
sandyf
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21 hours ago, jayboy said:
Of course it doesn't particularly as the previous referendum was agreed to settle the matter for a generation.
Absolute garbage, never any agreement, an ad lib comment with as much validity as "dying in a ditch".
Salmond has since dismissed the comment as a personal view rather than party policy, and in any case his successor Nicola Sturgeon has claimed that a significant and material change in circumstances – i.e. Britain voting to leave the EU – justify a second ballot. But the phrase is still being used by their enemies as a stick with which to beat the SNP: only last month did Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, tried to hold Scotland’s ruling party to the “once in a generation” standard in a speech in the Scottish Parliament.
Bojo would do well to remember his own comments - "John McDonnell, I will join you. I will lie down in front of those bulldozers and stop the construction of that third runway."
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5 hours ago, Moonlover said:
What's the difference between a free plastic bag getting into the environment and a purchased plastic bag getting int the environment?
That would be 1 baht if you shop at Tesco.
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5 hours ago, JonnyF said:Scotland had a vote and voted Remain in 2014. But the nationalists don't like the result so they want another go.
Scotland voted as Unionists, and they are still Unionists, they want to be part of the European Union. Something the English nationalists fail to understand.
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6 hours ago, jayboy said:I didn't vote for Brexit.I was and am still a firm Remainer.
Furthermore I accept and always accept that Scotland has the right to be independent if its people so decide.There was such a referendum and in due course there may well be another one but it will be Westminster not Edinburgh that determines timing.My point in these posts was simply to emphasize the extreme practical difficulties on the currency side.The SNP leadership fully grasps this.You apparently do not.
When all else fails attack the messenger.
Nobody has ever said it would be easy but other countries have adopted the Euro without too much problem and as the SNP have indicated an intention to join the EU it would be the obvious way forward. You have just tried to make mountains out of molehills.
At the end of the day currency will be well down in the list of difficulties facing an independent Scotland, but no more so than those facing England as it leaves the EU.
As for timing, if Bojo refuses the Section 30 request as is most likely, he will no longer have any say in the timing.
A consultative referendum which does not need Westminster approval could possibly trigger a declaration of independence which through precedence on international law, Westminster should support.
Reality is he would backtrack in some way or other before it came to that, he wouldn't want to tell the Queen she must give up Balmoral.
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14 hours ago, jayboy said:So you think the EU would treat Scotland like Andorra, a tiny very prosperous principality? Think again.
Scotland would be bound by EC rules and its conservative fiscal requirements.Not such a pleasant regime for a country like Scotland (at least when ruled by a spendthrift socialist administration.)
Scotland is a great country and has what it takes to be independent.But even the SNP leadership recognise the huge difficulties involved on the currency issue.You don't seem to see any and your reference to Andorra suggests that you haven't thought very deeply on the subject.
It is you that did not think very clearly when you voted for brexit, which was also a vote for breaking up the UK, and are now trying to cover your tracks.
As long as the UK is a member of the UK then Scotland has no chance of independence without the approval of the UK government but once out of the EU things change.
During the Kosovo proceedings the UK supported the right to self determination under international law, Bojo wold have extreme difficulty retracting that statement. When push comes to shove, U turns are not that uncommon.
Article 1.2 of the UN Charter recognises the principle of self-determination – making this a right which transcends any state’s domestic laws. A fundamental principle of international law is that the provisions of a state’s constitution cannot be deemed inherently legal – they must equate with international law. For example, a constitution may sanction racial discrimination or genocide, but this is superseded by the international laws which prohibit both. To claim that a state’s constitution is the sole determinant on the legality of action taken within that state is to essentially reject the very idea of international law.
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11 minutes ago, pauleddy said:
If the Accept does arrive, will it replace Pending in the Page I now have saved (and printed off), or do I have to complete the whole application again every day to see if the Accept is there?
Or will they just send an email with the Accept copy?
Eddy
You do not always get notified. I have only had a couple of emails out of about a dozen applications. You should go back and check the status after about 4 days, if it it is still pending then highly likely it will never be approved. I have one application still pending after a couple of years.
If still pending when due best to go to the office.
