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Prime Minister urges police to crack down on influential figures
Scouse123 replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
Yeah, That's it, as usual, go after the small fish. Why not clean your backyard, with a criminal leading you all like a bull by the horns in your own Pheu Thai party? Nah, no balls! -
It may improve if the bozos in power learned once and for all that the tourists are bringing income, and with tourism comes a few pieces of excess baggage they don't want, such as badly behaved clowns and a few criminals, but the majority of tourists are good for the country and its tourist-reliant industries. They are doing Thailand a favour, not the other way around. They need to stop thinking Thailand is the ultimate tourist destination and that all the world can't wait to come here, it isn't and they don't. Thailand is now the equivalent of Blackpool with no knickers on for the young tourists. Blackpool for the non-British, is an old, tired, dirty established beach resort which has never progressed and is stuck in the eighties with entertainment that matches. It boasts out-of-date drag acts, cheap accommodation, happy hours, noisy stag and hen parties, and in general, you wouldn't want to be seen there. A gaudy scene of neon-lit streets, high petty crime, and cannabis shops with expensive seedy bars and nightlife is what Bangkok and Pattaya are all about these days.
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I did my own a couple of weeks ago, it was a renewal only. I had all my correct documentation. I used an agent up in the sticks, but her job was to sit in the classroom for the video. She did nothing else. I paid what she asked for, 300 baht. I don't know why she had to sit through the video in the classroom, but I certainly didn't. Maybe, just one of the idiosyncrasies of life in the sticks. The colour tests and reflex tests I did myself.
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How much does the Royal Family plus the associated tourism and their diplomatic efforts and flying the flag internationally, bring into the UK? That money could be used to better the lives of the people of the country, do you mean the current 8 million GBP being paid a day on the boat people who have illegally entered, contributed nothing and are staying in four-star hotels, because of all the ' woke people ' who consider it a sin sending them offshore to be processed? And the lion's share of the Royal Family is paid by the Sovereign grant, which currently stands at 86 million GBP a year, not 365 million GBP a year. This money is used to fund the upkeep of properties, certain garden parties, and staff costs, it isn't going into William's back pocket to spend in the Casino!! "The posts from some individuals absolutely reek of hatred and venom, especially towards his wife." Well, when a woman comes to the UK and marries into an institution such as the Royal Family, then proceeds to trash it from top to bottom but wants all the pomp, ceremony and titles? She didn't want the work, she wanted to bring her brand of feminism to the Royal Family, then proceeded to go on US talk shows, calling our Royal family racists, getting involved with books that trash the British establishment, but happily takes the ' big bucks ' from that said family. Many of the Royal household's loyal staff had served for many years but quit because they could no longer stand her petulant attitude and arrogance. What was she? A second-rate actress on a B-rated series. Even her US family doesn't speak with her any more, and she has no good words for her old friends or people who played a part in her growing up and development as an adult. https://www.royal.uk/royal-finances https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-57559653
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The OP is very vague and fills the post with ambiguities that could apply to all Western expats and long-term stayers. Add back the ridiculous silence on the tax implications for the retired expats, those buying condos etc and the tax of possibly 35% and we have all the makings of an exodus of expats and capital from the country.
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Correct, He also wanted to pick and choose the events and charities he was involved in or required to be in. He laid out his proposals, leaving him with all the glitz, glamour and titles, but struck out anything he didn't want to do. HM Queen Elizabeth was the one who rejected his proposals outright and told him he could not represent the Royal family on a pick-and-choose or part-time basis.
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British man arrested for begging to buy drugs in Koh Pha Ngan
Scouse123 replied to webfact's topic in Koh Samui News
Previous case from which he did a bunk? -
British man arrested for begging to buy drugs in Koh Pha Ngan
Scouse123 replied to webfact's topic in Koh Samui News
Yeah, Where has that young US kid gone? I was dying to get to the end of that story, plus he took the limelight off the feckless Brits for a while. -
British man arrested for begging to buy drugs in Koh Pha Ngan
Scouse123 replied to webfact's topic in Koh Samui News
Now these are the sort of guys that need repatriating to their home countries. No money, outstanding drugs case, begging on the streets in a foreign land, he's no longer here for tourism purposes, and these are the types of characters taking up residence in Cambodia. They are bad for the local economy and not much good for themselves.