Andrew Haxell
@adhaxi.bsky.social
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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Andrew Haxell
@adhaxi.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Found this when flicking through photos for my profile here. Seemed an appropriate image for my first post. Taken on Embleton beach, 22nd August 2022, on hottest day I’ve experienced in nearly 25 years living in Northumberland.
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BBC removes description of Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" from the broadcast today of Rutger Bregman's Reith Lecture. I was among the several hundred people to hear the original at the lecture theatre
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BBC removes description of Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" from the broadcast today of Rutger Bregman's Reith Lecture. I was among the several hundred people to hear the original at the lecture theatre
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Has no one in the BBC heard of the Streisand effect?
Did everyone think, "oh, Rutger Bregman, he'll be cool with this"?
Did everyone think, "oh, Rutger Bregman, he'll be cool with this"?
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Has no one in the BBC heard of the Streisand effect?
Did everyone think, "oh, Rutger Bregman, he'll be cool with this"?
Did everyone think, "oh, Rutger Bregman, he'll be cool with this"?
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Labour needs to learn the lessons from putting VAT on private school fees.
A clear policy, a well argued case and faced down critics. That's the way forward not surrendering at the first smell of cordite.
Labour has a stonking majority. Use it.
A clear policy, a well argued case and faced down critics. That's the way forward not surrendering at the first smell of cordite.
Labour has a stonking majority. Use it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Labour needs to learn the lessons from putting VAT on private school fees.
A clear policy, a well argued case and faced down critics. That's the way forward not surrendering at the first smell of cordite.
Labour has a stonking majority. Use it.
A clear policy, a well argued case and faced down critics. That's the way forward not surrendering at the first smell of cordite.
Labour has a stonking majority. Use it.
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Heads up that there’s a generous Interrail sale for the next 21 days - 25% off all passes, making it an even bigger bargain than usual. Passes can be activated at any point up to 11 months after purchase. From all your usual retailers. www.interrail.eu/en
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www.interrail.eu
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Heads up that there’s a generous Interrail sale for the next 21 days - 25% off all passes, making it an even bigger bargain than usual. Passes can be activated at any point up to 11 months after purchase. From all your usual retailers. www.interrail.eu/en
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Presumably the news outlets can just say it was non-hurtful banter?
Reform Party threatened legal action for critical news stories
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Presumably the news outlets can just say it was non-hurtful banter?
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The power of Ian Wright
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The power of Ian Wright
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Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
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Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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I drew North London
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I drew North London
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Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
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It is that time of the year when we launch the T-Towel.
And here it is.
This beauty is now on the website’s store.
Enjoy!
markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
And here it is.
This beauty is now on the website’s store.
Enjoy!
markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
![T Towel design in red and white. Reads “Please Mind the Farage” with a picture of a waste bin seeping farage (liquid waste) and beneath the image printed in red, “farage (noun) [fa-rij] The liquid found at the bottom of a waste bin or container"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2dsjjyd6tv34uyxd75o44o4p/bafkreier3jfqiupxmlfwchsgac3sbfwx6x5gtr7so3oecezmkf3otmm3ey@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It is that time of the year when we launch the T-Towel.
And here it is.
This beauty is now on the website’s store.
Enjoy!
markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
And here it is.
This beauty is now on the website’s store.
Enjoy!
markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
Cracking day trip to the Scottish capital. Great to meet up with good pals @stuartmc70.bsky.social and Alan, take in some rugby then settle in at the Footlights Bar and Grill for some more sport. Could see four different matches from my seat … including the NLD! #COYG #NorthLondonIsRed
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Cracking day trip to the Scottish capital. Great to meet up with good pals @stuartmc70.bsky.social and Alan, take in some rugby then settle in at the Footlights Bar and Grill for some more sport. Could see four different matches from my seat … including the NLD! #COYG #NorthLondonIsRed
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It took Ebere Eze one (1) North London Derby to do what neither Harry Kane nor Son Heung-Min could:
Score an NLD hat trick.
Score an NLD hat trick.
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It took Ebere Eze one (1) North London Derby to do what neither Harry Kane nor Son Heung-Min could:
Score an NLD hat trick.
Score an NLD hat trick.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Eberechi Eze only signed for Arsenal because he phoned Mikel Arteta just before joining Spurs to see if there was any chance of joining them. He’s now scored a hat-trick in his first North London Derby 🔴
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Eberechi Eze only signed for Arsenal because he phoned Mikel Arteta just before joining Spurs to see if there was any chance of joining them. He’s now scored a hat-trick in his first North London Derby 🔴
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My latest for @gentlemanultra.bsky.social previews Sunday's historic double-header.
⚽ the history of women's football in Verona
⚽ what does it mean for women's game?
⚽ who are the key players?
⚽ what kind of reception will they get from notorious Curva Sud?
www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/11/19/n...
⚽ the history of women's football in Verona
⚽ what does it mean for women's game?
⚽ who are the key players?
⚽ what kind of reception will they get from notorious Curva Sud?
www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/11/19/n...
Notes from Verona: Will the Bentegodi Embrace the Women's Game? -
Hellas Verona’s Bentegodi Stadium is one of the last surviving relics of a bygone age. Substantially renovated to host the 1990s World Cup, its glory days came in the mid-1980s when Osvaldo Bagnoli’s ...
www.gentlemanultra.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
My latest for @gentlemanultra.bsky.social previews Sunday's historic double-header.
⚽ the history of women's football in Verona
⚽ what does it mean for women's game?
⚽ who are the key players?
⚽ what kind of reception will they get from notorious Curva Sud?
www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/11/19/n...
⚽ the history of women's football in Verona
⚽ what does it mean for women's game?
⚽ who are the key players?
⚽ what kind of reception will they get from notorious Curva Sud?
www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/11/19/n...
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One of my fav pictures. If a book could talk regarding what's gone on with it in the last 20 years, the drama, the near misses, the heartbreak, then Once Upon a Time in Naples would be an Oscar winner! One day...
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
One of my fav pictures. If a book could talk regarding what's gone on with it in the last 20 years, the drama, the near misses, the heartbreak, then Once Upon a Time in Naples would be an Oscar winner! One day...
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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Reform’s previous leader in Wales had been handed a 10 year prison sentence for being a Russian asset.
Other prominent politicians happened to be making Kremlin adjacent statements at the same time, the question “why” should follow them around relentlessly.
Other prominent politicians happened to be making Kremlin adjacent statements at the same time, the question “why” should follow them around relentlessly.
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reform’s previous leader in Wales had been handed a 10 year prison sentence for being a Russian asset.
Other prominent politicians happened to be making Kremlin adjacent statements at the same time, the question “why” should follow them around relentlessly.
Other prominent politicians happened to be making Kremlin adjacent statements at the same time, the question “why” should follow them around relentlessly.
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Police are investigating former British MEPs who were tasked by Nathan Gill on behalf of his handler
Several EU forces are investigating others who may have been instructed directly by Oleg Voloshyn, and an international investigation team has been started
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Several EU forces are investigating others who may have been instructed directly by Oleg Voloshyn, and an international investigation team has been started
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Former Reform U.K. Politician Sent to Prison for Taking Pro-Russia Bribes
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
👀
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So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
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Trust we’ll be seeing a Mail article later from Boris Johnson condemning Boris Johnson for his shamefully inept Covid leadership given how quick he was to comment on the BBC failures.
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Trust we’ll be seeing a Mail article later from Boris Johnson condemning Boris Johnson for his shamefully inept Covid leadership given how quick he was to comment on the BBC failures.