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6 hours ago, jayboy said:
Scotland is not a tiny city state like Andorra.
And the relevance of that is?
Andorra, like other non EU countries, has a monetary agreement with the EU so unless you can post a copy of that agreement you would have no idea what restrictive budgetary restrictions would be in place.
Scotland, until it became a member of the EU, would be in exactly the same position, a negotiated monetary agreement.
Many seem to forget that until after the UK leaves the EU, the EU has an obligation to the UK government not to comment on domestic matters. Once that restriction is removed the way forward for Scotland will become much clearer.
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13 hours ago, jayboy said:If Scotland uses the Euro there are budgetary rules which be extremely restrictive.
Explain how these restrictive budgetary rules impact on Andorra.
Andorra is not a member of the European Union, but enjoys a special relationship with it, such as being treated as an EU member for trade in manufactured goods (no tariffs) and as a non-EU member for agricultural products. Andorra lacked a currency of its own and used both the French franc and the Spanish peseta in banking transactions until 31 December 1999, when both currencies were replaced by the EU's single currency, the euro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra#Economy
You can put up all the arguments under the sun, but it will never stop the history books relating how brexit destroyed the UK.
At the end of the day it will probably be Scotland and Ireland that won the brexit vote.
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17 hours ago, JonnyF said:Re. the border, it's the EU that will insist on this not the UK. You know how precious they are about the single market and customs union. I never said it will be impossible, but it will have to be built and manned as other borders of the EU are.
You mean like the border across Ireland. That will go down well.
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22 hours ago, Tosca said:
sandyf,,,,,,,have posted some details in my reply above. What is the "upgrade format" please.
Fairly good summary on the process here.
https://pureinfotech.com/upgrade-to-windows-10-from-windows-7/
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22 hours ago, Tosca said:
sandyf,,,,,,,have posted some details in my reply above. What is the "upgrade format" please.
How do you intend to do the upgrade, as a download from Microsoft or have you bought a Win 10 installation disk.
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10 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:
Every other country which has left the Empire faced the same issue and every other country got through it no problem.
Unless you know of some unique reason why Scotland could not do the same?
Exactly. A total of 63 countries have claimed independence from the UK.
It would appear that some cannot stand the thought of having no one left to dominate.
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43 minutes ago, jayboy said:
How would an independent Scotland deal with the currency issue?
There seem to be some huge problems whether joining the Euro (EC rules on deficit financing), remaining in Sterling (England would determine fiscal policy) or starting a new currency (international creditworthiness).
It is not a problem, a country does not have to be in the EU or Eurozone to use the Euro. It can be done by a monetary agreement with the EU.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/euro-area/euro/use-euro/euro-outside-euro-area_en
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5 hours ago, JonnyF said:
Yawn. Are you still trying to sell that 51st state nonsense? Remainers are increasingly desperate for something to go wrong for the UK, so sad.
Obviously you are of the opinion that the UK did not become a target as a result of Blair getting into bed with George Bush.
I doubt the victims relatives would agree with you. Time to grow up and face the real world.
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20 hours ago, baansgr said:
Thats very new...Jomtien are renowned for keeping things simple. Sounds like an inexperienced IO confusing marriage extension requirements
I had to do a map and had a home visit for a retirement extension at Sri Ratcha(Chonburi Immigration) a year ago November.
A map has to have the Thai language so the IO doing a home visit can find the way.
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14 hours ago, Beggar said:
I don't understand why only Airbnb is the culprit.
Mainly ignorance, many have come to use Airbnb as a cover for all forms of accommodation advertising. Easier than condemning notices on lampposts and doors.
Bit like the old days when everyone called a vacuum cleaner a "Hoover"
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21 hours ago, allencraig said:
None of this would be a problem if people could just show a little f*cking consideration toward other people. How hard is that?
Personally, I don't care if there are short-term renters in my condo at The Trendy—IF they could just be quiet. But that's too much to ask, especially for certain ethnic groups I've noticed.
I'm sick and tired and having to have a "conversation" every three days with the newcomers on either side of my condo. I'm tired of being woken up at 1am, I'm tired of doors and cabinets slamming day and night, and I'm tired of way-too-loud TV noise.
