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Have you ever eaten at a hotels buffet ? I have seen both Indian and Chinese load their plates to overflowing , especially the meat or prawns , then eat only half . I attend a casino where there is a complimentary buffet . On the wall is a notice that says " do not take more than you can eat as you will be charged at 200 baht for uneaten food " . That stops overloading plates .

That is reason enough to hit Russia now because once the radiation has leaked it is virtually game over for living in Ukraine

Covid hit most world economies and then came the Russia / Ukraine war which also has a profound effect on many countries . Then we had the Liz Truss mini budget that sent the UK inflation and interest rates soaring . Brexit had a small effect initially that was mostly caused by the E.U. enforcing heaps of red tape on continuous established trading rules . Indeed the E,U. reminded me of "a woman scorned " . The UK voted for Brexit to be free of the Brussels shackles and the massive amount of foreign labour that hit the UK because of the free movement of labour under E.U. rules . The UK did not want to be part of a united Europe which meant we were basically governed by non elected E.U. bureaucrats . The UK was losing its identity and way of life . I have friends from Germany , France and Italy who all agree that the UK did the right thing in leaving the E.U. and also wished that their countries would do the same as their countries have been hit with massive immigration . What price your soul ? The E.U / E.E.C. / Common Market has out grown its purpose .

European inflation rates 2022 Country Last Previous Reference Unit Liechtenstein 3 3.3 Oct/22 % Switzerland 3 3 Nov/22 % Luxembourg 6 6.9 Nov/22 % France 6.2 6.2 Nov/22 % Spain 6.8 7.3 Nov/22 % Malta 7.4 7.4 Oct/22 % Norway 7.5 6.9 Oct/22 % Albania 8.3 8.1 Oct/22 % Finland 8.3 8.1 Oct/22 % Cyprus 8.7 8.8 Nov/22 % Faroe Islands 8.8 7.3 Sep/22 % Greece 9.1 12 Oct/22 % Ireland 9.2 8.2 Oct/22 % Iceland 9.3 9.4 Nov/22 % Netherlands 9.9 14.3 Nov/22 % Portugal 9.9 10.1 Nov/22 % Euro Area 10 10.6 Nov/22 % Germany 10 10.4 Nov/22 % Slovenia 10 9.9 Nov/22 % Denmark 10.1 10 Oct/22 % Austria 10.6 11 Nov/22 % Belgium 10.63 12.27 Nov/22 % Sweden 10.9 10.8 Oct/22 % United Kingdom 11.1 10.1 Oct/22 % European Union 11.5 10.9 Oct/22 % Italy 11.8 11.8 Nov/22 % Russia 12.6 13.7 Oct/22 % Kosovo 12.7 12.7 Oct/22 % Croatia 13.2 12.8 Oct/22 % Slovakia 14.9 14.2 Oct/22 % Serbia 15 14 Oct/22 % Czech Republic 15.1 18 Oct/22 % Belarus 15.2 17.4 Oct/22 % Romania 15.32 15.88 Oct/22 % Montenegro 16.8 16 Oct/22 % Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.4 17.3 Oct/22 % Poland 17.4 17.9 Nov/22 % Bulgaria 17.6 18.7 Oct/22 % Macedonia 19.5 19.8 Nov/22 % Estonia 21.3 22.5 Nov/22 % Latvia 21.8 22.2 Oct/22 % Hungary 22.5 21.1 Nov/22 % Lithuania 22.9 23.6 Nov/22 % Ukraine 26.6 24.6 Oct/22 % Moldova 34.62 33.97 Oct/22 % Turkey 84.39 85.51 Nov/22 %

A very difficult situation for the Tory government with so many strikes happening or starting in December . The armed forces can only cover for so much . If Sunak tries to rule with an iron fist we may see the country grind to a halt . Most pay claims seem to be made on the back of today's cost of living and the high rate of inflation . Keeping in mind that the BOE forecast that the inflation rate will drop to 6% or under next year , then maybe pay claims should be held in abeyance until the financial situation has calmed down . My only backing is for the nurses who have a justified case unlike the railway men etc , ( under the leadership of Mick Lynch ), whose average pay of £44,000 per year is way ahead of the national medium , pure greed . Maybe time to nationalise the railways and all services that can hold the country to ransom and effect the lives of many without any care or consideration for others .

Thanks but where did you find that number because my Google search gave several UK numbers but your number was not included ?

Mine arrived 34 hrs after promised . In the interim I transferred a nominal amount which went through in seconds which did puzzle me and got me thinking , have they done a runner and I decided to contact them . However as you say their chat line was down , their given Singapore phone came back with " no such number " and their email messaging just collapsed . So not contactable on the day . I was able to send an email yesterday to voice my disappointment in their performance and lack of customer service . At the very least they should apologise to those who suffered delays to deliveries beyond the promised payout times .

