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Yes and a wery good one (Have you never seen the film Cabaret? "every one of zem a wirgin")

He was a product of his time but not a complete bigot as shown in 'The Ballad of East and West' Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth! or in Gunga Din, Though I've beaten you and flayed you by the living god that made you you're a better man than I am Gunga Din. We are not only products of the era we live in but also the country in which we were born, it was obviously normal for an Englishman born in the time of Victoria to feel superiour to all other races. I may be wrong but I dimly remember a connection with the 'White mans burden' poem to the Americans ruling the Philippines after the Spanish war, perhaps the poem was a request.

Well although I find Trump disgusting as a person his latest 5 point plan to combat censorship in any shape or form (which should end cancel culture and the ridiculous game of pronouns) finds my full approval. Those who think Trump can turn back the clock and make America great again are in for a disappointment however. The world is in recession and there's no country left to pull the cart from the swamp, hard times are coming for us all, especially for the entitled Americans who will suddenly realize that credit cards aren't money. For the last 6 months I've been reading and watching all the economic news, forecasts, podcasts etc that I can get my hands on, it's frightening to say the least, recovery (there's always a recovery) will take decades, I am reminded of the book, 'The bread of those early years' (Das Brot der früheren Jahren) by Heinrich Boell about a man living in post war Germany, "the hourly wage was always less than the price of a loaf of bread".

33 kg! Any room for clothes amongst that cannabis?

but she's still a wirgin😅

He seems out of it, smoking weed before making a video isn't a good idea.

I thought for a moment you were describing the UK.

Many British people die waiting for surgery and as an expat you wouldn't even be on the waiting list. I hope to go like my father, from a heart attack, seems to run in the family at around 80 and that really is long enough. Failing that one could approach a friendly pill pusher of African persuasion in Bangkok and ask for some self medication. I don't wish to sound too nonchalant about it but from a certain age onward usually medical procedures merely lengthen the dying process, your friend with the brain tumour being an exception of course, it should be about quality of life, not survival at any cost.

So the Church authorities aren't being prosecuted for aiding and abetting?

My first thought but apparently he doesn't live here anymore.

As a Brit who left the UK over 50 years ago I only know about England from the news, podcasts and relations telling me how awful it is. I'm 76 and have been blessed with good genes and so am in good health. I find very little to complain about Thailand, life here (as far as I'm concerned) is free and easy. I took the MIL to the dentist in our medium sized market town in Isaan this morning, I had to wait around for an hour so I took a walk in the splendid weather along the high street and around the market, something I don't normally do. The place was a bustling hive of activity, no boarded up shops, which sold everything imaginable, computers, motorbikes, clothes, furniture, farming machines of every variety etc. a picture of prosperity and this in a farming area, not Bangkok. My family, some of whom are still in the UK, most left years ago for Australia, tell me life in England is pretty miserable and expensive with lifeless towns full of boarded up shops, even in London, violent youths and graffiti everywhere, it's almost dystopian. I am grateful to be able to live here, the specter of ill health to the extent of the OP doesn't bother me, I am at an age where death is expected and I would just let nature take its course rather than take multiple hospital visits but that is just my personal philosophy of life.

She probably thought everybody else was driving the wrong way.

He's worried that his term as foreign secretary is coming to a swift end.

I bet that has made All Trump voters regret their decision.

Good news, insanity has to cost money, go broke woke.

Yes, I find it wrong that judges can be political appointees ie the supreme court, they should be neutral or at least their political affiliation should be unknown, I've never heard of politics playing a role in British judges.

Different, novel, I like it.

Completely normal the world over.

Europeans must be better off financially than they are telling us.

Yes America is still somewhat racist but it's more probable that a considerable portion of African Americans are more likely to be involved in crimes, having said that I have read that black people are more likely to get a prison sentence than white people possibly because white Americans can afford to pay for a lawyer as opposed to having one assigned by the court. I disagree that Western courts allow themselves to be politically motivated.

You have no faith in your Justice system?

Well you did write that his enemies had better be afraid

What do her opponents say? I know very little of Harris, I would have preferred anybody but Trump, apart from his failings as a decent human being I was concerned about his remarks regarding Nato, Ukraine, the Paris agreement, his disregard of global warming, his nearness to dictators and his apparent willingness to use the military against the civil population. His anti-wokeness I regard as a plus point. We shall have to wait and see what really transpires during his term as president

True, integrity isn't a hallmark of Starmers, actually it isn't a hallmark of most politicians but with Trump its absence is excessive, apart from everything else I found the reports of him wriggling out of paying firms completely or partially for work done on his buildings particularly loathsome, its no wonder that he had difficulty finding good lawyers to represent him in his many legal cases.

I don't have a cult leader and I'm not upset but like most Europeans I'm appalled, on the other hand we are accustomed to the Americans way of thinking, a bible in one hand and a gun in the other.