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5 hours ago, JAG said:

I guess if the EU/French sail to Japan and demand access to their fishing waters they would receive a short, sharp, simple reply!

Since when did any EU country have a maritime border with Japan.

The UK has 7 maritime borders with the EU and not one brexiteer has ever explained how they will take back control. 

UNCLOS states it should be by co-operation, something the UK finds a bit difficult.

21 hours ago, vinny41 said:

Accessing the EEZ

35.Another fundamental change relates to access to fishing in the UK EEZ. Under international law, any decision to allow foreign vessels access to fish in UK waters will be a matter for bilateral negotiation and agreement between the UK and other coastal states. In the words of Prof Churchill:

“There is a distinction between what is said in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and what tends to happen in practice. … as far as the Convention is concerned … if in a particular coastal state’s EEZ the coastal state is capable of harvesting the entire allowable catch, it is under no obligation to allow any other fishermen from other states to fish there, so it can take the whole of the allowable catch. Where an obligation to admit other fishers comes in—again, this is on the theory of the convention—that is where the coastal state does not take the whole of the allowable catch and there is a surplus. It must admit other states to the surplus, but again it has a discretion … but only where there is a surplus.”52

Are you trying to say that now brexit has happened the fish must stop migrating and para 35 will take precedence over everything else.

32 minutes ago, Max69xl said:

This isn't about comparing thai whiskey with a single malt or a good scotch. OP asked a question about thai whiskey, and then 90% of the replies are totally irrelevant. Thai people don't drink whiskey neat, they even mix Johnny Walker Black Label with coke. So far only one thai whiskey has been mentioned, Blend 285. Mix it with a lot of coke like thai people do, then it will taste like a cheap scotch. After a few glasses you won't be able to tell the difference between a scotch and Blend 285. 

What part of this sentence in my reply didn't you understand.

"I would go along with the poster that suggested Crown, I think that is as good as some of the blends sold in the UK."

Crown is produced at the Red Bull Distillery in Samut Sakhon, that makes it about as Thai a whiskey as you will get.

Crown 99 whisky is a blend of imported Scottish malt whisky and locally produced grain spirits.
Launched in early 2000. Crown 99 has been highly successful in the Thai spirits market, establishing itself as segment leader and now making new forays into the broader Asian market.

http://www.interbevgroup.com/brands-spirits-crown99.php

Remember what was asked.

"What Thai whiskey comes near to Scotch whisky in taste? "

1 hour ago, Laughing Gravy said:

Why do you harp on then about the UK will be worse off outside of the EU and leaving the EU was a huge mistake.

By the time you understand this part of the deal you will begin to realise just how big a mistake it was.

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/investor-state-dispute-settlement-isds

12 hours ago, vinny41 said:

It does appear that the EU wants to have your cake and eat it too  regarding fishing, I understand if you leave the EU club, you can't have the same access as a club member, but that applies both ways. The EU have stated the UK must “uphold” existing reciprocal access to fishing grounds or what is known as "Status quo" but they have to understand you can't have you cake and eat it also applies to them, Once we have left the club the rules of access change

The brexiteers never did comprehend the concept of co-operation.

32.Where fish stocks are not exclusively found in UK waters, then, the UK must co-operate on the management of the stocks.50 Prof Churchill explained: “most of the fish stocks found in the waters of the UK are actually shared with our neighbours, be it the EU, Norway, the Faroe Islands or, in some cases, all three”.51 How the UK decides to pursue its general obligations to co-operate with the EU and other neighbouring states will be a matter for negotiations before and after Brexit.

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldeucom/78/7806.htm

2 hours ago, Eibot said:

It's not the law. It's a requirement by the airline company in question. They can change it whenever they want. It has nothing to do with Thai immigrant or laws. Just company policies. 

Of course you are free to believe what you want.

After all, how likely is it that an airline, that owns 3 airports in Thailand, would be invited to help implement government policy.

