Chris Kendall
@ottocr.at
Anglo-Schwäbisch eurocrat | maker of EU foreign policy & spätzle | guerrilla knitter | cross-Channel commuter | über-woke net-zeroist rejoiner | was once @ottocrat | personal capacity
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Chris Kendall
@ottocr.at
· Nov 18
In case any recent arrivals are wondering what happened to my long-standing Twitter avatar, here’s why I changed it.
ICE raid in 3, 2, …
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
ICE raid in 3, 2, …
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The way Chris pincher has been basically been erased from boris downfall is really instructive in Westminster culture and how these people get away with it
I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
Madeley. FFS.
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The way Chris pincher has been basically been erased from boris downfall is really instructive in Westminster culture and how these people get away with it
UK politics and political commentary just seems to be permanently drunk and in need of a lie down. It really doesn’t have to be this stupid, nor is it this stupid in most sensible grown up countries.
February 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
UK politics and political commentary just seems to be permanently drunk and in need of a lie down. It really doesn’t have to be this stupid, nor is it this stupid in most sensible grown up countries.
evergreen etc
This is mad. They've all gone mad.
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
evergreen etc
Apple Live Photos work quite well with the vibing cat meme (sound up)
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Apple Live Photos work quite well with the vibing cat meme (sound up)
US Department of State insisting on the exclusion of DEI activities in a contract with an NGO for the removal of land mines and UXO (most of which were put there by the US…), also pulling funding from an International School for refusing to end “DEI activities”… smh
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
US Department of State insisting on the exclusion of DEI activities in a contract with an NGO for the removal of land mines and UXO (most of which were put there by the US…), also pulling funding from an International School for refusing to end “DEI activities”… smh
Our department has a photo competition every year, with prizes, it’s a way of redistributing the diplomatic gifts sent every Christmas to our senior management by embassies. Anyway this year I won first prize with this (left) and here’s what I won (right)
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Our department has a photo competition every year, with prizes, it’s a way of redistributing the diplomatic gifts sent every Christmas to our senior management by embassies. Anyway this year I won first prize with this (left) and here’s what I won (right)
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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“European integration is built differently: not on force, but common will; not on subjugation, but shared benefit.
Europeans are, slowly but surely, waking up to what they're able to do. A senior EUminister said to me recently: Europe is not as weak as it behaves”
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Europeans are, slowly but surely, waking up to what they're able to do. A senior EUminister said to me recently: Europe is not as weak as it behaves”
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Europe is not as weak as it acts
A new vision of EU integration is slowly but surely taking shape
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February 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
“European integration is built differently: not on force, but common will; not on subjugation, but shared benefit.
Europeans are, slowly but surely, waking up to what they're able to do. A senior EUminister said to me recently: Europe is not as weak as it behaves”
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Europeans are, slowly but surely, waking up to what they're able to do. A senior EUminister said to me recently: Europe is not as weak as it behaves”
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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“The more Trump dominates the global agenda, the better Europe looks and the harder it becomes for Farage to argue that his brand of politics would make Britain safer, richer or more secure”
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 AM
“The more Trump dominates the global agenda, the better Europe looks and the harder it becomes for Farage to argue that his brand of politics would make Britain safer, richer or more secure”
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
profile updated
February 9, 2026 at 7:52 AM
profile updated
7yo asked me for my favourite punctuation mark; so I told him semicolon (obviously) and yesterday sought me out in great excitement to tell me that he’d seen a semicolon! in a book!
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 AM
7yo asked me for my favourite punctuation mark; so I told him semicolon (obviously) and yesterday sought me out in great excitement to tell me that he’d seen a semicolon! in a book!
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Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas
Location: Starbase, Texas
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas
Location: Starbase, Texas
It is genuinely barmy that my ten minute minicab ride to Heathrow costs more than my actual flight.
February 9, 2026 at 5:25 AM
It is genuinely barmy that my ten minute minicab ride to Heathrow costs more than my actual flight.
