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If he lives in the Phillippines he is entitled to the annual increases/increments.

"Its been like that since the 1950's in certain countries. Whether we think its right or wrong is immaterial" Not at all - anything can be subject to change if the will is there! How many years did it take to persuade the country to give women the vote? How many years before abortion was legalised? How many yeras before homosexuality was legalised?

Yes he does!

This is a situation that has been ongoing for years, through different Governments, and in spite of various petitions, letters to MP's, even brought up in the Court of Human Rights, the situation has not changed. As ridiculous as it may seem, one can live on the American side of the Niagara Falls and get the annual increments, but live on the Canadian side and not get them! One can live in the Philippines and get the increments, but not in Thailand - it's all down to a "reciprocal agreement", as mentioned in the article. It is a grossly unfair situation, and MP's, of both parties, have over the years made promises in their pre election manifestos to "bring it up in the House", but to date the situation has changed not a jot from where we were at years ago. It seems that successive British Governments are more interested in providing shelter and accommodation to illegal immigrants than they are in looking after their own pensioners that have made contributions to the system all their working lives. The cost to the UK taxpayer by paying the increments to their own people would cost a few million pounds, compared to the cost to the country of housing these people who have contributed NOTHING at all to the British economy. By all means, give them basic shelter and accommodation, but not 5 Star Hotel treatment at the expense of people who have lived and spent all their working lives there! "PENSIONERS FIRST"!!!!! A big fuss is being made at the moment about many pensioners in the UK losing their Old Age Winter Fuel Allowance. I lost mine years ago when I moved to Thailand, but I think that is fair, as we don't see freezing Winters in Thailand. What is not fair is the freezing of State Pensions, depending on where you live. What should it matter? I get a small Works Pension from my previous employer, but they give me a small increase every year - they are not concerned where I live! One of the reasons given by Government (apart from the "reciprocal agreement") for the freezing is that UK pensioners should be contributing to the UK economy by spending their pensions in the UK. I suppose pensioners in the Phillippines or the USA fly back to the UK every month to spend their pensions there? At the end of the day, the Government of the day needs to WANT to help their own pensioners, and unfortunately, we seem to come low down on their list of priorities, in spite of the current PM's assertions that "every pensioner, EVERY pensioner will be better off with Labour". OK, let him prove it by treating EVERY pensioner the same way by unfreezing the pensions of EVERY pensioner that is affected by this outdated and unfair piece of legislation.

I expected someone to come up with that one! 🙄

And cancel your "AA" subscription!!! You'd be a happier person!

Another one who just reads the headlines! I'm doing your job for you - just under the second picture:- "Phuket Airport officials confirmed that the inebriated tourist was detained in an airport cell to sober up, causing him to miss his flight and rebook another, Happy now?

Apparently, according to another source of news, during the seven-day holiday of "Golden Week", TAT forecasts a total of 132,000-183,000 Chinese arrivals, generating 3.7-5.1 billion baht, up from 2.3 billion baht recorded in last year's Golden Week." And I thought that the Chinese were experiencing a decline in finances!

"Travelling is a privilege, not a right." No, it's not a privilege - it is a form of transportation which has been paid for by the individual concerned. I just hope that he has to pay the same amount - or more for the replacement flight as he missed the original one.

Which is apparently what he did! :- "Phuket Airport officials confirmed that the inebriated tourist was detained in an airport cell to sober up, causing him to miss his flight and rebook another, reported the Daily Mail."

Apparently the days of virtually limitless amounts of booze on a plane are long gone!

Taking over from "Brits Behaving Badly"?

"................prompting renewed calls to review the country's pet ownership and public safety laws." I feel another Committee coming on! The main problem is contending with the Thai Buddhist logic that all life is sacred, but as a previous poster pointed out, that does not seem to apply to chickens!

"For those entangled in legal issues related to dog attacks, seeking expert legal advice is recommended............." And don't forget your ATM card!

So you are confirming the point being made?

The comments should be about this post, and the information it contains.

Heard it before but didn't realise it was from Peter Sellers - brill! 🤣

They are "strays" because the "owners" don't really treat them like pets. They don't keep them in the house, or even provide shelter/kennels - they feed them now and again, and the rest of the time they are just let loose to wander anywhere and "do their own thing" which isn't just to "poo"!

Measuring their teeth? 😕

Rubbish - Pit Bulls are bred for one reason only, and that is not to be a cuddly family pet!!

Grrr! Gnash! Bite! "Not my dog"!

"It's Trump Time" ! 🙂 Are we playing Whist or Bridge? I hope it's the latter as I wish he would cross the last one!

Authorities need to act on this sooner rather than later. "Authorities are taking steps to prevent future incidents." How, exactly, by measuring their teeth?

"Authorities are taking steps to prevent future incidents." Yeah, yeah, yeah - heard it all before! 😡

AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! PIT BULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!