#StormBoelo has now kicked off properly here in #Nairn and we've just been outside bracing two fence posts which, it turns out, are not coping well.
We can do quite and dirty bodging in high winds. Oh yes.
Paul Oldham 🏴 💛 🇺🇦
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Semi-retired Internet geek living with my wife and dog in Nairn, Scotland. I'm also the #SNP councillor for #Nairn & #Cawdor but I generally toot about that as […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.scot/@tallpaul, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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Mar 7: "We defeated Iran."
Mar 9: "We must attack Iran."
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Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet."
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Mar 14: "Please help us."
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Mar 26: "Make a deal, or we’ll just keep blowing them away."
Mar 27: "We don’t have to be there for NATO."
Mar 28: No major quote
Mar 29: Claimed talks were progressing
Mar 30: "Open the Strait of Hormuz immediately, or face devastating consequences."
Mar 31: Claimed a deal was "very close" and that Iran would "do the right thing"
Apr 1: "We’ll see what happens very soon."
Apr 2: Repeated that a deal was likely, while warning of continued strikes if not
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Apr 6: “we will destroy their entire civilization.”
Apr 7: “nevermind.”
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