NoshowJones

What details? As KannikaP says, just leave the UK and come back. Do you think that out of millions of OAP state pensioners all the ones who have changed addresses have notified the DWP?

Yes, but don't tell them.

How would Thailand manage if all expats, retiree's, long stayers suddenly started packing and making arrangements to leave. I am not saying that we should be treated as Thais, but the Thai authorities should remember what we expats are contributing to their economy, taking Thai families out of poverty etc, and should treat us accordingly.

I admit I could be wrong, and I do agree with "where who you know counts for far more than what you know," I suspect brown envelopes involved in some way, but surely you need a good education with university degree's to be successful in politics. Think about it, imagine the unelected caretaker PM being in charge of a full government of people with university degree's in anything, and none of the 200 odd senator's/generals involved. Would he have lasted one month never mind nine years?

It wouldn't be an all you can eat buffet by any chance. ????

Best advice, as some IO's have different rules from others, and even make up their own.

Are there any proper politicians? If you put Thailand and the UK together, All senior politicians are liars, thieves (in the case of the UK) and hypocrites, and that's not counting the soldiers, who are even worse. Unlike "proper" politicians, the soldiers don't even have the brains to cover up their corruption.

You have a point, but when you have soldiers probably with a similar IQ as the ordinary Thai person running the country, what happens? I don't know how long you have lived here, but I came here when there were proper politicians, with good education running the country, no forced 90 day reports like common criminals. After 2014 "the coup" which and leading up to the pandemic, hundreds of ex pats were leaving Thailand. Compare the streets and entertainment places in Bangkok and Pattaya in 2014, then again in 2019 before the pandemic. "who wants Thailand to be like the west?" despite an unelected caretaker government running the country, the good still outweighs the bad compared to the UK.

No one can be really sure about anything, I wonder what would have happened if there was no covid when the last protests were ongoing. If it wasn't for covid, would the government have survived? They were very quick to bring out a law which forbade any crowding.

I am not sure about another coup, I don't think the Thai people would stand for that, especially the younger ones.

The soldiers government are to blame for all this, I don't think I need to point out the reasons for this. They just don't care.

Not long ago I was riding my motorbike along a busy highway and found a case right in the middle of the lane, I tied the case onto my bike expecting to find someone parked on the hard shoulder, I did and returned the bag to them. If I could not find anyone, my intention was to take the case home, open it to see if I could find any ID, then return it to them.

Use an agent? It is not illegal as the "scared of your own shadow" brigade would have you believe.

But are they really? Does anyone actually believe anything that comes out of the unelected, caretaker, "there will be no coup" PM's mouth?

Very true. Because it will affect them financially.

Good point.

If that happened, it would not be long before the protests start again, and this time the protesters would win. Just an opinion.

I repeat again just for you. I am not referring to the dedicated doctors and nurses, is that plain enough, will I repeat it again?? This debate with you is now finished.

"when COVID is spreading and increasing in Thailand," That is not what I read, I read that some health authority said there was no cause for concern. I repeat "no cause for concern".

Are the medical profession and big pharma not on the same wavelength? Sorry if I got that wrong. During the height of the pandemic, who was it that was responsible for putting people into hospital just because they were found to be sitting near someone on the plane who tested positive and charging them around 15,000 Bt for the privilege? It wasn't the soldiers government all on their own.

Looks like I have to explain myself again. I am not hitting out at the dedicated nurses and doctors, it is the head ones at the top who are more interested in their own financials. The pandemic is finished, we do not need certain parties to try and keep some kind of virus fear going and creating more anguish for the ordinary Thai people, the fact that most of them are afraid to dispose of their masks proves that.

He was involved too much with soldiers to be any good as a PM. A lot of his posters have been torn down where I live, I just laugh to myself as I ride past them.

He should just shut up and go back to sleep.

The medical profession don't want to lose all the extra income the have aqquired since the pandemic started.

They should never have blocked anyone in, no excuses.