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I am fairly sure these laws already exist but doubt they will be at the top of an inebriated tourists mind at daft o clock in the morning not sure changing visa policies will stop people finding their way here people will still make it into the country they will just have a shorter amount of time to start a fight! Looked like a bunch of girls fighting anyways I think I actually saw one of them beeatch slap another!

She obviously doesn't know a lot about Thailand what was she thinking? Doing work for someone on the other side of planet without any kind of retainer or up front payment, what did she think was going to happen when she got here? The guy would be sitting in the airport ready to give it to her! Some sympathy for her but not a huge amount doesn't sound like a very smart businesswoman.

hahaha the seats go a bit back on them and I wasn't the one doing most of the work if you know what I mean "Too much information Pom" hahahaha

I think Musk has already cleared it

I am glad the millions that the UK pay to the UNHRC are going to good use! The US are doing it right getting out of the pointless group, the millions are probably just being spent sending UN representatives on jollies around the world.

Absolutely ridiculous, there are going to be so many words that we can't say in the future that everyone is going to be communicating in sign language

In my limited experience of the forums I have noticed that a couple of times but its not generally the guys with 1k+ posts I think that is usually 'heated' banter 🙂

Me neither guys and on the mark with these posts. I never had any intention of learning Thai either and consider myself a baby in the language in essence my family talk Thai around me all the time and I think that is what accelerates you more into wanting to understand what is being spoken about especially if you love the lady you are with (I think the moderator should remove this post for being too sloppy 🙂 🙂

Definitely get you on that one spot, but can you think of a current politician (not sure if you live TH or UK) to take the UK through another 4 years? The last 8 have been turmoil with some ridiculous excuses for primeministers. I don't even live there so theoretically I should not give a sstt, but we will always love our home county despite how the politicians rip it apart, BJ was one of the best bets, and not just because his initials align with my nighttime activities 🙂

"A former dictator of the public persecution system in the UK" @ mods please don't delete this my last post and laughing at myself will be back to annoy everyone tomorrow 🙂

I nearly edited myself there I should have said "A former director of Public Persecutions" As for his Chancellor and the rest of the cabinet I don't even think I need to explain eventually people living in the UK will put it together for themselves. There was a brilliant post my another AN member the other day on a different Topic. "The problem with being a socialist you will eventually run out of everybody else's money" I am not sure Ms. (even though she is married) Reeves has got that memo in Downing street just yet.

Unfortunately we can't fight inevitability or the future, I suspect I am not the only one who will vote for him if I was actually in the UK looking at the current polling situation. That Starmer guy I can't really relate to, knighted, a former director of public prosecutions in the UK - I think he would have been better off staying with that rather than diversify into politics.

J6 stuff freedom of speech the police got in the way of that - I am definitely playing devils advocate now 🙂 The UK has had its share of riots also, if citizens feel hard done by they are going to do something about it, justifiably so in most cases as long as it doesn't deteriorate into murder with J6 it never the police should just let the citizens have the say isn't hat part of the First Amendment? The UK 2011 riots didn't didn't result in any murder or even manslaughter charges, there might have been a few breaches of the peace 🙂

I had to AI this on ChatGPT so not all my own work 🙂 but sort of the answer I expected, in any history that any of us will remember Biden has issued more pardons than all previous presidents combined. If I was from the US 100% I would have voted for Trump, and if I go back to the UK for a holiday I will vote for Nigel Farage. Important to note for Biden "marking the largest single-day act of clemency in U.S. history" Including modern times who are the presidents who have issued the most pardons when they have left office? In modern times, several U.S. presidents have issued significant numbers of pardons and commutations, particularly during their final days in office: Joe Biden: In December 2024, President Biden granted clemency to approximately 1,500 nonviolent offenders, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in U.S. history. He also commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 individuals convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, setting a record for the highest number of individual pardons and commutations by any president. AP News Donald Trump: On his final full day in office in January 2021, President Trump issued 116 pardons and commutations. Upon returning to office in January 2025, he pardoned approximately 1,500 individuals involved in the January 6 Capitol attack. Pew Research Center Texas Standard Bill Clinton: On his last day in office in January 2001, President Clinton granted 177 pardons and commutations, a move that attracted considerable controversy. Pew Research Center George H.W. Bush: In December 1992, shortly before leaving office, President Bush pardoned six individuals involved in the Iran-Contra affair, including former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Wikipedia These actions highlight the significant use of presidential clemency powers, particularly in the closing days of administrations.

