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19 hours ago, bodga said:

This  is  what I do, I get the fastrack one  where  you turn  up on a  particular  day and get it  all done there and then, wouldnt waste  my  time with the comedy show in Thailand

Yes, easy to say but if you read other posters you would not be able to get back to Thailand for god knows how long with your shiny new passport!

19 hours ago, brommers said:

What is the point? Once you have left the UK you are regarded as a traitor and are tested as such. The UK has absolutely no interest in changing the frozen pension situation, the appalling & expensive passport renewal service and the lack of any other service. So don't waste your energy. 

That is true, and when this subject frozen pensions etc. is brought up in the British press a big proportion of the commentators mainly women disagree that we should get any increases at all, i get the impression if it were put to a vote they would vote to stop paying our pensions completely!

23 hours ago, Dice Man said:

Totally agree.I have taken this to the Pensions Tribunal and LOST as the judge said " it is to expensive to fix"   as its gone on for over 20 years! This case was taken the the European Justice Court about 10 years ago and the lady nattowly lost! Time to do it again I think??

Yes and chief scrote tony blair fought tooth and nail to get it stopped, good ole fair minded tone ( human rights lawyer) eh!

1 hour ago, crazykopite said:

I’ve stopped buying RedBull that’s the only way you can voice your disappointment by the way this case has been handled  this clearly shows how powerful the rich are . ☹️☹️☹️

Koh Tao showed that just as clearly, why waste time with this red bull runt when we all know the outcome, unless of course the Thai people revolt en-mass which is highly unlikely, it will simply disappear again!

21 hours ago, theoldgit said:

 

My bank sent our new debit cards from the UK last week by DHL, it was delivered by EMS on Monday, took six days.

Thanks, i have notified Nationwide and said to send a debit card via courier am waiting for an answer now, my last card was sent via ordinary mail and got here OK but that was two years ago, Halifax Bank won't entertain Thailand say they have embargo on the LOS, when i asked why the bloke on the phone said "I don't know" says it all i suppose!

5 hours ago, theoldgit said:

 

That happened to me once, I dropped them a line and it's been correct ever since.

You mean you sent an email or something, i have have looked on the Gateway site and can see no option to send a Message/Enquiry i can see the messages option but no way to send, unless i am missing the very obvious of course!

24 minutes ago, OJAS said:

Don't forget that those who have escaped merry England to live in the Filipino sun ARE entitled to the annual increases. Whereas those who have escaped merry England to live in the Canadian tundra are (like those who have escaped merry England to live in the Thai sun) ineligible!

I think what soulbundy is referring too is, when frozen pensions pops up the press/papers most comments particularly among women are against us getting any yearly increases at all, they seem to think in my opinion we are some sort of traitor, so deserve nothing!

2 hours ago, soalbundy said:

The pension freeze has been done to death, it was even brought before the European court to no avail so I can't see another attempt working out any better especially as the UK's coffers are now empty due to covid. Face reality, we don't matter, we aren't, for the most part, voters and the general public living in cloudy rain swept Britain aren't exactly full of sympathy for those who have escaped merry England to live in the sun.

As for life certificates, I go to the mayor for the stamp and signature, despite the fact that I go three times a year (British pension, German pension, German company pension) I've never had any trouble or refusal. The first time I needed my yellow book and Passport but now they don't even look at them as they are so used to seeing me. 

When it was brought before the EU courts i remember reading that the chief scrote tony blair fought tooth and nail to get it rejected, as for getting a signature i get my Thai niece a doctor to sign, i did'nr realise others had problems with this signing, but still seems unnecessary when i check my banks every week without fail!

17 hours ago, steven100 said:

he should stop taking drugs. 

Idiot!

2 hours ago, Don Mega said:

He'd being flying in and out when ever he please already, drooping the charges just allows him entry offically !!

That's what i think, what copper would have the balls to arrest him and cut the everlasting payments/brown envelopes from his family to the hiso/army trough dwellers higher up in the rankings, it would be more than they dare do!

12 hours ago, worgeordie said:

He will be asleep !

regards Worgeordie

Shhhhh!

21 hours ago, djayz said:

I never know when you're being skeptical and when you're being serious. 

True, he could be classed as trolling too!

On 7/22/2020 at 5:39 AM, colinneil said:

 

Yea ok people believe you, like every other thing you say.????

Just look at the arrogant grin on his face makes you want to slap it.

Yes that awful grin is worse than his usual know it all smirk!

22 hours ago, Jane Dough said:

Really. I think his top 100 tips on YouTube is some of the best advice any cook could want.

 

Mind you I am a gourmet.

 

Rooster

Gourmet, what type of bird is that, i thought you were a Rooster! (sarc.)

On 7/20/2020 at 9:19 AM, Susco said:

Sure, 2018 was before covid

 

Pound hasn't been above 40 for the last 10 months

40.1209 This morning 22/07 10am

13 minutes ago, evadgib said:

From CABP received today:

 

OK Survey Taken!

18 hours ago, evadgib said:

Fully explained in this link:

THE INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF BRITISH PENSIONERS

HTH

 

 

Thank you evadgib for that info very informative, seems they all agree frozen pensions are unlawful yet do nothing about it, would you know how much we lose in Thailand, also i have been trying to find out (without success) if frozen pension are taken into account for UK tax purposes, sorry to bend your ear like but you seem to know what you are talking about unlike some others on this topic, thanks again!

I would like to hear from Yinn on this topic, get a female Thai perspective as it were i was going to say from the horses mouth, but thought that might be misinterpreted????!

3 minutes ago, dabhand said:

Received an airmail letter from a UK bank yesterday(20th). It was sent on 10th June via Deutsche Post.

 

Have also received a couple of airmail letters from same UK bank over the last few months with similar delays, but sent via Royal Mail. 

Thanks for your reply, still seems a bit iffy, i'll leave it a couple of weeks and then try, i think definitely registered!

2 hours ago, evadgib said:

Thanks, it was a typo and should have read just over half a million worldwide including a few thousand in LoS. Good luck to them either way.

I have never heard of the consortium what is it and how do you join? TIA

Thank you everyone for helpful posts, it seems to be a bit hit or miss then, i need a replacement debit card so maybe i'll leave it for a while, and God knows how long that might be!

Just a quicky can't find in search, is mail from UK, both registered or not arriving from UK, i have received nothing for months now and need to know if it's up and running!

TIA.

On 7/16/2020 at 9:31 AM, stupidfarang said:

Keep quite, that way you get the yearly increase. Do not tell anyone! Many expats do this.

May as well get my two pennorth in for what it's worth in this discussion, i did not tell the DWP i had moved to Thailand and got the usual increase in April, i used to check my UK bank every month to make sure pension had been paid in, about 9 months later i found my pension had been stopped they had found out i had moved to Thailand i don't know how only presumed people in my old address in UK had returned mail, they were very nice (if that's possible) asking for my new address telling me my pension would be frozen and dropped my pension back to what it was before the above mention increase, they did not take back any of the over payments at all, needless to say i check the bank every week now!

14 hours ago, PJPom said:

The length of time between conviction and execution in the USA is astonishing. To delay the execution for years seems to be standard and I often wonder why this should happen. 
This latest plea is at the least facetious and how a Lawyer could propose it is laughable, but I suppose that is his job, next they will be claiming he is afraid of needles so it is cruel and unjust punishment.

Seems Thailand is similar in the case of the Burmese two on death row now for 6 years, and counting!

Reminds me i need a haircut Too!