Cable Forum - Britain outside the EU

We will soon be back to the Sunday night tin bath in front of the (imitation) coal fire, last one in gets all the dirty water . . and anyone that pees in it gets a good slapping :D

Jeez, this makes Project Fear look like the Maldives. :D

Carth

28-06-2026 21:09

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36218460)

Jeez, this makes Project Fear look like the Maldives. :D

tsk . . you youngsters, probably never had the joy of a visit to the outside loo at 9pm on a mid winter evening either. :D

1andrew1

28-06-2026 21:19

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36218462)

tsk . . you youngsters, probably never had the joy of a visit to the outside loo at 9pm on a mid winter evening either. :D

Live and let live. What you get up to in your spare time is up to you. ;)

jem	28-06-2026 21:27

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36218462)

tsk . . you youngsters, probably never had the joy of a visit to the outside loo at 9pm on a mid winter evening either. :D

Where you had to break the ice before you could go! Don’t remind me;)

papa smurf

29-06-2026 07:44

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six inch gap under the door brrr ,but at least you could read the toilet paper:)

and there was no light out there,we had a candle

Sephiroth

29-06-2026 09:49

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36218462)

tsk . . you youngsters, probably never had the joy of a visit to the outside loo at 9pm on a mid winter evening either. :D

I was 19 years old when the outside toilet was converted to a gas fired boiler room and our kitchen larder was converted into an indoor toilet.

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36218470)

six inch gap under the door brrr ,but at least you could read the toilet paper:)

and there was no light out there,we had a candle

That's nothing. Nine inch gap under the door; less than no light and the toilet paper was yesterday's Daily Mirror, picked up from a tube train seat.

papa smurf

29-06-2026 09:59

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screw the paper into a ball and ruffle it up till it went soft,for that luxury feel

Sephiroth

29-06-2026 10:10

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Yeah - screw the Daily Mirror (a red EU supporting rag).

Hugh	29-06-2026 12:10

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Anyhoo, now that we have those images scarred upon our cerebral cortices, let’s get back on topic, please…

1andrew1

11-10-2026 23:47

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Good to see this being acknowledged.

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PM says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit vote

Andy Burnham has said Russia did interfere with the Brexit referendum and warned that similar activities were taking place in France and Germany.

The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast, external that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."

"I think we've been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven't informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas," he added.

Burnham did not provide further details about the type or extent of Moscow's activity during the Brexit referendum...

It is the first time a UK prime minister has said Russia sought to sway the 2016 Brexit poll but there have long been warnings about efforts by the Kremlin to exert influence on UK politics.

In 2020, Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee published a report into Russian interventions in UK elections and referendums.

It did not provide a definitive conclusion on whether Russia had attempted to influence the results of the EU referendum but did criticise successive governments for failing to fully assess or counter the threat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6jdm3zggl0ko

Carth

12-10-2026 01:48

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Imagine how shocked and ashamed I was when I read this news earlier.

I can't believe those pesky Russians were paying me (monies not yet received) to vote in a certain way, I always thought I was simply a stubborn old sod that did what he wanted to, and anyone that didn't like it can bugger off . . .

Actually, truth be known, it seems to me that Burnham is doing a marvelous job of persuading people to vote Labour by calling over 50% of them stooges.

Bye Andy :wavey:

Hugh	12-10-2026 08:32

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36223690)

Imagine how shocked and ashamed I was when I read this news earlier.

I can't believe those pesky Russians were paying me (monies not yet received) to vote in a certain way, I always thought I was simply a stubborn old sod that did what he wanted to, and anyone that didn't like it can bugger off . . .

Actually, truth be known, it seems to me that Burnham is doing a marvelous job of persuading people to vote Labour by calling over 50% of them stooges.

Bye Andy :wavey:

That’s just what a Russian bot would say… ;)

Strange how you perceive someone pointing out that another unfriendly country who may have tried to influence voters surreptitiously makes you a "stooge" - that’s like you saying someone using a zebra crossing who gets run over by a drunk driver was trying to commit suicide.

The whole point of it was to influence voters without them knowing…

TheDaddy

12-10-2026 08:42

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36223690)

Think your being a bit hard on yourself, your not a stooge, its just your voting aligned better with a foreign powers interests than it did our own, that's all.

papa smurf

12-10-2026 08:49

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yes aligning yourself with 27 foreign powers was a terrible idea

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