt like a golden age, but there are 22 British players in Serie A this season – more than ever before
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🔴 SCOOP: The chair of a lobbying firm paid by the UAE sits on a government council advising ministers on how Britain uses sport and culture abroad. As Man City's verdict puts Abu Dhabi in the spotlight, our latest investigation 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-u...
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Revealed: UAE lobbyist advising UK government on sport and foreign policy
FGS Global chair Roland Rudd accused of "blatant conflict of interest" for advising ministers on foreign affairs while his firm lobbies for UAE embassy
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Prashant 🌊 @prasshant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trust the Process 👊🏻 This is a lovely announcement video from Arsenal 🔴⚪🥹
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified.
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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This lovely item is 10 years old today. A decade of delights and conversations about floodlights, outfield players in goal and spotting grounds from trains.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban
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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📷 Show us Newcastle now. We’re inviting young people to photograph the city as they see it. No fancy kit needed, a phone is fine. Part of Under Development at Newcastle Contemporary Art (NCA), with selected work shown in an exhibition and newspaper. Submit: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/newc...
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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well worth watching, sharing and thinking about next time.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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