5 hours ago, beavenlen said:

having lived in the or rather along the Moray firth,i would dare anyone on this sitr to ask a true scot to compare Thai whisky to any whisky distilled in Scotland.  there is absolutly no comparison except as afore mentioned paint thinner or paint stripper.

Me too, born and brought up in Forres. My grandmother used to work in Ben Romach and used to bring home small bottles of whisky, don't know about paint but it was certainly a gut stripper.

I would go along with the poster that suggested Crown, I think that is as good as some of the blends sold in the UK. Just because a whisky is distilled in Scotland doesn't make it good, world of difference between grain and malt whiskies

17 hours ago, elephant45 said:

this is about Vietnam, not Thailand.

Neither the title or the op mentions Vietnamese visa, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the default on here is Thai visa.

23 hours ago, PPMMUU said:

should be free of charge if you met the criteria

Not necessarily, but that may have changed.

My niece is an intern at a government hospital in BKK and mid Jan they had a Chinese patient referred from outpatients with a suspected case of the virus. He refused the test, said he couldn't afford it and left.

My niece was involved as she did her degree at Sun Yat Sen and speaks Chinese. One can only assume he would have tested negative, at that point in time there was little being done regarding precautions and no staff have become ill.

On 3/1/2020 at 11:23 AM, Taco said:

I fly often on Bangkok air Samui to bkk and back with my Thai drivers licence so far no issues and have been not bringing my passport at all for domestic travels.  This I believed was one of the main perks of having a Thai drivers license being able to fly and get hotels without a Passport.  But, I was refused to check into my hotel booking last month in Pattaya without my passport and ended up settling on that plus my copies of my work permit and I got my room.  

 

Solution for me is to bring the passport and only use it when they demand it.

There is a crackdown on overstaying and the passport is the only ID with a valid permission to stay stamp. Many organisations, in particular hotels,have been recruited as part time IOs.

My wife has always made hotel bookings and quite often my ID was never checked and if it was the pink card was ok. About 18 months ago it all changed and more often than not now they insist on a passport. On Sunday however there was no ID check so still a bit hit and miss.

No surprise that domestic travel may be used in the same way. I had to show my passport to get a train ticket recently.  

On 2/28/2020 at 7:38 PM, ancharee said:

Thank you for the replies but as I said I was trying to stay out of driving around the city and would prefer to stay somewhere outside and get a taxi or bts,

Quite, obviously some did not pick up on that and it is a good move, you will have much more control over timing.

You didn't say from which direction but would be better look around a convenient station rather than a taxi, you could end up stuck in traffic.

You have the choice of BTS or MRT. With BTS you want the Nana station and leave by exit 4, look for the Miami sign and Trendy just a few yards further up.

If on the MRT you want the Sukhumvit station and you can walk from there, follow BTS signs and at street level go to the right and about 500 yards again see the Miami sign.

You have to get the appointment stamped at the desk near the entrance and they won't do it till 15 minutes before the appointment.

9 hours ago, paahlman said:

Flu kills around 60000 people a year a little Worse than Covid 19  up to now  

Technically incorrect, the flu virus, and probably the same will be said for coronavirus, does not actually cause death, fatalities arise from the reaction of the immune system to the presence of the virus.

"But what exactly is a “flu-related death”? How does the flu kill? The short and morbid answer is that in most cases the body kills itself by trying to heal itself.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-the-flu-actually-kill-people/

52 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Not sure that is correct information.

Currently 7 degrees Celcius in Wuhan.

More correct to say transmission is more likely in a closed environment with people in close contact e.g church in South Korea.

Quite. SARS was a coronavirus and broke out in Guangdong Nov 2002, ended July 2003.

My niece went to uni in Guangzhou and we had to buy her a heater for the winter months.

The worst areas outside China are all relatively cool, even Iran.

2 minutes ago, candide said:

Complete B.S..

85% of them will have been in UK for more than 5 years, so they will be allowed to stay according to UK law. For the half a million who have been for less than 5 years, they may not be allowed to stay but up to now, the current government has shown no intent to send them back.

