Scouse123
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https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/17/europe/uk-astrazeneca-vaccine-contract-details-intl/index.html
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-key-differences-between-the-eu-and-uk-astrazeneca-contracts/
This is a bit more balanced as opposed to selective suitable passages and paragraphs that some are trying to justify their stance.
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32 minutes ago, candide said:
You got the chronology wrong. That's how it happened:
EU: we are happy to sign this contract for 300 million doses and we give you a pre-payment of €336 million so you can start working on this contract without having to spend your own money
AZ: thank you, we'll make good use of it. ????
One day later:
UK: sorry for signing this final contract so late, we've been a bit busy with Brexit negotiations. So we want to order 100 million doses but we want a UK first clause in the contract
AZ: No problem! We have signed yesterday with the EU for 300 million doses and have already pocketed €336 million, but we don't care about those suckers. Additionally, we will not seek EU approval for our plant in the Netherlands. Therefore we can tell them we are unable to deliver the expected quantities and ship production to UK. ????
I have enclosed clear links below in another post which explains things a little clearer.
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8 hours ago, Victornoir said:The UK has not honored any of its production and reciprocity commitments with EU, it receives the same in return.
Confidence is now broken between these 2 entities with serious consequences for future exchanges.
Justify and provide back up links for that statement.
I have followed this closely and I do not believe your statement at all.
The EU is bitter and twisted regarding this and also with them dropping the ball and not committing financially for the production of the vaccine, unlike the UK.
They hate the fact that the UK has rolled out faster and more successfully due to more transparency, getting in first, committing financially, and a lack of EU red tape.
Snooze you lose, and they were fast asleep and now the EU are trying to act like bullies!
We also don't need any nonsense talking about views and opinions of Brexiteers, Brexit is done! Why keep on and on about it.
You place an order, you make a contract, you pay your money three months before the EU, and now the EU are bleating they haven't got their order ahead of others. Ridiculous.The UK involved contract specialist lawyers to examine and draw up the contacts based on British Law. The EU relied on Belgian law. I have enclosed links below.
And if we are going to really bitch about it, it was a British Swedish vaccine developed by Oxford university, not Germany or France!
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1 hour ago, thaitom said:
Illegal immigrants and Thais who helped them arrested in NW Thailand
As the title says ...Illegal immigrants and Thais who helped them arrested in NW Thailand.
Illegal people living here and Thais illegally profitting without fear of being caught because it's all under the control of the police. the capture of 10 myanmar people make the news when there are thousands just 40 kilometers away.
It's called ' manipulation of the press ' and ' deflection from the truth and real issues ' by those in power!
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3 hours ago, Freigeist365 said:Gulag, hard 12 hour a day labour in a mine for life without parole, would have been more sufficient. Death penalty is too humane for subhumans like these...
Actually,
They will spend years and years in the death ' den ' where all death sentence prisoners are put.
They have their legs shackled 24/7. It's no fun, but in a way you are right, they get used to the inconvenience, so additional hard labor would be a good move.
It would be better if it was rolled out worldwide with all countries participating and abolish the death penalty, as some countries implement this soon after sentence giving the perpetrators a speedy end.
You would also remove the ammunition and objections by the ' woke brigade ' and the lefty ' human rights ' groups by not sending them to their death.
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7 hours ago, bdenner said:
So why are you wasting band width here in this thread?
Anyway, TTF for the Mom and Pop stores scattered through regional Thailand.
To keep people like you busy commenting.
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I am pro vaccine and quite happy to pay but if it is a choice of Sinovac or nothing, I'll wait.
Funny how the PM and co were given Astra Zenica. If he is so sure of his Chinese friends, why didn't he opt and take Sinovac?
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3 hours ago, Neeranam said:
Why don't they mention the nationity if the thief?
Well he is either Indian, Pakistan or Bangladeshi but I have no doubt some on here will find a way to say he is British! ????
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I feel it will be short lived and with the massive roll-out of stimulus in the USA and UK, including all the furloughing, coupled with Thailand's trade surplus, this weakening will not last until the end of 2021.
