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UK trains and most budget airlines are card only, so it is a case of bring it yourself or go without, no "other places" around.

The stupid are those that think there is no chance of it happening. One has to assume you have never been to China.

So you are claiming the NHS did not lose any staff whatsoever due to the immigrant overtones of brexit, and EU citizens haven't been deterred by brexit to get visas to come and work in the NHS. Some of us were born at night, but not last night.

You are right to a certain extent but not just to do with Thailand. There was a huge reduction in services and that is not going to get back to the way it was anytime soon. If airlines can put bums on seats prices will not change much. When demand forces additional services and it is not quite so easy to fill the seats then it may look better. In the meantime there are also other factors in play, I doubt anyone would want to use Aeroflot or even China Eastern at the moment.

Of course you are perfectly free to disagree with Mr Saunders. There would be no “austerity budget” this week if Brexit had not “permanently damaged” the UK economy, a former Bank of England policy chief says. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-austerity-budget-bank-england-b2224911.html

When your wife changed her name she would have been given a certificate for the name change and a new Kor 2 which should still be valid. There is no change to the marriage certificate and you just need to provide the name change certificate along with the marriage certificate. My wife did it about 5 years ago and done a few extensions since then.

I think it was late 2018 when we went and we did look at going from Koh Lipe but there was a bit of a problem so went from Kuala Perlis instead. Think it may have been a timing issue in gettin from Hat Yai over to the Koh Lipe ferry. If you go the Sky Bridge is well worth a visit.

Quite. It never will be. the folly will be recorded in history books and taught in economic classes for all eternity.

Investing is nothing more than a lottery. As for my house, it would all be about the value of accommodation. Say for arguments sake take an average of 30K/month over 13 years, about 4.5M. Current value less build and maintenance about 2.5M. So a value of about $10,000 per $1000 invested and getting better by the year.

Big difference, covid was a global pandemic, brexit is self inflicted injury. The CEO of Next, an ardent brexiteer, has been on the air saying it is not the brexit he wanted. Therin lies the problem, brexiteers had no common concept of what brexit was. There was no white paper outlining the way forward.That was the deliberate act of self harm, had there been a comprehensive white paper things wouldn't be where they are today. Brexit had inflation written all over it but no one was prepared to say so, those that did ended up with "project fear" ringing in their ears. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11412163/Leave-voting-Tory-peer-CEO-says-Government-blocking-entry-needed-foreign-workers.html

The UK's woes in a nutshell, more concerned about the next election than the future. The sad thing is there is no indication of learning from mistakes.

Have you thought about Langkawi? I think it is nicer than Penang. We took the shuttle to PB station and then a taxi to the ferry. You can get Malaysian train part of the way and then a taxi to the ferry.

My rent hasn't gone up, but that would be the penalty of stupidity. What the self appointed gurus said when I built my house in 2009.

I have had mine a couple of years now, one of the first visa, they were mastercard previously. Used it in a variety of scenarios and been a real godsend at airports. In Thailand only used it with lazada. Bank transfers through the account are also very quick and easy.

Can be a problem with some keyboards. If you do need to do it, type "snipping tool" in the windows search box and click on the "mode" dropdown, pick what you want and then save the screenshot.

Thanks, the comment was general, i didn't know if they had or not.

A prerogative of the English, doesn't apply to the devolved nations.

Exactly, but a percentage of 66 million thought they could get a better deal than a trading block of half a million. Only the delusional would think that the UK can be on the better side of any deal. Just waiting to hear about a fantastic deal with India, in exchange for visas.

I don't need to prove how bad brexit has been, just ask those that have to live with the fallout. Of course that would mean taking your head out of the sand.

No change? So jobs transferred out of the UK to avoid the brexit red tape is not a change in UK revenue. Time to revisit the maths class.

Difficulty is a perception based on ability and would agree may be a little problematic for those not familiar with online processing which is now becoming quite common. Regarding the documents, as has been suggested the normal procedure would be to merge multiple documents into one file. Not particularly difficult and google can help a great deal. As for changing a document I am sure it can be done. If you look on the page listing the supporting documents and look to the right of a document that has been submitted there should be an edit symbol, looks a bit like pencil on paper. I haven't actually done it but if you click on the symbol I think you would get the option to change the document. If the the problem is with the first 2 on the list, there is no edit and you would have to start over. See copy of page in question. I am old school IT and have little problem with most online functions, until smartphones become involved, not my thing. In this ever changing world age can be a handicap at times. Good luck. Official Website of Thailand Electronic Visa_4.pdf

Your words "COVID is estimated to have cost the taxpayer £400 billion, the effects of this will of course all be blamed on Brexit." The implication being that it was all to do with covid, brexit came at no cost to the taxpayer. Many UK companies set up outlets within the EU and are now employing EU labout and paying taxes to the EU instead of the UK exchequer. Of course in the eyes of a brexiteer, reduced revenue can never be seen as a cost to the taxpayer.

Spot the deliberate omission. Now tell us how much brexit cost the taxpayer.

If you are putting the sim in a router the phone number becomes academic. The most economical sim for a router is a 12 month one.

You are not quite right on the last point, the 5G will refer to 5Gz as in dual band wi-fi. There are very few 5G cellular network routers on the market and what there are are quite expensive, £400+. I did a bit of homework first and opted for the TP-link MR400 https://www.tp-link.com/th/home-networking/3g-4g-router/archer-mr400/ Got it from lazada for 2500 baht.