RichardColeman

Considering there is a well known person in hospital/prison now that will go on to be government adviser, I think this is very harsh

Probably smelt him 5km away

Kinda hard not to allow free entry when half of afican and middle east age young men can walk in for free !

Exactly - so, how can you tell the difference between a 'resident' taking money from abroad rather than using a bank transfer and a tourist if they are using a foreign visa card ? You can't hence they would need to attack tourists as the tax would be lost on residents removing foreign money. Also in the UK you are not taxed on a certain level, I think it will be hard for Thailand to implement a system of tax on a sum that needed no tax paid on it ! Personally I think they would just say a tax on monies over a million baht up. Smaller would not be worth it and could it the tourists that may have a thai account

Surely the logic of this nuts idea would be that ALL foreign ATM charges are now going to have to include thai income tax at X%, since it is basically the transfer of money from abroad and would need taxing at the same rate as bank transfers - TAT will shoot this down before any opposition does

I would imagine that 800k will be severely effected by 'retro income tax' coming later !

Public hanging live in tv for me

OK if the arrivals are so great, why are they all pictured checking in to leave ?

When there is a fleecing available, fleece it !

As I am not a American citizen I would have to say Reps or Dems or even my own UK government overspending without future cuts is idiotic

I would honestly say that anyone selling their UK home or country of origin home is absolutely off their rocker. There are far too many variables in life NOT to keep your home. This said, I do not intend to stay in Thailand, it has never been my plan to stay here. Once my UK pension comes in then I will probably return back to the UK and visit here on part time basis. I can afford to take the Mrs and kid back in 8 years - my house will fund that (plus 3 pensions) - old 2-bed semi council house in the richest part of the UK is worth 4 bed detached up north in a nice village and still putting £100k in the bank to satisfy UK immigration. Old age for me is sitting in a nice conservatory in the UK, watching the snow or rain come down, a beer in hand and some old 70's re-runs on the tv - not sitting in a concrete poured building in 37 degrees. Life is/was about planning - you plan bad, well that was your choice. I have no sympathy for you - or the idiots i sit round the pool with. That said I sold everything to clear my house for my tenant, so , yes , I kinda sold everything, but not the one most important one

On the bright side, being intoxicated should nullify any insurance claim and he have to pay for it all himself - just rather a shame he does not have to pay for the emergency services costs

Another two fingers up to the sufferers of the recent fires and his pathetic offer of $700 ! Shameful president

No, it is whatever the media want you to believe it is..................on pretty much everything

Thought the TAT were quoting 2.2 so far and 4.5 for the year. There is no way on God's green earth China will send 7 million tourists in the last 3.5 months

I think I would insist on pay on delivery and only after full QC check with any these dodgy Chinese subs

With Biden and the democrats destroying the USA with overspending and paying 35 cents on every dollar borrowed on debt, plus paying out 5.5% or whatever on 6 months investments, people in my mind are running to get dollars to invest in the USA debt market. A guaranteed 5.5% on the debt market is a great payout as opposed to risky shares. People in charge of the USA finances and overspending are complete idiots

Honest Nigerian in Thailand story must be even rarer than a positive Trump one on here :)

Why on earth would a sensible American business man invest in a country courting China investment, chinese tourists and chinese armaments ?

If it had been me, I'd have been found in the local whore house not tea house. If you're going away for a long time I would put totty over tea

Sorry but unless they drop the flight prices back to 2019 prices you will get nowhere near that. It is absolutely idiotic to think you will get the same number of tourists as 2019 when flights are up 50%.

The girl then revealed the identity of the alleged rapist to police and a search is underway for the beast. Without knowing full details of the perp the story is too much guesswork - the rapist could well be an immature school friend, that is more likely to get a ticking off than a 40 years old man get 20 years

More likely its mother and father were actually brother and sister !

If all borg women were as hot a 7, I'm all game