Of course, none of us know what is around the corner, but the UK is having massive problems since Brexit with imports and exports weakening greatly to the EU, these were originally described as ' teething problems ' but seem to be unresolved at the moment.
I think a big spike in unemployment will follow in the autumn in the UK, after the furloughing ends. I am not gloating, I want the United Kingdom to come out of Covid and the associated global problems as fast as possible.
The USA is committed to long term low interest rates under the Biden administration, that is what they are saying.
A GBP trend upwards was on the cards as the markets had said it was undervalued and was being held down by the Brexit uncertainty, which is now atan end.
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1 hour ago, richsilver said:Why did they blur his face, then go on to show a complete video of him?
I agree your view point but I think the guy under arrest in the blurred photo is in custody, and from a government decree a while back now to protect the innocent and not presume guilt before trial, his face must be obscured.
I think the video will have been uploaded from by the actual company itself, and they are not governed by the regulation.
Beware of Asians bearing birthday cakes!
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They brought mine to my house!
I went through all the above nonsense as well, but took the Puyai Baan with us the first time, as they had said they wanted him there. I had to give him some money and a village donation for some festival as well.
We had similar of lots of typing and passing documents to the deputy head, and back and forth for about 1.5 hours.
The administration guy who got ' super pally ' with us at the office brought the document to my house, and then contacted us immediately after to ' borrow ' some cash.
I didn't soften on the issue that time, as I was getting a bit fed up with handing cash over for this, that and the other,when it's supposed to be a free service, and we handed over nothing.
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Common sense and speed says just pay it for an easy passage and an easy life.
I wouldn't go quoting the law or rights and wrongs to the tourist police over 300 baht.
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1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:
You guys are hilarious. The Thai government will administer vaccines to everyone for free - that is stated.
Private hospitals are offering people to buy the vaccine of their choice if they prefer. Private enterprise is buying these - if they don't sell them they lose money. So yes, they sell them at a profit - and 2k THB is not a massive amount as the vaccine needs to be purchased, stored in controlled conditions, shipped in controlled conditions, insured, delivered and administered. And you think that is worthy of a slur of Thai profiteering.
How much are the western companies making from the vaccines?AstraZenica, whose vaccine was developed by the university of Oxford, as has been widely mentioned, is making nothing profit wise.
They are doing it for humanitarian purposes.
The other companies are most certainly in it for the money.
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I am 1' 90 tall, 106 kg.( which i am active in reducing and have lost 11kg already) I live in the sticks, and do not seem to have the problems you mention.
There are a number of Thai guys larger than me in height and weight around here. Yes, mostly fatter, but I know a few taller.
In the UK, I am not even looked at in the height and weight tables as anything more than average.
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2 hours ago, darksidedog said:I would say this is a good idea, but my previous experience with such work for prisoners is that they do not actually get paid the going rate, or even close to it. Nong Plalai prison near Pattaya pays factory working inmates 40 Baht a day, leaving me suspicious that the factory owners and prison officials are pocketing the balance.
That has always been the case. Prisoners are given promises about extra money if targets are met that never materialize.
Also,in Bangkok Ban Kwang ( Nonthaburi) they have had factory sweatshops for years producing fake and counterfeit goods, a lot of which ends up in the markets of Bangkok.
Chonburi used to produce furniture, some of it very good, and have a public sale once or twice a year. Prisoners never received anything except empty promises.
The prison system in Thailand is broken and terribly corrupt, and as many as 40% are incarcerated because they were too poor to fight the charges, they knew they would be found guilty anyway after mortgaging everything they owned.
So, the clever money is to accept a crime you didn't commit and get a reduced half sentence.
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Resident certificate help required.
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
You do not need to fret about your driving license expiring in April. You can do it afterwards. They are very relaxed I find, about these matters.
My other half has driven around on expired IDs and driving licenses and only updates them when I have noticed and gone on about it. It's not a good way to go about things with expired documents, but that's how many of them are.
Also, fill out a new TM30 and say you moved to Bangkok in the last two days, they don't know any different or care as a rule if they have a reasonable excuse for their paperwork.