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It's starting to look like COVID-19 is not very deadly in hot countries.

India has had 56 total cases, and zero deaths. For a country of 1.3 billion people, this is pretty astonishing. Virtually no cases in Africa. No deaths in Indonesia (population 265M).

Only a handful of people have died in hot countries.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

17 minutes ago, neeray said:

You might want to introduce yourself to TAT (Tourist Authority of Thailand). Considering your positive attitude about Pattaya being perfect for steroid use/development, TAT may be interested in developing another HUB.

Pattaya as sin city seems to be dying.

The "family resort idea" didn't catch on.

Formula ONE racing HUB, not sure.

Convention HUB. I don't think that worked either.

TAT are pretty gullible and desperate. They love HUBs.

????

Pattaya is already the hubba hubba hub. ????

31 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

Because it shows just what a weak position UK car manufacturing is in relative to the EU.

You go on about BMW selling units in the UK as if the EU must bend to your will but the reality is UK car production needs access to the EU far more than the EU does to the UK.

The entire premise for your argument is flawed.

Germany export $19.8B of cars to the UK and import only $3.4B. The UK's biggest export markets by value are the US and China.

Given Germany's dominant position within the EU, you can expect them to act in the interests of their own country and the 830,000 German jobs that are on the line. When it comes to car tariffs, the Germans will ensure favourable terms for both the UK and the EU.

Exports

United States: US$8.6 billion (Down -0.7% since 2016)
China: $5.4 billion (Up 17.1%)
Germany: $3.4 billion (Up 4.5%)
 

Imports

Germany: US$19.8 billion (Down -3.1% since 2016)
Belgium: $6.9 billion (Down -4.2%)
Spain: $3.9 billion (Down -14.2%)
 

1 minute ago, Rookiescot said:

This is information that you need.

 

https://www.acea.be/statistics/article/motor-vehicle-trade-between-the-uk-and-main-eu-partners

Why is this relevant to anything?

44 minutes ago, samran said:

I’m not sure how you’ve proven I’ve got a tenuous grasp on economics. You’ve actually proven my point.
 

All you’ve shown is a passage saying German car makers export lots of cars to the UK, cars which are manufactured on the continent. 
 

The question after brexit is whether they simply manufacture all cars on the continent which are destined for the UK market, or whether they continue to produce cars and components in the UK itself - some which which will be needed to be exported back to the continent. After all, the viability of the manufacturing plants in the UK isn’t only reliant on what they sell there, but in the rest of the EU as well. 
 

To use the same source as you, the British government isn’t going to raise tariffs even in the event of a no deal brexit. But, in the case of a no deal brexit, the EU will impose its common 10% tariff, making anything coming out of the Uk more expensive. 

https://www.ft.com/content/b89dffbc-e99a-11e9-85f4-d00e5018f061

 

This situation will create an additional cost on anything which leaves the Uk for the EU, thereby putting into question the viability of any UK based plants, a question which will need to be answered. 
 

So again we have another flaccid ‘gotchya’ post from economic illiterate brexiters desperately holding onto the myth ‘they need us for than we need them’...

 

 

Literacy must not be your strong point either.

You said "the closed off market isn’t large enough to justify the investment".

I pointed out that the UK car market is by far Germany's largest, and therefore would justify substantial investment. Writing an essay and calling me a "brexiter" doesn't make you right.

11 hours ago, puipuitom said:

Economies of scale will prevent any EU car manufacturer to start in the UK. Only the opposite, like BMW-Mini, concentrated to their factory in Borne-NL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_by_country

Stick to clogs and windmills, the grown-up countries are discussing car manufacturing.

13 hours ago, samran said:

Or they just don’t bother.
 

Why spend millions to build or retool when the closed off market isn’t large enough to justify the investment, and you won’t be able export competively back to the market you used to have unfettered access to. 

Wrong.

https://www.ft.com/content/c06b1762-761d-11e8-b326-75a27d27ea5f

German carmakers will bend over backwards to accommodate the UK. You seem to have a very tenuous grasp of basic economics.

You could show him these graphs of the Pound falling from 45 to 40 over the last 3 years, and the US dollar falling from 35 to 30.

You could go on to explain that the Baht has strengthened against all major currencies over the last 3 years. It isn't just the Pound that has fallen.

15 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It was not the lack of long sentencing laws that lead to this murderer being loose on the streets, the laws to keep him and any terrorist in prison for the rest of their life already exist.