This is not an AirBnB issue necessarily. It's an issue of selfish, inconsiderate, and entitled attitudes that sadly most people have and bring with them wherever they go.
(1111 by the way, doesn't seem to know where to refer me. They offered 1116 which is the office of "consumer protection".)
Exactly. I have been a timeshare owner for 35 years, in the early days of a development it is common practice for the developer to let out some of the units to tour operators. Same problems, anti social behaviour is nothing new and just as prevalent in other countries.
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1 hour ago, steve187 said:
dream on, keep holding onto the dream of remaining, when will the remainders give up, the potential leader of the commies has
Nothing to do with dreaming, the UK will come to regret voting for the US Trumpet.
Of course unlike Blair, Bojo can take the UK to war with the will of the people.
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First thing is not to panic, there is no urgency to upgrade. The reality is that you would probably find using Win 10 more difficult than the upgrade itself.
They are only withdrawing support this month, your computer is not going to stop working. I had Windows updates switched off on my Win 7 machine for long enough without any problem.
If you post a bit more info on the machine spec and the upgrade format I am sure there will be some assistance forthcoming.
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33 minutes ago, glennb6 said:
that may or may not be how the law is written, but at Jomtien office they have signs plastered all about that if you are extending your LT visa after 10/31 you must have insurance. However their "O-A visa extension check list" they may give you at the info desk says nothing about insurance as a requirement - of course not... Oh, and having less than a full year worth of ins coverage means they will limit your extension to the length that your ins is valid for. FYI YMMV
Quite. Hidden agendas are exactly that, hidden. If for example Immigration wanted to reduce the number of long term extensions, the O-A would now be an easy target. They may well take the view that those on O-A visas should stay on those visas or convert to a Non O extension. We have seen in the past attempts to move people from marriage to retirement extensions.
Insurance for long term expats is a bit of a side issue and does not address the real problem. The drain on the Thai medical facilities is primarily down to short term visitors and until they come out with a viable solution, it will all remain a bit foggy.
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19 hours ago, HHTel said:
Hey. That's exactly what I was doing after school. I remember it well. The sugar had to be weighed in blue bags. That's when I realised that sugar had a smell and weevils were common. Don't think anyone died of it though.
The worst blue bags that I remember were those hidden in crisp packets, a bit chewy and quite unpleasant.
Sweets came in large glass jars, no problem with recycling, people seem to think that "pick & mix" is a new idea.
As you say, we all got by.
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20 hours ago, Max69xl said:
So,you usually carry around a sixpack of beer? Many supermarkets in Europe have charged for plastic bags for years,but then we're talking about much bigger,thicker bags and much better quality. The type of plastic bags you got at 7/11 and Tesco are/were thin and real bad quality, actually <deleted>. I wouldn't mind pay 2 baht extra for a biodegradable normal sized bag that fits in my trash bin in the kitchen.
You have the wrong end of the stick. I agree entirely with what you say and have said so in previous posts.
The comment about the beer was in response to another poster that made out he could not survive if they stopped giving him a bag for his 10 bottles of beer.
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4 hours ago, JohnThailandJohn said:
People act like this is the end of the world yet, plastic bags were only invented in the 60s and probably only common place since the 80s.
Quite. I used to work in a shop after school and many ingredients like sugar came in sacks and we had to weigh it out into 1lb in paper bags.
Cheese came 2 large rounds in a wooden crate. That was cut up by hand with a wire and wrapped in greaseproof paper. No plastic bags or clingfilm then.
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5 hours ago, smedly said:
you're not getting it are you, the cost has nothing to do with it, if we are talking supermarket shopping and a planned shop - I bring my own bag
one my way home from a night out is entirely different - you need something to carry stuff in - what do you suggest, going for a night out with a shopping bag ????
what part of "Convenience Store" are you not understanding ?
It's you that won't be getting it, for free, when your "convenience store", like many other "convenience stores" around the world, start charging for bags.
Get a box of beer and you won't have to worry about the bag.
UK election result 'blew away' argument for second Brexit vote: Labour's Starmer
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You are quite entitled to believe that apples are oranges.