Whilst cogitating and contemplating in the prone position in the confines of my privvy the other day, it occurred to me that the British distaste for the continental bidet is not only misplaced, but surprisingly so given our modern (and now ephemeral) connection with Europe and its idiosyncracies. Paper alone has NEVER been a solution for yours truly, only soap and water can make one completely user friendly should the occasion arise (and I am not referring to same sex interraction here, but generally I hasten to add). So I am pro-Bidet and a remainer (no contradiction in terms or allusion to 'clinkers' or Kingons). But just as you don't have to be an evangelical fascist to be anti-abortion neither should Brexiteers be sterotyped as automatically being ant-bidet. So I would like to hear the thoughts of Brexiteers who are also pro-bidet. If I get a big enough sample I might take this further, as negotiations speed up to the Article 50 deadline all pertinent information might be important.

I think for once Stirling may have been being ironic; possibly even aiming a joke at himself.

Anyway, my post could not have been construed as middle class. There’s nowt more working class than washing your @rse in the sink. Often, after I’m finished, I’ll then use the sink to clean a few car engine parts.

In his defence Stirling may have been confusing being 'middle class' with being 'English'. And make sure you sanitise yourself before you move on to the car parts, motor oil and battery acid can smart somewhat although I'm not speaking from direct experience you understand.

thank you for encouraging me not to be serious, I will certainly be taking your message on board, and as for your common in-law may I say your chuckling is rather negative, the poor man might not be trying to break out of a working class idiom, he may just prefer washing his *rse the continental way, I had a friend who was obsessed with being working class, you couldn't put a bit of mustard on a banger instead of daddy's or drink a pint of bitter without him commenting on one's being pretentious, we must try and uncouple ourselves from this prism of snobbery, even if its inverted snobbery, it's very British, and I bet you get more skid marks in your bill grundies then either me or your misses's old man, maybe you should get yourself a flannel, flannels are in no way bourgeois.

I like a Central Europe toilet where your sh1t sits on a shelf for you to inspect before flushing. Quite satisfying seeing a a big dump after loads of beer and food blow out.