Isabel Keating

Archivist, For: dogs, cats, books & listening Against: cruelty and silverfish

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

#ukrainecast incredible pls listen
2 Natalias' stories: 1 a Ukrainian woman campaigning for the release of Ukrainian soldiers with her fellow Women of Steel & 2 a Russian artist who created volunteer network to help Ukrainians deported to Russia. Heroines https://t.co/GieH3uQT3X

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

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[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

It’s time MPs levelled with us: Britain is already at war, and we’ll need to do two things to survive it | Gaby Hinsliff https://t.co/wJWJDojiHI

[Fred Sirieix @fredsirieix1]

This dessert comes straight from my hometown, Limoges 🇫🇷 it’s called Clafoutis, made with sweet cherries 🍒. Funny enough, my name Sirieix actually comes from the local word Sirie, meaning cherry! So I guess this one’s truly in my blood. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do ❤️

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian https://t.co/JJDa09IC2o

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Appalling that two British Jews have been murdered in Manchester. It sounds like the police responded with haste & professionalism.

Rest in peace. Every life, & every day on earth, is precious.

We need to be honest now: there is a clear rise in politically motivated violence.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Kieran Andrieu, my colleague at @novaramedia & a friend I admire, has now been kidnapped by Israel. What is happening off the coast of Gaza is illegal under international law.

Share this video.

A British citizen has been kidnapped @Keir_Starmer.

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

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[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

Petition: Provide funding for a programme to clear the rubble & rebuild in Gaza https://t.co/JUoS7rNZ2P

[Novara Media @novaramedia]

Jeremy Corbyn will table a private members’ bill today calling for a full independent inquiry into the UK’s role in Israel’s military assault in Gaza.

The Gaza Bill has the support of at least 40 MPs, including independents Ayoub Khan, Adnan Hussain, Shockat Adam, Iqbal Mohamed, Zarah Sultana and Apsana Begum, Labour MPs Richard Burgon, Nadia Whittome, Ian Byrne, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, and MPs from the Green Party, Plaid Cymru and SNP.

Corbyn stated the aims of the proposed inquiry in the Guardian yesterday: “This inquiry must find out: what arms have been supplied to Israel? Which of these arms have been used to kill Palestinians? What legal advice has the government received? Is RAF Akrotiri being used as a route for weapons to be deployed in Gaza? What video footage does the government have of the war zone? What intelligence has been passed to Israel?”

The bill will be presented in a motion that could force it through to a vote among all MPs. If Corbyn succeeds in forcing a vote, the government may order Labour MPs to abstain or even vote against the bill. Those likely to vote in favour, including Brian Leishman, co-sponsor of the Bill, could risk losing the whip.

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

I’ve called on the UK Gov to do all in its power to help ensure a permanent ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in #Gaza. Add your name. https://t.co/1aZTjvVlwy

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

@Evelyn__020 @nieveyc @VitalyBBC At worst, Zelenskyy merely made the mistake of talking as if he was with Starmer, Macron or Biden or a relatively rational decent person. I understand that Trump requires strategy, but if we keep talking about him like a force of Nature, we will grovel as if he is a demi-god.

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

@Evelyn__020 @nieveyc @VitalyBBC I'm glad to read both your posts. I have great respect for Vitaly & Lyse but I was shocked when they gave very little push back on Ricketts' bizarrely focused critique of Zelenskyy. He seemed admirably calm to me, like he was just putting his point across.

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

@JulietRichards1 @doctor_oxford I am so very sorry to hear how your Mum suffered Juliet. I cannot imagine the trauma and the grief you and your family must feel because of it. Thank you for sharing this, it is an important testimony and has changed my own view.

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

@PoliticsJOE_UK I feel like the delivery of these tweets is not helping Eva's case 😆 but just a basic explainer in case anyone out there is interested in us Coeliac snowflakes!

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

@PoliticsJOE_UK So I feel really lucky compared to people with nut allergies, that must be really scary. If symptomatic coeliacs are exposed, heavy fine? Great show guys! Thx! + Enjoyed the line abt Keir Starmer & nuts: my partner & I have this long running thing about him being a squirrel.

[Isabel Keating @IsabelLKeating]

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[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Pictured here is Willemien Rieken. She was only 9 years old when she first began laying flowers on the grave of William Edmond, a British soldier who fought and died to liberate her Dutch Village.

From the day he died, and for 75 years, she looked after his grave and kept his memory alive.

During WWII, William served with the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron and took part in the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands. Sadly, on September 17, 1944, he was shot in the back by a German sniper and fell to the ground.

One of his comrades, St David Christie, rushed to his aid, but nothing could be done to save William. Seconds before dying, he said to David: "Tell my wife I love her." This British soldier was then buried at the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.

Willemien Rieken passed away in 2020. She was one of the last surviving Flower Children, young people who laid flowers at hundreds of graves of Allied casualties in a ceremony after the end of the war.

Niall Cherry, secretary of the Arnhem 1944 Fellowship, said: "She was one of the last surviving Dutch civilian links to the Battle of Arnhem. Willemien was a lovely lady who tended to the grave of Trooper Edmund for many years. She will be sadly missed."