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Neither compare to the £37bn wasted on the faulty Track and trace system or the £30bn hit to the economy for the scrapped Kwartang budget, or the £10bn covid loan fraud loss or the £100bn hit to the economy caused by brexit. Sometimes £100m doesn't seem so much...

Alas poor Yorick....

When a politician tells you to 'remain calm', its usually time to start worrying.

Its called a shataf and was invented in the Middle East, not Japan. The earliest recorded use of a device similar to a shattaf was in 1386.

And yet, according to the linked article he was not convicted of possession or dealing but 'abetting by engaging in a conspiracy to traffic' because an old, supposedly lost, phone had the number of convicted dealers on it. It does seem pretty flimsy evidence to kill someone for.

Because he can. Remember, this is the man who frittered $44bn on a shouting website he didn't want. This failed firework cost about 5% of that - small beer to Mr Moneybags who has only really acquired such immense wealth because a lot of punters believe nearly everything he says and are willing to put their money in his vastly over-valued companies. Tesla is 'valued' at more than the combined values of VW, Toyota and Ford so it is priced as if in a dream world - in 13 years the price to asset value has never been lower than 44 times and has been up to 181 times. Imagine if you can, buying a house for 10m Bt and then borrowing half a billion Bt against its value. What could possibly go wrong?

An article that answers the question 'Is there an election coming up?"

"Accused of sabotage" No they haven't. The accusation is the 'intelligence' services think that the russians might consider sabotage. No such sabotage has been reported from the North Sea. Just another case to demonstrate the first casualty of war is the truth.

Or it could be that the UK has allowed the generators to maintain and even increase substantially their dividends by setting a very high price cap and making the public suck it up. Thailand has chosen to cap at a much lower rate.

A similar fire occurred to 18 racing electric motorbikes a few years ago in Spain. That was put down to a short circuit. https://www.motorsport.com/motoe/news/motoe-cause-of-fire-disaster/4353463/

It's an odd world when a party that makes itself an accessory to treason and misleads millions of people by continuously lying, gets a fine and can then continue spewing its filth, whereas a party (Wikileaks/Assange) that distributes the truth (albeit some very inconvenient truths) gets imprisoned without trial for years with a possibility of being murdered by the state.

Oh my goodness, they may infringe a patent. And what does the US intend to do if they DO touch the technology? Send them to bed without supper? Write a stern note to someone in charge? I've noticed that politely worded requests have very little effect on Russia.

MDMA is crystalline. And its not new. It was initially invented in 1912, 111 years ago. It was described by the UK's 'drug czar' as being no more dangerous than horse riding. And it doesn't put you to sleep or deaden your senses so it cannot be described as a 'narcotic' However, while the substance itself is basically harmless, the crude method of production and general carelessness means that a badly prepared batch can be harmful because of impurities (MDME), similarly if it is mixed with a more dangerous substance (which is very much a Thai way). I would suggest that Ecstasy is rather sophisticated and too 'low key' for the enthusiastic locals but an ideal thing for a politician to start trying to spook uninformed people with.

So they get caught in a conspiracy to commit murder and the Governor politely suggests they resign. Am surprised the offenders didn't just get moved to 'inactive posts'... Oklahoma behaving just like Saudi Arabia in its treatment of journalists.

They sell ecstasy tablets and disguise them as coffee? That requires some monumentally stupid customers...

So the great 'I reckon' index has risen a liitle. Whoopee-doo... ????

Oooh... its Harry and Meghan in the sun......

I believe the problem can be summarised thus: Cost of solving problem - lots Cost of suggesting people wear a mask - nothing.

This escalation should be suppressed or it could lead to an outbreak of cynicism. Scary

10 million! Well, that's not to be sniffed at...

Brilliant. A superb answer.

Its much the same as promising to cut tax to provide people with more money. This way though means that using already collected money, the Thai GDP figure is boosted making the economy appear to be booming. So just the usual smoke & mirrors....

Just had a look at an old policy and its not only winter sports that require an extra premium. The list is Golf cover (covering loss of equipment, hire of equipment and green fees), Business cover (covering business equipment, samples, money and replacing staff), Wedding cover (covering outfits, gifts, rings and photographer), Natural catastrophe cover (covering cancellation, being stranded, car parking, kennel fees and travel expenses to get home) and Cruise cover (covering missed port, cabin confinement and unused excursions).

Try googling "all inclusive holiday Thailand" - I got 28 million results. It's all in the name. These sort of holidays are not exclusive to the Chinese visiting Thailand and are common.

Is that the local lynching pole?