Baht Simpson

This is not about the value of the pension, it's about equality. When it comes to State Pensions the U.K. pension is poor compared to many other European countries.

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To my mind there is no real excuse for denying expats any increases. It's discrimination pure and simple and the only reason they've done it is because they can get away with it. It's not a gift from the government it's a contract between government and the people, who contribute via National Insurance and Income Tax for a certain specified number of years to qualify for the agreed pension plus any relevant increases. Those increases are then arbitrarily taken away based solely on residency and not contribution or need. There is no moral excuse for this.

I agree. I'll add my name but this matter has already been submitted to the European Courts who astonishingly found in favour of the U.K. government. The most that will happen is a question will be asked in the House which will be quickly swatted away.

They love it on Fragantica. 4.28/5. It's one of those fragrances that got a bad press because your Dad used to wear it but is actually good and gloriously retro. Just the original formula though, not the new stuff which smells like a badgers a**e.

Jungle Boy for me. ???? Actually Gillette Cool Wave if I'm just out and about and I'll borrow some of my friend's CK on special occasions.

Brut we can agree on but original Old Spice is great.

Thanks, lopburi. I've just checked again and they say the money has been sent. It was just a bit worrying as all my other transfers were there in minutes. I'll try to avoid month end in future.

Problems today with Wise to KBank. I keep getting the message "Your money's taking longer to pay out". There doesn't seem to be any way to query the transfer with them.

Yes, I use Line to call the U.K. at 16b per hour to landline only. The only drawback is that it's limited to 1 hour a month and it seems you can't top up within that period if you use up the credit. It works fine for me though.

"Operating performance for the first half of 2021 compared with the first half of 2020, KBank and its subsidiaries reported net profit of Baht 19,521 Million, an increase of Baht 9,971 Million or 104.40% over the same period of 2020" https://kasikornbank.com/en/News/Pages/Performance-H1-2021.aspx They're actually doing o.k., up to July at least.