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Online International bank transfers from my UK bank to my Thai bank take around 24-hours. Never quite understood why using a 3rd party like Wise helps?

Maybe he'd agreed to 8,000 long-time? After all, it's less than £200!

And she didn't say 'goodbye'? 🙄

Thai gold prices seem to be dropping. Is now the best time to buy, or will rates drop further in the next 6 months?

Then they won't get your vote at the next election.

I had problems at first, but once you get the lighting right and 'obey' the instructions about showing teeth and smiling quickly enough, it works fine.

Why? I've banked with them since moving here in 2005 and never had an issue.

I'm not having any issues! Just enjoyed the "Stats for Lefties" title. There will be plenty of polls and forecasts between now and 2029, so I'm not worried...yet! Labour are certainly unpopular now, but they're not stupid (not all of them anyway). The country has to take its medicine now, but will hopefully have fully recovered by the time of the election. And anyone who thinks Reform's current polling will be replicated at a real election is more stupid than Tommy Robinson!

'Stats for Lefties' - excellent!

Agree. I wish Labour would stop pandering to the Right.

Maybe he's busy? Anyway, give the government a chance and judge them at the next election. That's how democracy works.

No differences. For prostitution, it's 18.

Demographics change. What a shock.

Yes, it does matter if there is no evidence to support the 'statistics'. I don't have the time, but some have investigated these statistics and it makes interesting reading: This data came from the Centre for Migration Control, seemingly through a freedom of information request to the MOJ. I had not heard of CMC so looked them up, I’m very confused by what I found. CMC describe themselves as “a think tank committed to controlling and reducing migration to Britain” The website has no information on members, employees etc anything like that. They have 11 published research reports, 3 of these 11 cannot be opened. All are written by a man called Robert Bates who refers to himself as the Research Director. Centre for Migration Control is the trading name of Athelney Campaigns Ltd Athelney Campaigns Ltd is a private limited company, incorporated in March 2024. They have one listed individual. The director Robert Bates. His is the only name I can find connected to the company. I attempted to look for the data from the FOI on the CMC website, but couldn’t find it so looked thought all the FOI requests to the MOJ that are public. I found a few requesting data in some way referring to nationality/immigration status etc and criminality. All were still being processed or had been refused. Interestingly I found three requests from a Rob Bates. I can’t say if it’s the same man. But these were the three requests; “Translation, interpretation and language services costs” “Deportation orders against foreign criminals” “Expenditure on equality, diversity and inclusivity” Sorta seems like it could be him. What I can actually find on Robert Bates is odd. One report on the CMC website ends with “Robert Bates, Research Director at the Centre for Migration Control said: quote from Robert” Robert Bates wrote that and every other report, he’s quoting himself. The CMC supposed “data and research” has been used by a number of papers, mainly the Sun, the daily express and GBnews (no surprise there) But anything I can find either comes from already released data or from FOI requests by the CMC which I can find no evidence of. Which even for this lot is reckless. CMC has 11.2k followers on Twitter (X). Robert Bates has appeared on GBnews multiple times He was supposedly the research executive for Get Britain Out. And a researcher for Campaign for Democratic Trade, who I can only find on Twitter (X)and have 6 followers This is what I’ve been able to find. It seems like you run around in circles. Almost everything on Bates is claims from news reports, no one else seems to be connected to CMC and I there doesn’t appear to be any evidence of the data they supposedly received through a FOI request

Well, actually being under 18 is considered a child if working as a prostitute.