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Surprised they aren't having a Committee Meeting to decide where they are going to hold the probe/investigation 😀

"Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sports has committed to tackling notorious dual pricing practices" Didn't they promise to do this a few years ago, or am I dreaming that it was just another off the cuff "positive" remark by TAT? 🤔

"When I did haggle, if they said 200, I would say 100, and we would agree on 150." Quite right - many tourists think that it's all part of the game, but these people have to make a living and to spend any more than a couple of minutes haggling over 10 baht for something that is probably quite good value for money anyway is taking "bargaining" a bit too far.

"This might be an issue in some cities such as Bangkok and Pattaya but it's still VERY CHEAP in Issan and the North East." And what are the prices like in the numerous restaurants and bars in Issan and the North East?

"...........name not disclosed,............." I'm not surprised! Transgender/ladyboy might not fit his image back home in Hungary. I wonder how much it cost him to keep his name "out of the papers"?

Nothing to see except ink! 🙂

Your posts are gobbledegook - I can hardly understand them! But they were not on any other benefits, or means tested - they were happily retired here in Thailand, and I do beleive them, whereas I can not agee or disagree with you because I don't know what you are talking about!

See 3 posts above this one!!!

"another porkie pig,load of rubbish. There are no tribunals" Wrong! My married couple friends actually had to go back to the UK to expain why they should not repay the overpayments, and they said it was a "tribunal" - maybe Magistrates Court, but not's let be pedantic - they had to return to the UK for that sole purpose.

Thank you Vinny - my apologies - I thought it was the final comment in his speech - whoever was broadcasting it must have cut it off immediately after he made it! Maybe couldn't quite believe that he said it! 🙂

I could not find a tongue in cheek emoticon! Probably both! At the risk of being boring:- "All pensioners - ALL PENSIONERS will be better off under Labour!" (Starmer's final comment at the Summer 2024 Labour Party Conference - out and out liar! )

Everybody I have spoken to from other countries find it unbeleivable that the UK Gov't treats its citizens so badly - plus the Old Age Pension is one of the lowest in Europe. https://www.pensiontimes.co.uk/pensions-retirement/state-pension/uk-state-pension-compare-countries Come on Starmer, give us a another surprise, and unfreeze Old Age Pensions, and I'll promise to vote for you next time - honestly!

Agree 100%, so relocation to another country is not feasible.

I think quite a few people are thinking along the same lines, but if you have commitments in Thailand (wife, family etc) such a move mey not be practical. Regarding the Thai income tax plan, I believe that has been "shelved" due to the complications it could cause. One possible scenario - if I was a businessman looking to invest money in Thailand, if I had to pay tax on it, I am afraid I would be taking my business elsewhere!

There IS mention of a private pension if you read the OP in full!

Exactly my point - it doesn't, yet UK residents in these countries do not have their pensions frozen. Yes, 2 of my married friends had to go to a tribunal, but "charges" were dropped when the "chairperson" found out that the husband had "served his country" in the RAF!!!

What proof have you that he's a pedophile? I suspect none - you are just trolling, and any more insinuations like this and you will be on report. Now get back under your stone and search for grubs.

TROLL!!!

Of course he has - from the OP:- "Adding to his woes is a modest private pension that fails to deliver the retirement he envisioned." And I am sure that he will have some sort of pension from the Bank where he worked. As an aside, I remember a few years ago when a bank(s) had to be bailed out by the Government because of bad investments, but it still didn't stop them from paying out bonuses to those who had made the bad investments in the first place!!!

And what about the pound that bounces round the Phillippines or the USA or.....?

Ridiculous!

But - but - but (Sir!) Keith Starmer said at the Summer Conference last year that "All pensioners - ALL pensioners will be better off under Labour". That of course was just before he scrapped TV licences for the over 75's (Wonder how much that saved?) and scrapped the Old Age Winter Fuel Allowance for most pensioners.

One thing that annoys me about this subject is that the Government can freeze pensions in certain countries because they do not have a "reciprocal" agreement with the UK, although I have paid contributions all my working life, and I get a small pension from my previous employer that is increased every year with no questions asked as to where I am living. This subject has been covered in depth many times, and I remember prior to the last General Election, one of the Labour candidates promised that he/she would bring it up in the Commons as a "priority" Needless to say, once Labour got in, it was "swept under the carpet" AGAIN, along with other broken promises and turnarounds by Starmer & Co. ***STOP PRESS*** Today's Government release re increase in pensions:- "Minister for Pensions Torsten Bell said: Raising the State Pension and rescuing the NHS – these are this government’s priorities to give all pensioners the dignity they deserve in their retirement. Those who have worked hard throughout their lives, paying into the system, are owed nothing less." He means of course, all pensioners EXCEPT those that have their State Pensions frozen, but it sounds and looks better to say "ALL"!!!

It's a gut reaction type of thing. Besides, Thais think more of animals than they do of people - hence the number of fatalities/attacks by Pit Bull/Bully XL dogs rather than ban the "Devil Dogs"!

"Witnesses reported hearing desperate cries for help during the disturbance, but no one intervened." Typical non-response these days - nobody wants to get involved. Could someone not have just called the police? Oh, sorry, this is Pattaya, the family friendly resort and all of the police will have been out and about in the streets keeping law and order!