Your claim is a nonsense and you haven't shown any source to support it.

Why would you want to cloud the issue by bringing in facts?

Fantasy has become a way of life for some.

4 hours ago, izod10 said:

  When there is a massive deficit with the EU does anything really matter,just stop trading,was it 93 billion or thereabouts?   Just stop trading with EU,the deficit the UK has with them could be spent elsewhere in the world,more bang for the buck as saying goes

  With CAP artificially inflating prices for farm produce in eu , spanish farmers now protesting at low values on their produce,olives etc,about to be CAP,good time to be gone

Another ill informed rant.

Access to the single market is the life blood of many exporters, but it means little to those that voted to leave, and it still won't, even to those with a P45 in their hand.

Just sit around in Wetherspoons and blame the EU.

3 hours ago, IgboChief said:

That is correct.

 

I can not prove or deny, if I would have gotten the Visa without it.

I can only elaborate, that I felt it was always helpful because they studied it longer than any other document and also the guys around me without it got problems. My international marriage certificate is in English.

 

The document is easy to obtain so of course I would always advise to heave it ready, even when it is not listed as a requirement.

 

Cheers.

I am with you on that. I am a great believer in trying to dispel a question before it gets asked.

11 minutes ago, JimGant said:

Good news. How far ahead of extension expiration was this? Did you have to submit something in writing, as a previous poster had to (although his experience seemed pro forma)? Thanx.

 

Your experience with HCMC -- no bumps?

It was 3 days but that was just the way it fell, flew on the Monday, submitted the Tuesday, collected Wednesday and went to Vung Tau.

It was very easy, I was in and out in less than 10 minutes, I had done everything including the application before arrival, follow what it says on the website and there shouldn't be a problem.

1 hour ago, JimGant said:

Kinda silly to have to do, but it would be even sillier to go all the way to Saigon, only to be told, sorry, can't issue you a Non O because you still have a valid extension.

Not going to happen. I got ME non O based on marriage in Nov at HCMC before extension and re-entry had expired. New visa will start day of application.

On 2/23/2020 at 10:08 PM, bartender100 said:

Wrong, we were always subject to EU regulations on what deals we did outside the EU

 If that were true, the UK would never have done any trade with the US.

The US do not recognise any EU regulations.

On 2/23/2020 at 6:49 PM, CG1 Blue said:

EU procurement rules were largely to blame for the passport contract going to a foreign company. 

Bojo was so desperate for a blue passport he couldn't wait to take back control, or possibly prematurely lost control.

17 minutes ago, vogie said:

Mrs Sturgeons open door policy is certainly no answer, incidentally the Scots share the same beliefs on immigration as their southern neighbours, it might just lose her a few more votes with that attitude, be carefull what you wish for.

 

Unlike you, the Scottish conservatives have not dismissed the SNP proposal out of hand.

They are unlikely to lose many votes, that would mean you had to have many to start with.

 Carlaw said he thought some of the Scottish government’s proposals had merit, but did not elaborate.

Asked if he agreed with the Scottish visa proposal, Carlaw said: “The answer is to have a migration system which is appropriate to Scotland’s needs.

“Actually, we’re still digesting the Scottish government paper as well, which [we] believe had some quite sensible analysis of the situation and there were some sensible suggestions made in that too.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/20/scottish-tories-urge-rethink-over-points-based-immigration

From post 817

"In the fishing industry, not just trawler skippers but mates and share fishermen – experienced crew members – are all classed as skilled. So are fishmongers, fish filleters and fish processors.

For all those jobs, and many more, employers will be able to recruit workers from overseas."

A late friend of mine used to work on a fish farm and he was a skilled worker, skilled in the use of CNC milling machines, but didn't count for a lot when it came to tipping bags of fish food into the reservoir. He only took the job because it was seasonal, allowing him to spend 6 months in UK and 6 months in Thailand. 

One day the politicians will wake up to the fact that a large percentage of the work in seafood and fish farming is seasonal and effectively manual labour, whatever they want to call it.