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My last flight from Heathrow the pilot announced just before take off that 45 bags out of 240 had to be left behind. Are you feeling lucky, punk?

Changing seasons instead of the monotony of hot and wet or hot and dry, beautiful architecture of old towns and villages instead of the uniform drabness in Thailand, not having to sit behind someone driving at 20mph in the outside lane, being able to sit outside with a beer in summer till 11pm while its still light and without getting bitten to death, vast choice of theatre, concerts, art galleries and museums if that's your thing. One man's meat is another man's poison. There's no one size fits all answer, it's wherever you feel happiest.

He/she/they/it (is that all the pronouns?) must have memorised the numbers.

And the point of the OP is? That you can't predict the future?

The topic in your post was corruption, law breaking and incompetence. I've just given you an example of the second one. I could also give you examples of the other two, but I'd probably be wasting my breath.

And the other one doesn't? How about the illegal invasion of Iraq for starters?

Good initiative. Let's hope the money is invested wisely.

Austerity, aka living within your means (which incidentally they didn't even achieve).

Exactly. The current crop of politicians on both sides is the worst in living memory. Believing that changing one set of clowns for another is going to improve anything is living in cloud cuckoo land.

Are you seriously suggesting we would not be in this mess if Diane Abbott had been in charge?

Of course. Anyone who questions US hegemony must be a communist.

Savile certainly. Churchill - not sure how you get to that conclusion. Yes, he made plenty of gaffes, but can you honestly see Britain winning WW2 with Chamberlain or Halifax at the helm (they were the alternatives at the time, along with Attlee, who Churchill famously described as "a sheep in sheep's clothing"). As for Thatcher - how exactly did she con the British public? You may not like her policies, but she did exactly what she promised to do at three general elections.

Something like a Special Military Operation then?

Thanks for the ID. I spotted lots of them on Laguna golf course in Phuket and wondered what they were. Stunning birds.

We will fight them on the beaches, we will fight them on the seas and in the air.............

Priceless!!

My God! Is this an outbreak of common sense among the political elite? Let's hope it turns into a pandemic.

The Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services - I thought I was reading a piece about communist China. Why can't any of our rulers understand that prices are determined by supply and demand, not government edict. Their net zero agenda demonised the oil producers, so supply dried up and guess what.......prices started rising (long before the war in Ukraine, which they're all now desperately trying to blame to deflect attention from their own disastrous policies.). All "freezing prices" will do is destroy supply and lead to shortages, so they'll eventually have to subsidise the producers to produce more. Economics 101, but still beyond our clueless world leaders.

Wouldn't that require intelligent road users??

Does the same apply for the first extension of an O-A visa? i.e. 12 months of 65k baht transfers prior to applying?

I'm having one done this year at Medpark hospital. Not the cheapest option, but not the most expensive either. Checked out quite a few hospitals and was impressed with the facilities there and the surgeon. PM me for intro.

It will give quite a few of them jobs too.

Recommend OCEAN NEW DESIGN. They make and install anywhere in Thailand and can visit you for fitting and choice of materials. PM me if you need a personal contact (my stepson works for them).

The price of oil is rising because oil companies have stopped trying to produce it and are turning themselves into renewable energy companies to placate the climate change evangelists. Unfortunately they're finding out that the sun doesn't always shine (especially at night) and the wind doesn't always blow. So demand for "evil" oil and gas is going through the roof, while supply is declining. Guess what that means. The price of energy has a knock-on effect on the cost of everything, especially fertiliser. So good luck to the 'War Room' trying to turn the tide of world markets. King Canute comes to mind.

That's not what I said. Please re-read my post. Saying that Thailand's response has been no better or worse than many other governments does not imply support for the "goons".