Denial.
You think cash is free to transact, it is also a cost to the business.
Cash is dying.....it will take longer to die in Thailand, but it will die.
What you mean is that YOU have no idea what I am talking about.
Cash is NEVER cheaper than electronic payment systems. There is a much higher cost to handling cash..........or you think Makro pay their suppliers in cash
Where in Portugal can you get low cost housing. Food is certainly not cheaper than in Thailand.
I don't see anything particularly attractive in the tax rates either - do you have evidence to the contrary.
For you maybe, I can understand that.
The UK can be a great place to live if you have the resources.................the weather and the cheap sex edges it for Thailand.
It is not complex at all.
Had you Googled (or done some research on here) you would quickly discover that is not possible to get a Schengen whilst your GF is in the UK on a standard visitor visa.
Coffee
Prat about on the PC
Coffee
Prat about on the PC (or shopping)
Tea
Swim and a bit of exercise
Lunch (smashed avocado and poached eggs on sourdough toast - or a salad - followed by home made Greek Yoghurt with berries).
Prat about on the PC
Rest
Dinner (roast chicken/pork with veggies or a salad followed by yoghurt with berries and a square of 92% dark chocolate.
TV
Lemon Balm Tea
Sleep
I understand exactly how it is played - and have long been an advocate of PR.
Labour's seat tally was only so high because of the appalling performance by the Conservatives.........voters didn't want Labour in...............they wanted the Tories out.