5 hours ago, crazykopite said:

From being on your death bed in January to being able to greet people in the streets 3 months later is an absolute miracle 

That's the power of chicken extract.

18 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

Who?

If previous stories are to be believed, Lazarus

22 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Indeed. I thought the purpose of asylum was physical safety, not preference. Asylees are required to move to the first safe country, then wait.  "Shopping" for a preferred host country is not seeking asylum.  Obviously France is just happy to be rid of them. 

So the UK should chuck all the Ukrainian refugees out and send them back to Poland then?

And refugees are not 'required' to move to the first safe country and wait. Read the 1951 Refugee Convention of which the UK is a signatory./

2 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

 The UK and Australia are islands and also don't have the history of gun-ownership that America has.  The cases don't compare. 

 

Banning guns in America would lead to only the criminals having guns.  It wouldn't work.

What about Canada then?

Deaths from gun violence - 0.57 deaths per 100000 compared to the US's 4.31 deaths per 100000. With broadly similar gun laws.

15 minutes ago, Ironmike said:

You can't deport him as he's half Thai so how do the police fix their bribe money here in this case??? If he was full Brit it would be 100k but he's only half Brit so  the fine must be 50k Oh my God what a delemer,,better get mum to the station quick... But in all honesty lock him up for 5 years he could have killed someone

Perhaps they could just deport 50% of him.

I think he meant to say that there were enough ministers at his cabinet meeting for a dinner party.....

It must be the after effects of that terrible illness he had.

"Efforts" - presumably a vinyl sign has been produced.

That'll fix it...

Why is his face not pixelated?

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

The Head Of State is the Prime Minister, who is unelected as such by the people but by the Party membership.

 

The King or Queen is Head of the Commonwealth and acts in an advisory role in weekly meetings with the Prime Minister. The Royal Family has no active role in government, demonstrated by its representative, Black Rod, having the door to the Commons slammed in her face as she approaches from the Lords to summons MPs to hear the King's speech, which lays out the government's ambitions for the coming year.

Except the monarch has to give the Royal Assent before any Bill can be made an Act.

The monarch has no role in parliament, but does have a role in government. This was established after the shenanigans of Charles I who ended up being banned from the Commons - hence the need for Black Rod as the monarch was banned from entering the Commons.

The monarch is the Head of State and is Head of the Church of England. They are the one who, after an election, gives consent to the person visiting the right to form a government and the one who can prorogue parliament - last used legally in 1997 when Major wanted to avoid any debate on the 'Cash for Questions' scandal.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

the possibility of a Formula 1 Grand Prix stage coming to Thailand.

Discussing this with the French President is like talking to him about the price of fish in Huddersfield market.

I suppose he could have discussed about not having a GP - like France in 2023 and 2024...

4 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Labour must loving this.

 

Reform carving off a wad of Tory voters has got to be good new for Labour.

 

30p Anderson a good MP - opinions differ.

 

 

Lee Anderthal is clearly a man of great principle as he was a supporter of the idea that any MP who changed parties mid-stream should always call a by-election. Except when it comes to him.....   Just another useless shouty gammon....

'World' Songkran?????

9 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Majority are race tracks, not street circuits.

 

https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/calendar

 

Not so. Only Mexico and Misano are proper tracks, the rest are temporary or street circuits

And with a gigantic puff of smoke, within 24 hours, 200 new immigration officers suddenly appear...

Quite an intensive training course it seems....

Except, of course, the story is a bit short on detail. Like the fact that the fund was set up in December 2022 with £119m being allocated and the additional £237m was added in December 2023. It is a fund to be used globally, not just in Thailand and so far Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, Turkey and Vietnam have shown interest in the fund. Grants of up to £100,000 can be awarded to UK institutions to collaborate in research.

Not quite the magic money pit it is being puffed up as being.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-science-partnerships-fund-ispf/international-science-partnerships-fund-ispf

https://opportunities-insight.britishcouncil.org/news/opportunities/grants-international-research-collaborations

Another new word to add to the dictionary - Kazakhstani.  Presumably this replaces the proper word Kazakh which those people had been using for centuries.

Next - Thailanders

4 hours ago, RayC said:

Is there any particular reason for this article at this time? Is Clarkson in the news again? What for?

The Grand Tour S5E3 - Sand Job. Released last Friday

Oh look, its that old 'draw a line under this and lets move on' strategy - the great distraction...

21 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

When you say 'the colonies', I assume you're talking about the 14 remaining British Overseas Territories? They could become independent if they wanted to. They're not forced to remain BOTs. 

Do you know why they don't? Because most of them have a population the size of a small town, no natural resources, and enjoy the security and protection of being a BOT. 

The British Empire is in the past, and you need to move on. 

Oh, so nothing to do with most of them (and the Crown Dependencies) being offshore tax dodgers paradises?

And of the rest, several are important strategic military outposts like Gibraltar, Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cuhna. 

56 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

Interest rates were raised. However, current interest rates are not high. They are not even at average levels over the past 50 years.

They're way over the average of the last 15 years - basically the tenure of the so-called 'party that is good for the economy'. Its been economic lunacy ... and Liz Truss....