Cable Forum - Starmer’s chronicles

I wonder why military-age people are fleeing their countries and trying to seek asylum elsewhere?

Could it be that otherwise they are conscripted into indefinite military service under slave-labour like conditions?

https://theweek.com/102761/indefinit...e-flee-eritrea

When they are shouting "Allah Huakhbar" as they get onto the small boats, don't you think that their culture conflicts with ours, at best, and they might be Iranians or Iran terrorist proxies?

Are you deliberately ignoring this obvious threat?

papa smurf

21-05-2026 11:04

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36215903)

do you want to buy the Humber bridge

Carth

21-05-2026 11:05

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36215903)

^ that article - last updated 13 August 2019 nice try ;)

1andrew1

21-05-2026 11:49

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36215890)

What matters is the number of military aged people coming to the UK in the boats. Already they outnumber our army.

It's because of what you voted for. #BrexitRegret

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36215905)

do you want to buy the Humber bridge

Just because you bought it does not mean that anyone will buy it from you so easily. :D

Sephiroth

21-05-2026 11:52

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36215908)

It's because of what you voted for. #BrexitRegret

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Just because you bought it does not mean that anyone will buy it from you so easily. :D

Don't be silly. If we stayed, we'd have had to take a quota. In any case, we didn't vote for Brexit on the asylum question.

Carth

21-05-2026 12:11

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Come on Seph, you know the game, Brexit is the cause of everything:

Lack of housing
Lack of jobs
High energy bills
Bankrupt local councils
Dysfunctional NHS
Potholes
Arsenal winning the Premiership
Heavy rain in Dorset
UK doing really well in the Eurovision Song Contest :erm:

. . . there may be a character limit for posts, so I'll stop there :D

papa smurf

21-05-2026 12:28

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main brexit benefit is listening to the constant remoaner drivel ,I doubt they want us back anyway ,too much of a negative influence on their crap ideology

i'm working on a euro vision song ,ive got the title wang a lang a dong ding dang

it's about a none binary goat herder

Carth

21-05-2026 13:08

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Sounds promising Papa, but the Australian one "slap me upside the head if we run out of beer" is getting some attention

thenry

21-05-2026 13:12

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Smurfs Conchita :shocked:

Hugh	21-05-2026 13:35

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215906)

^ that article - last updated 13 August 2019 nice try ;)

Nice try - here’s one from a couple of months ago…

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...025-accessible

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The country maintains compulsory national service system for all citizens aged 18 to 40. Following a 6-month period of military training, conscripts are assigned to either a military or a civilian role. Although the legal requirement caps service at 18 months in total, in practice it is open-ended. It is coercive and marked by abuse and inhuman treatment. It has also been likened to forced labour and slavery.

And a recent one from Ethiopia and Tigray

https://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/202...r-the-capital/

Sephiroth

21-05-2026 14:30

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215912)

I thought it was climate change. Or Covid, mate.

Carth

21-05-2026 14:38

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I skim read that first link (Gov.UK) then got sidetracked on the 'claiming asylum' links . . . and then wondered why 80% of those coming over on small boats aren't being returned :erm:

Hugh	21-05-2026 15:10

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215922)

I skim read that first link (Gov.UK) then got sidetracked on the 'claiming asylum' links . . . and then wondered why 80% of those coming over on small boats aren't being returned :erm:

Because of Brexit - before Brexit, under the Dublin regulation, we could send them back to France...

(and they didn't try coming, because of......

the Dublin regulation!)

Carth

21-05-2026 15:52

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215922)

I skim read that first link (Gov.UK) then got sidetracked on the 'claiming asylum' links . . . and then wondered why 80% of those coming over on small boats aren't being returned :erm:

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36215923)

Because of Brexit - before Brexit, under the Dublin regulation, we could send them back to France...

(and they didn't try coming, because of......

the Dublin regulation!)

Wait . . are you telling me that Government Docs from 2025 have the same information as pre-brexit?
No wonder everybody is confused :rolleyes:

1andrew1

21-05-2026 16:12

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36215921)

I thought it was climate change. Or Covid, mate.

I don't think your heart will allow you to type the real reason, even if your head knows it. ;)

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