That's a fair point given the amount of funding Trump has indicated he is going to put into AI. The Farage and Musk spat is also a fair point. I have worked in computers at a high level all my life and never really give a sh....t about politics but when you have a newly elected president, Elon Musk walking around like a lost child at a wedding during the inauguration and Donald Trump talking about Mars in his Inauguration speech and at his first press conference valuing TikTok at 1 billion dollars that the American government should be entitled to half of concerns me where business meets politics. However the policies he has indicated he will enact with many of his executive orders that everyone knew he was going to sign when he sat in that chair sound reasonable to me. No respect for Joe Biden whatsoever, Donald Trump could have pardoned himself from everything when he left office last time but he didn't that will be Bidens legacy.

There is no doubt Brexit messed things up for me personally with exchange rates etc not being resident in the UK for nearly 2 decades, however the idea of Brexit was sound, it's like going to the Gym, if there is no pain then there is no gain. Longer term I can't see any future leader in the Labour or Conservative party that could get the country back on track. I may sound right wing in some of my statements but I am far from that, the reform party on all my research is by far the best option to the 2 standard parties all UK people have been ingrained in their life to vote for. It's time for change and fix the major issues with the country and start taking care of the UK rather than trans, immigrant, criminal, wars in other countries we pay for etc etc etc What is the saying charity begins at home 'Sir' idiot doesn't seem to think that, Boris sort of got it but was held back I think, definitely time for change, then I'll go to the UK for a holiday via France on a Dinghy.

Hahahahahaha I stopped typing what I was going to type about it would be nothing new - I will shut up now

Also Kudos for the RTP the 4th person they have arrested after the EDC concert in Phuket that 300,000 people attended where a couple of 'foreign' people died (they needed to show they were doing something about it) and the possession charges haven't reached 5 yet looking at the media reports which should be fairly accurate as we all know how much those RTP love to get in a photograph of a good 'catch'

Love this one - everyone's a winner @Prubangboy the only condition I would make is to ensure the people smugglers in France only send the good looking ones and I might go back to the UK for a holiday 🤣

Hahaha I am actually tongue-tied 🙂 I am not going to Google or AI anything with this. Apart from mention the populist theme that he appeals to those that feel disenfranchised with current and previous governments. Private school cool - I went to one of those, stockbroker could be forgiven for. At least he is not an Oxford or Cambridge educated Muppet that think they rule the world! How much does a prime-minister that is called 'Sir' appeal to your average citizen that is wondering if they will have a job next week as some immigrant who is cheaper will take it from them?

I think with Trumps new immigration policies it will decrease the available of resources to "Make Love and Not War" for lefties and righties alike to get a bit of relief for a night - coming to the UK from France they just have better Dinghy's and less military on the border so a possible reason for a UK migration but wouldn't do it until a sensible party is in power 🤪

Yeah fighting on a street corner sounds sketchy, unless it is a Katoey that has happened to me before (it was over a bar bill I had already paid before the haters chip in 555) but fairly sure he/she is not on AN 🙂

That brings me onto a secondary question after I started this topic, guys bantering as much as we do (me not so much as am low on the post front) how many guys have met up with their friendly virtual adversaries on TV or AN in the past 🙂 I think if you can have a reasonable banter with someone virtually and it doesn't get too personal then those people would probably make quite good acquaintances in the 'real world' Thoughts?

Hi @Briggsy very good point and worded correctly, in the initial topic post I did say "Long term residents" if you I or anyone else stays in Thailand longer than 180 days in a year we are legally considered a resident. Obviously not citizenship I could only imagine how difficult those hoops are to jump through! Totally correct on the ILR in the UK I think my aim on this post was best was said by @NoDisplayName one of the previous posters it doesn't matter how much we know about this country, how many 'friends' we have Thai (authority or not) or Farang we are mostly all (there will be some exceptions) on an Annual renewable tourist visa.

Possibly because you have a love of frogs;)