Just to reiterate , I have attached below the current daily dilemma which is showing the ridiculous payments paid by the various health trusts under the NHS for agency health workers . Figures show ten trusts paid agency nurses more than £2,000 for a day’s work while a third splashed out more than £1,000 for a single shift, it has been revealed. The priciest was £2,549 forked out by one trust. An average nurse employed by the NHS earns £130 a shift.

Not only nurses . Chart below shows the UK dilemma .

Regarding the UK NHS . The fact is that the nurses have been underpaid for many years . To enable the service to continue working over the last 20 years or more , the government sought foreign nurses who were happy to work in the NHS as they were being paid very much more that they were getting in their home countries . I believe they were working on 3 or 4 year visas and had to return to their mother countries when the visas expired . So that is one reason on the lack of nurses but another reason is migration . Last year there was a net migration of 504,000 . However that does not tell the whole story because there were 1,064,000 immigrants and 504,000 emigrants . In the last year 2000 doctors and 40,000 nurses left the UK to countries such as Australia , New Zealand and the U.S.A. where their profession is well paid and respected . Furthermore some of the NHS nurses who left , went and worked for agencies and doubled their income but ironically were then working again within the NHS as agency nurses at a huge cost to the government . The NHS is in danger of collapsing and it needs urgent help with cross party involvement , not just the Tories who have not managed it well . As a Tory , I am embarrassed with the lack of attention given by the government over the last 12 years , no excuses as it has been going down the pan for some time .

Not to mention that most if not all do not carry passenger insurance , let alone their motor bike insurance .

Indeed and speaking for the UK only ( suspect most other western countries will be the same ) , 2023 will be a difficult financial year , with not only huge rises in energy bills to cover but also those with a mortgage will not be factoring into their budgets foreign holidays , let alone long haul expensive flights . Most families will be staying at home or stay locations at best . These airlines are ruthless . A friend flew in recently to Bangkok and he said the flight was full . He paid £1000 with Thai Air which he booked 4 months ago , and returns next March . He kept an eye on the flight cost week by week and saw it rise to £1500 . Easier for an individual but if say a family of 4 then that would be beyond most budgets . Plus if things are not bad enough , the Bank of England may raise the base interest rate again soon . That will stop most Brits from long haul travel . Cannot see too many Chinese allowed to come any time soon .

Sorry to say that Pattaya has been such an attraction for adults for over 50 years . I think most people coming to Thailand are aware what Pattaya has to offer . I for one would not bring a young family to such a place . There are far better holiday venues to visit that have clean beaches and are free of prostitution .

Absolutely correct . So the police clean up Pattaya , who is going to go there for holiday fun ? nobody for sure . Pattaya is all about girls and bars but the girls are seen as an easy target for the cops . Can you imagine how much the top cop will be making a night at 1000 baht fine per girl ? Much more than checking traffic .

When it is busy at arrivals , the queue can stretch down to the bottom of the carpeted slope and is 3 or 4 people wide , so no way to be through in 15 minutes . I no longer have those problems as I take the over 70 s desks at the top of the slope to the right . 15 minute's at the maximum and I have seen a few queue dodgers , from the main hall where it was very busy , get chucked out . The baggage carousel can be pot luck . I have arrived there to be one of the first waiting for their luggage . Sometimes I have waited half an hour whilst worrying that my luggage is lost . I am wondering if someone else has taken my luggage by mistake because many cases look the same , especially black ones . So I have taken steps to easily I.D. my cases by placing brightly coloured sticky tape , with my name on it . all round the case . Can see it from a long way off .

Walking from the plane to immigration can sometimes take 20 minutes depending on the carrier

So how is it that horse racing , chicken cock fighting and the lottery are OK to gamble on but not football ? Can only be that it is just another easy way to fine gamblers and line the pockets of the police ? BTW any news on the proposed casinos for Thailand ?