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
February 9, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
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A retired judge dates the change to 2016, the Brexit referendum, & the Daily Mail's front page vilification of judges as 'enemies of the people', the article says.
There's also a TV report for foreign affairs magazine Weltspiegel [link embedded in linked article].
A retired judge dates the change to 2016, the Brexit referendum, & the Daily Mail's front page vilification of judges as 'enemies of the people', the article says.
There's also a TV report for foreign affairs magazine Weltspiegel [link embedded in linked article].
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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A retired judge dates the change to 2016, the Brexit referendum, & the Daily Mail's front page vilification of judges as 'enemies of the people', the article says.
There's also a TV report for foreign affairs magazine Weltspiegel [link embedded in linked article].
A retired judge dates the change to 2016, the Brexit referendum, & the Daily Mail's front page vilification of judges as 'enemies of the people', the article says.
There's also a TV report for foreign affairs magazine Weltspiegel [link embedded in linked article].
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🧵 In yesterday's German public news, Tagesschau, an article by London correspondent @christophproessl.bsky.social.
"Verbally abused, threatened, insulted: in the UK, solicitors & judges who deal with refugee cases complain of increasing brutalization. This is also reflected in media & politics."
"Verbally abused, threatened, insulted: in the UK, solicitors & judges who deal with refugee cases complain of increasing brutalization. This is also reflected in media & politics."
Großbritannien: Massive Drohungen gegen Anwälte von Migranten
Beschimpft, bedroht, beleidigt: In Großbritannien beklagen Anwälte und Richter, die sich um die Belange von Flüchtlingen kümmern, eine zunehmende Verrohung. Diese spiegelt sich auch in Medien und Poli...
www.tagesschau.de
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 AM
🧵 In yesterday's German public news, Tagesschau, an article by London correspondent @christophproessl.bsky.social.
"Verbally abused, threatened, insulted: in the UK, solicitors & judges who deal with refugee cases complain of increasing brutalization. This is also reflected in media & politics."
"Verbally abused, threatened, insulted: in the UK, solicitors & judges who deal with refugee cases complain of increasing brutalization. This is also reflected in media & politics."
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The French once again taking no bullshit.
February 8, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The French once again taking no bullshit.
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So bleak that net zero, a decade old Conservative climate policy that is wholly inadequate in scope and ambition, is now too radical for parts of the Labour Party
February 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
So bleak that net zero, a decade old Conservative climate policy that is wholly inadequate in scope and ambition, is now too radical for parts of the Labour Party
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LFG, that's what I voted for
"Full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism".
Sounds fucking brilliant, to be honest.
Sounds fucking brilliant, to be honest.
February 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
LFG, that's what I voted for
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I am here for the wokeist eco rejoinerism any day.
February 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I am here for the wokeist eco rejoinerism any day.
"full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism"
is a slogan that would win my vote and a whole bunch of former Labour voters and centrist dads like me
is a slogan that would win my vote and a whole bunch of former Labour voters and centrist dads like me
February 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
"full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism"
is a slogan that would win my vote and a whole bunch of former Labour voters and centrist dads like me
is a slogan that would win my vote and a whole bunch of former Labour voters and centrist dads like me
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After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software
February 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software
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Speaking of the Norwegian red hats everyone is knitting: knitters have raised over $300k for MN by buying the $5 pattern.
And symbols (like red hats) are a vital part of any resistance movement. They are used to unite members and serve as a visible display of opposition to the regime.
And symbols (like red hats) are a vital part of any resistance movement. They are used to unite members and serve as a visible display of opposition to the regime.
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Speaking of the Norwegian red hats everyone is knitting: knitters have raised over $300k for MN by buying the $5 pattern.
And symbols (like red hats) are a vital part of any resistance movement. They are used to unite members and serve as a visible display of opposition to the regime.
And symbols (like red hats) are a vital part of any resistance movement. They are used to unite members and serve as a visible display of opposition to the regime.
THE STUPID IT HURTS
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge? www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge?
The prime minister’s allies have hinted that he will call a general election, says John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
THE STUPID IT HURTS