Amanda Kendal
@akendal.bsky.social
London-based NGO journalist. Germanophile, MCFC fan (since 1974). Loves Thomas Mann, Kraftwerk, Ultravox, OMD, Discworld, films, books, cats, birds, Minions, B5, Star Trek/Wars. LGBT+. Wish I could ignore politics, but can't. No chat unless I know you
I have contacted Battersea to adopt a cat. That is all.
October 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I have contacted Battersea to adopt a cat. That is all.
Spotted in Hackney today - and shared without comment. Though for clarity, I have no objection to anyone flying flags.
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Spotted in Hackney today - and shared without comment. Though for clarity, I have no objection to anyone flying flags.
Having just been in the Lake District … ‘Hi, I’m Beatrix Potter, and I write and illustrate beautiful stories of animals for children. I then use the money earned to save swathes of this glorious part of the world from greedy developers.’ no yes yes.
The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
October 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Having just been in the Lake District … ‘Hi, I’m Beatrix Potter, and I write and illustrate beautiful stories of animals for children. I then use the money earned to save swathes of this glorious part of the world from greedy developers.’ no yes yes.
Yes, yes, yes - a thousand times over.
The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
October 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Yes, yes, yes - a thousand times over.
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What utter dickheads we are…
Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal
Farage and his MPs voted it down
Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty
Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on
The mega wealthy win again.
Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal
Farage and his MPs voted it down
Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty
Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on
The mega wealthy win again.
September 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
What utter dickheads we are…
Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal
Farage and his MPs voted it down
Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty
Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on
The mega wealthy win again.
Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal
Farage and his MPs voted it down
Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty
Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on
The mega wealthy win again.
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I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?
On holiday, I notice that there are wind turbines on the shore of Lake Garda, which very much makes me think that residents with a view of some incredibly mid Cotswold or other can put a sock in it.
July 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?
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Oh, look! It's not a drag queen or a transgender person.
#AnotherChristian
#NOTaDragQueen
#NOTaTransPerson
#AnotherChristian
#NOTaDragQueen
#NOTaTransPerson
Jason Yates, former CEO of My Faith Votes, pleads guilty to child porn possession
Former My Faith Votes CEO Jason Yates, a prominent conservative Christian activist, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, months after he was arrested
www.christianpost.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Oh, look! It's not a drag queen or a transgender person.
#AnotherChristian
#NOTaDragQueen
#NOTaTransPerson
#AnotherChristian
#NOTaDragQueen
#NOTaTransPerson
The test cricket at Old Trafford … OMG!
July 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The test cricket at Old Trafford … OMG!
July 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).
July 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).
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Liz Truss has warned the British Museum against losing its marbles. Ironic, really.
July 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Liz Truss has warned the British Museum against losing its marbles. Ironic, really.
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WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.
July 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.
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The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
July 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
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Hospitals are supposed to be where the suffering stops.
In Gaza, they are where the killing continues.
Channel 4's Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has exposed a terror campaign that sends a horrifying message:
No One Is Safe.
Not Even Here.
In Gaza, they are where the killing continues.
Channel 4's Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has exposed a terror campaign that sends a horrifying message:
No One Is Safe.
Not Even Here.
No One Is Safe. Not Even Here.
The destruction of Gaza’s hospitals marks a terrifying breach in the idea that healthcare is ever off-limits.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hospitals are supposed to be where the suffering stops.
In Gaza, they are where the killing continues.
Channel 4's Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has exposed a terror campaign that sends a horrifying message:
No One Is Safe.
Not Even Here.
In Gaza, they are where the killing continues.
Channel 4's Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has exposed a terror campaign that sends a horrifying message:
No One Is Safe.
Not Even Here.
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June 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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June 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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The proliferation of these groups is a bit odd given it's all the same people on all of them. (And they have fairly similar policy views to most of the existing right-wing think tanks).
'Fix Britain', 'Anglo-Futurist Institute', 'Resolute 1850', 'Prosperity Institute' - feels like it's all happening quite fast
June 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The proliferation of these groups is a bit odd given it's all the same people on all of them. (And they have fairly similar policy views to most of the existing right-wing think tanks).
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This is an absolutely brilliant column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social . Every Word of this. I would only add that I personally think that this started even earlier than Truss.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The spirit of Liz Truss, ridiculous but relentless, still stalks British politics | Rafael Behr
Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have much more in common with the failed Tory leader than either cares to admit, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This is an absolutely brilliant column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social . Every Word of this. I would only add that I personally think that this started even earlier than Truss.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What do we think?🤔
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵
1/13
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵
1/13
June 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What do we think?🤔
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵
1/13
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵
1/13
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Trump: “Offer up your trans Keir - then we can do business.”
Starmer: “Yes Mr Donald. Did you see Friday, Mr Donald? Did we do good?”
Labour will absolutely do this. 🏳️⚧️
Starmer: “Yes Mr Donald. Did you see Friday, Mr Donald? Did we do good?”
Labour will absolutely do this. 🏳️⚧️
April 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Trump: “Offer up your trans Keir - then we can do business.”
Starmer: “Yes Mr Donald. Did you see Friday, Mr Donald? Did we do good?”
Labour will absolutely do this. 🏳️⚧️
Starmer: “Yes Mr Donald. Did you see Friday, Mr Donald? Did we do good?”
Labour will absolutely do this. 🏳️⚧️
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Reading Anne McElvoy on how convenient the Supreme Court decision is for the Starmer government and the rest of the Establishment reminds me that human rights are, for the boss class. An area where there is minimum actual commitment and a lot of lip service.
April 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reading Anne McElvoy on how convenient the Supreme Court decision is for the Starmer government and the rest of the Establishment reminds me that human rights are, for the boss class. An area where there is minimum actual commitment and a lot of lip service.
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“Sickening and heartbreaking”
Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽
Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽
April 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“Sickening and heartbreaking”
Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽
Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽
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