 

He was let loose because of funding cuts to the probation service and a drive to cut the costs of prisons by releasing prisoners early.

 

Incorrect. There is a very specific reason why he was let out early. Usman Khan went to the Court of Appeal in April 2013 and successfully deceived the court, claiming that he was not a risk to society.

The Court of Appeal believed Khan's lies about how he had been reformed, and Lord Justice Leveson reduced his sentence so that he would be automatically be released 5 years later.

If Lord Justice Leveson had denied his appeal, he would still be behind bars.

11 hours ago, bannork said:

A sensitive reaction from the Brexiteers.

Try not to shoot the messenger, rather listen to his message.

You're not going to be controlling British waters. The French will be.

The shame, the horror....

A Youtube video is hardly a reliable factual source.

Here's a quote from the government white paper on fisheries:

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Given the heavy reliance on UK waters of the EU fishing industry (on average between 2012 and 2016 other EU Member States’ vessels landed in the region of 760,000 tonnes of fish (£540 million revenue)), as well as the importance of EU waters to the UK (UK vessels landed approximately 90,000 tonnes of fish (£110 million revenue) in other Member States’ waters per year in the same time period), it is in both our interests to reach a deal that works for the UK and the EU’s fishing communities.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fisheries-white-paper-sustainable-fisheries-for-future-generations/sustainable-fisheries-for-future-generations-consultation-document

The EU caught £540 million of fish per year in UK waters.

The UK caught £110 million of fish per year in EU waters.

Have a guess who has the strongest bargaining position when the UK leaves the EU. Hint - it's not the EU.

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2 hours ago, yogi100 said:

You don't have to live in Thailand to post on any forum on Thai Visa or on any other of the various forums based on the LOS. I'd say most of the contributors are visitors. 

 

I post on the Pattaya forum yet I don't live there. The way things are going I'm glad I don't.

So you post about issues that you have no direct knowledge of, and that do not impact your life in any way. Would you be offended if I suggested that your posts on the "Pattaya forum" carry less weight than posts from people who actually live there?

10 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Popularity does not equate to real talent or insight as a martial artist, he was just a show off not highly regarded by many by masters, but he was by the ignorant public. The films look like they were made by amateurs. She never really knew him as she was a baby when he died, just after money.

Come on Orton, I usually like your posts but you are being unfair here.

His films were very successful, and he was the lead actor in all of them. Which actors in martial arts movies have "real talent or insight as a martial artist" in your opinion?

And what exactly do you mean by a "master"? Plenty of martial arts "masters" got their asses kicked in the early days of the UFC .....

If you think that Bruce Lee was a bad actor or a bad martial artist, that's your subjective opinion, but most people would disagree with you.

This time, you're eating noodles. Next time, it's gonna be glass.

4 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

Is this prediction based upon anything other than petty, small mindedness?

Ah, then you think that Scotland should pay the £150 billion they owe? Somehow I doubt it ????

34 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

Just to be clear, is this the week when Gordon Brown is declared a financial genius? Will he revert back to 'the worst chancellor ever' next week or is his status flexible depending upon the message? 

You don't need to be a financial genius to work out that Scotland will end up massively in debt should they become independent.

Ironic that you are challenging Brown's credibility when he says something that you don't agree with. Obviously I should have quoted a Tory politician instead, maybe George Osborne or Alistair Darling.

3 hours ago, RuamRudy said:

 

I am not entirely sure that's how it works...

Well, if you don't believe me, here is Scottish former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to explain things:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/independence-condemn-scots-20-years-12776467
 

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Independence would condemn Scotland to 20 years of debt misery.

 

Even the SNP figures show that the economy would suffer following a Yes vote.

 

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Each year, an additional £10billion in debt would be added to our liabilities as, year after year, the SNP borrow more and more money to replace the fiscal support we currently receive through the UK-wide Barnett formula.

 

After 10 years of independence, Scotland will have a total debt of nearly £250billion – the £150billion or so of legacy debt from our share of UK debt and then new debt of £100billion.

 

Total debt interest payments would be more than £7.5 billion a year.

 

That’s money spent on debt interest which is so huge that it is more than half the current budget of the NHS and nearly as much as we spend today on education.

 

19 hours ago, Yinn said:

That why you should vote for younger woman.

will be better for your life.

Vote Yinnluck to be the next Prime Minister ????