Thingamabob

Poor lad. What a rotten start to life. Parents entirely to blame. I just hope that the authorities will sincerely help him to gradually adjust to a more normal existence.

Today's UK police get themselves involved in far sillier exercises than this.

I got badly shafted in the 1990s after I went into a partnership with substantial Thai partners to build a hotel and college in Kao Yai. The 97/98 crash occurred, our supporting Thai bank collapsed, and the project died. My Thai partners ran away leaving me with unpaid debts and an unpaid workforce. I am lucky to have been well enough off to survive the huge losses incurred, but I would advise people to be very, very careful before investing even a small amount in Thailand.

I don't. I find the style irritating.

Reminds me of 1997/98. The difference now is that Thailand has significant reserves to draw on, or so we are told. Back then Thailand was being urged to devalue the Baht in order to urgently boost exports and curb imports. It failed to do so and the result was the monumental crash which reverberated all over the world.

There is a lot more to be told about this story, starting with how he finished up unconscious in Pattaya having intended to spend the evening 'clubbing' with friends in Bangkok. Just for openers, where were his friends when he apparently disappeared, and who took him to Pattaya ?

The problems for Starmer start with his appearance, and get worse when he speaks.

Nice one !

For mental disorder read feckless and lazy.

I agree, but with an amendment ie some do, many don't.

Well said.

These scenes are typical of those that can now be observed in areas of many major cities in America and, increasingly, in western Europe. The so-called war on drugs has been a hugely expensive failure in terms of lives and money. Whether narcotics or opioids, way better to legalise, licence, regulate, control and tax.

Most likely.

'The woodchipper was more of a joke'. Really ? I suggest you seek medical help.

'The snake was released safely back into the wild'. I somehow doubt that.

This was a significant turnout at Victory Monument. It's location will register with many Thai people. I sense the Shinawtras may soon be heading for the exits , notwithstanding their financial clout.

Beware of deranged Aussies. Best left well alone.

Clearly much more to this story than is reported so far. It appears that the wife/girlfriend screamed 'Why did you do this to me ? '. That question remains unanswered.

Fully take your point re scrutiny only being applied to honest applicants.

Mainly.

These 'sources' have already been discredited. The damage to the Iranian nuclear sites has been devastating according to qualified officials from both the Iranian and US governments.

For 'mental disorder' read 'lazy and feckless'.

I wouldn't call him a liar, merely a bore.

Immigration officials are welcome to visit us at our house in Bangkok any time although they have never done so during my last 40 years plus in Thailand. If this is genuinely a tougher scrutiny of us expats I am very much in favour of it

Don't panic, these changes may never happen. There is already back- tracking going on, with a delay of up to 90 days already announced, while the Shinawatra govt is facing a no-confidence vote.