Claire McNab

The UK Foreign Office's former Chief mouser #Palmerston has died in Bermuda, where he moved in 2020 after retiting as #diplocat. 😞
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/14/cat-chief-mouser-uk-foreign-office-dies-bermuda-palmerston

Outranked by the great Larry the #Number10Cat, prolific tweeter Palmerston was a disreputable cat, named after the infamous Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister Lord Palmerston. The original Palmerston is best known in Ireland as a cruel landlord in famine-ravaged #Sligo, and globally for starting the appalling #OpiumWars in China.

Feb 15 at 5:37amWeb
Show threadfamilyFeb 15
Please help us. I am Yousef from Gaza, and hunger is killing us. The days pass without enough food or any sense of safety. We are only looking for a morsel of food to sustain our children and a glimmer of hope to help us endure. We want nothing more than our right to live with dignity. Please, stand by us in this ordeal. I beg for your help. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-youssef-and-his-family-in-gaza😭🙏🏻
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Show threadClaire McNabFeb 15

No, @yosof. I won't share and I won't donate. Sorry.

Much as I am angry about the genocide and heartbroken by suffering of the people of Gaza, i cannot engage with these individual requests.

Please do not spam people like this.

Show threadfamilyFeb 15
I understand and respect your position. My goal isn't just to ask for help, but to ensure the world doesn't look away from the human faces behind the news. I am not just a 'request'; I am a witness to a reality that words cannot fully describe. Thank you for acknowledging our suffering. All I ask is that you keep sharing the truth of what is happening to us. Stay safe.
Show threadClaire McNabFeb 15

@yosof I wish you well, as i wish all the people of Gwza.

But I do hope you can understand that your spamming erodes my goodwill, and damages your cause.