What about MP's and their "expenses"? Accepting full wages while doing two or more jobs like lawyers, company directors etc. Mortgages paid on second homes, all sorts of traveling expenses etc, etc, etc.
Hypocrites, the lot of them.
I came to live in Thailand a good few years before I was of pension age and I never knew about not getting these annual increases until after I was settled in Thailand and living up country, and not going to bars as I am a non drinker meant not meeting many British ex pats.
I have lived in Thailand for 19 years, been to Pattaya many times although always back in hotel about 11pm. Never had a problem with anyone, though I don't drink or frequent bars.
Yes, they were handling my apartment booking for the UK and they were the link between me and the apartment staff, so I had to go through them everytime I had a question for the staff and when I asked them then clicked the reply I was told most times that the email address did not exist, although the odd time it did, so I would not recommend booking.com
Where do you get a physical travel agent up country? The ones in Bangkok all closed during the Chinese virus and never opened again, there are two cities within about 50 Ks from me, but to my knowledge none have any travel agents.
When I was back in Scotland recently there were plenty of travel agencies, in one mall there were two across from each other.
The unelected coup leader had nine years as a PM, educated at a Military Academy with a similar IQ as an ordinary Somchai in the street.
Thailand is a Banana republic and always will be.
I always carried a hammer under my seat when in the UK, and I also kept a pick axe handle at my door. All it would take is someone to threaten me with violence and I would not think twice about using them.
When you are alone in your house or car in a place like the UK, you have to look after yourself but in saying that I never had to use any of them.
Pedophile's do not deserve to live, they should be exterminated, only one thing, you would have to be 100% certain that they really are Pedophile's, cannot afford mistakes.
I had the exact same problem my tracking no told me my item is being held at customs, this was about 7 weeks ago, at Samut Prakarn. Amazon is not interested. so it seems that's me lost my item. Beware you don't get caught in the same trap.