You really need to proof read your posts before submitting . Try to read the following slowly and carefully consider your rely . You said , Lets just deal with your actuals rather than your 'prophecies'. Then you quote , Recent official figures show the UK's unemployment rate has edged up, and the Bank of England has forecast it will nearly double by 2025 . It did not take me long to find why the visa for unskilled workers on a tier 3 application had been withdrawn . Because employers were paying well below the minimum wage in many cases and many of the foreign workers simply disappeared to work for cash in the hand jobs . The CBI were guilty of paying below the minimum wage in many businesses and one was the chain of NEXT shops . Also employed staff of under the age of 18 years old for an hourly rate of below the minimum £4 62. The big UK businesses did not care about the UK national , only cared about profits . There were also foreign non English speaking tradesmen working for B.A.E. on construction of new destroyers for the British navy ( by way of sub contractors ) . How they got M.O.D. security clearance needs investigation . Foreign labour is needed but will be overseen by the UK government and not by some approved businesses that proved to be untrustworthy . Employers of foreign labour need to be accountable for the workers and if the company is found to be non-compliant with the rules , they should be hit with a substantial fine and legal proceedings taken to their CEO . Finally , I welcome constructive criticism , general debate and others opinions but I expect that any communication is written with respect and not nonsense , that you implied .

The Uk needs to attract foreign labour in the very near future , in order to promote the growth in the economy . However it needs to be carried out in a controlled way , unlike the crazy E.C. free movement of labour . Let us not forget the UK government supported many workers financially during the lock down of the covid pandemic . It has also backed Ukraine ahead of all E.U. countries and is only headed by the U.S.A. The U.K was well ahead of all E.U. countries in the procurement of the covid vaccine and also in the national vaccination programme . Do you recall when the E.C. stopped a covid consignment that was leaving Belgium and destined for the UK . The E.C. held on to it but did nothing with it , now if that was not sour grapes against the freed U.K. then nothing was . As I have said before , the U.K. will be out of its recession within 2 years and the E.C. will be struggling as it too is on the slippery slope to a recession . Below is a clip from the OECD ( The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, ) The EU economy is sliding into a recession. For this year's last quarter, some expect a 1.7% contraction, and the OECD's baseline scenario predicts a meagre 0.3% growth for the eurozone in 2023, lower than any other region of the world. Historical analogies to the current crisis are easy to find.Oct 3, 2565 BE There could be worrying times ahead for the E.C. countries .

Just wondering , are their still direct flights to Pattaya . I seem to remember that some Russian flights were allowed to fly direct to Pattaya a few years ago . Also , with the large amount of Russians coming to Thailand and some maybe fleeing mobilisation , are they being checked for return flights ? It was only a month or so ago that flights out of Russia to the middle east and Turkey were very expensive . $15k for a one way ticket .

Russia must pay for not only the reinstatement of buildings etc but also the costs involved by other countries that have taken in the Ukraine refugees plus the military aid given in support of Ukraine by other countries .

Who pays for it ? Russia of course . Russia needs to be invaded and stripped of its assets . Especially the gas and oil which can be put back on line to serve the European countries . The possibility of any more hostilities from Russia needs to be quashed for once and for ever .

Unfortunately I have no links , however I was watching the UK news a couple of days ago which focused on the new UK PMs visit to meet the Ukraine's president Zelensky and within that report it was stated that the UK would be given a major role in the re-building of much of the Ukraine as a gesture of the outstanding support and unwavering military help that Ukraine had received from the UK . We do not know the real extent of the UK assistance but I have been told it is significant .

The UK was very close to losing its identity with masses of foreign labour changing the face of many towns . E.G. Boston in Lincolnshire where English became the third language in schools . Things are bad enough today but the E.C. days were a disaster for may of the UK born workers who often struggled to get mundane employment because of being undercut by foreign labour . Who was making money ? the owners and share holders of UK companies who did not care who worked for them , the cheaper rates the better and no allegiance to the true Brits . In my experience in several industries including petrol/chem , ship building and nuclear , the British tradesmen are second to none but were sxxx on by greedy major UK companies . Thatcher knew what she was doing when she pushed for the channel tunnel . Finally I have some European friends who all say they wish their countries would leave the E.C. This includes Germany , France & Italy , that I am told are overrun with asylum seekers .

Not WW11 but today's Ukraine / Russian war is relevant because it has effected many countries economically with the worse to come over the winter months . It is it seems that NATO and the E.C. are made up of many of the same countries and whilst the E.C. countries are happy for the UK to be heavily involved with supporting the Ukraine , ( 2nd only to the USA ), they despise the fact that the UK have divorced the E.U. and are behaving like a scorned woman . The fact that the UK belonged to the EC for 47 years , counts as nothing with existing long term trading being stifled to demonstrate that if you leave the E.U. this is what will happen to your country . So masses of red tape paperwork needed by the French customs overnight , how pathetic and that alone highlights the scale of the Brussels bureaucracy . Of course Brexit has caused economic woe to the UK along with the Ukraine war but every cloud has a silver lining and the UK will be at the forefront of the massive rebuilding of Ukraine . Then watch the E.U. countries sing the blues .