Chelseafan

I don't particuarly have any love for the BBC but I do find they, more than any other news organisation get it in the neck for the simplest 'slight' and do more than most others outlets to TRY to be neutral, whether this is misguided or not is of course open to debate. On the other hand, it's time to remove the stupid license fee particuarly in this era of digital entertainment.

Sure but on the basis that consumers want cheaper goods. Try building that Apple or Dell product in the US and see what the actual cost go's up by.

For once I agree with Blair. UK already imposes tariffs on a lot of commodites from the US so this sort of balances it out a little. In 2023, we exported £60.4b and imported £57b so not really much of a deficit. Ironically the UK consumer won't shouldn't see any increases unlike our American cousins.

I know. If only there were tariffs and quotas in place to control it 🤪

Thailand has a problem, nearly 20% ($50b) of it's exports are sent to the US, unless they can negotiate a deal then there's going to be some hardship for Thai business.

What is wrong with people ?

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The problem is that state investment in education isn't enough and this equally applies to the UK. If you want a country to prosper for the long-term then invest in the infrastructure, in this case, children.

Myself and Mrs Chelsefan took our daughter out of state education and put her into a private school. We noticed very quickly her lack of skills in critical thinking and the alarming trend of teaching everything parrot-fashion. It was obvious that many of the teachers really couldn't be bothered and were only there for a pay check, suffice to say her education has improved dramatically. Our eldest daughter is currently in University and judging by her coursework the standards are pretty poor compared to a western degree.

Meamwhile a survery in Mathematics found 101% of the population were of good standard...

Not a great look for the Brit but blown out of proportion. I have seen many Thai's drunk and behaving agressively but they never make the news. The media love bashing the foreigners to the point of being Xenophobic.

Exploding the world population I would guess...

And the so-called "crackdown" quitely stopped.

An over-reaction but understandable, Probably cheap Chinese PB's that arn't tested to standards

Anything coming from the US administration these days isn't worth the salt. World leader? Don't make me laugh.