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Just now, scotsdude said:

Did I mention that it was ever classy?

No, but by using the present perfect tense you suggested that it wasn't scummy before.

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Agreed

 

Hate speech rapper ‘must be treated like Lucy Connolly’
Police told not arresting Bob Vylan frontman over ‘death to the IDF’ chants would be ‘clear example of two-tier justice’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/29/streeting-israel-get-own-house-in-order-glastonbury-row/

"Told" by who?  How can anyone compare the two cases?  Lucy Connolly's incitement could have led to people being burnt alive and was one part of fomenting horrific race riots and thuggish behaviour.  Bob Vylan is just an idiot pop star.  I don't think any IDF soldier was in danger!

4 minutes ago, scotsdude said:

Pattaya has become really scummy... Haven't been in town for a beer for a couple of years now.... Crack on and knock yourselves out...

 "has become"?  When was it ever a classy place?

53 minutes ago, Nickcage49 said:

By the way, they are cowards. None of them fight one on one.

 And British thugs always fight by the Queensberry rules! 🤣

21 minutes ago, luicks said:

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Thanks for posting.  

10 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

Yes, Lucy Connolly springs to mind!

 

Not remotely comparable!

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/R-v-Lucy-Connolly.pdf

Wow. A fight in Pattaya.  Anyone would think it's a UK city centre on a Saturday night!

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

And if the PM resigns from his post or is sacked from the position without dissolving parliament, what then?

A new PM is appointed.  The Tories were great at this!

I thought the BBC were in trouble for caving in to the government and censoring Kneecap's set.  Free speech?

1 minute ago, newbee2022 said:

Up to you. WRLIFE doesn't have agents. Therefore rates are lower. I'm quite happy with them. Easy to contact by phone or mail. 

Agreed.  Lots of skepticism about them, but I've used them for 3 years and found them easy to deal with.  Google reviews of any Insurance Company and you'll find horror stories.  The good service stories are rarely posted.

9 minutes ago, Zaphod Priest said:

Didn't they say exactly the same thing about White Lotus? And that turned out to be a damp squib.

Did it?  It was one of the most watched and best reviewed 'cable' series of the year!

Can't wait.  My kid loves the franchise.

9 hours ago, MART said:

The admins of my son's school confirmed that there's no requirement to prove that the funds deposited come from abroad. 

Thanks for reporting back.

7 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

This is the face of man that should never be allowed to be near any white country.

 

 

Him too?

I'm in an even worse position, my poor son is half British and half Lao, but has lived in Thailand all his life.

23 minutes ago, GanDoonToonPet said:

 

Very low resolution understanding of the man.

 

When he was an officer in India, his best friend was an Indian officer. When they both went to the British officers' mess together, and everyone told his friend to get out, he replied 'If he goes, I go' and went to sit with his friend in the Indian officers' mess.

 

After he returned to the UK, he invited said same officer to spend christmas with him every year until he died. Does that sound like a racist to you?

 

Enoch Powell was a highly intelligent, educated and articulate man. He was well versed in history and the politics of the time, namely the wars in Israel-Palestine and India-Pakistan and the civil rights movement in America. It was these things which led to his concerns about immigration.

 

Now we are seeing the settler-colonialism of the UK (predominantly England) by Arab muslims who cluster in settlements / enclaves which, thanks to our electoral system, give them disproportionate electoral power. The power is effectively in the hands of the Imams, who instruct the men on how to vote, who in turn instruct their women and children; ironically, the patriarchy which we are supposed to despise. 🤔

 

Already we have local councillors elected on the 'Gaza ticket', who shout 'allahu akbar...free Palestine' as a war cry, a Pakistani mayor who cries 'I represent the people of Pakistan' to her constituents, people being prosecuted for burning the Koran and a law against 'Islamophobia' in the making. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_not_racist,_I_have_black_friends

1 hour ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

The British were warned by Enoch Powell decades ago what would happen - and they chose to ignore him and instead he was branded a racist and old fashioned.  Now the UK are swimming in that failure and are in very serious trouble with no rope or a life raft in sight.  There is only one solution and it is clear and obvious - do what they do in USA (now) and China and Russia and Hungary and Argentina (now) and Japan and Korea etc etc - stop immigration to only what the country really needs, and actively deport all illegal migrants.  Woke liberal left-wing politicians know they will vote for them if they are given voting rights - and that is the only reason they support them coming - if they all voted right wing they would have been stopped decades ago.    

Enoch Powell was old-fashioned and racist!  There can be no doubt about that.  

1 minute ago, BarraMarra said:

Do you live here brewster ?????

Good God, no.  I left in 2005.  Go back to visit occasionally, but I could see the rot setting in in the early 2000s, then magnified by the disastrous Brexit and the years of misrule by May/Johnson/Truss/Sunak.  I won't be returning, even if there is a Labour miracle.

37 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

I'm sad to announce my Great Britain is now the laughing stock of the rest of the World. Where to begin, our once Great Britain has been taken over by a woke lame Prime Minister who goes MIA every time a major incident occurs, he favours Muslims and Islamist above the UK residents allowing all illegal immigrants free housing and all social benefits while we wait years to move onto the housing list and go to foodbanks to put food on the table while he is buying up hotels to house illegals till the house is ready, Our police force and civil servants look the other way when our children are being kidnapped off the streets and raped by mainly Pakistani men and if we interfere we are classed as far right or racists. Security we cant even prevent rubber boats coming across the channel, our Statues of our greatest past heroes damaged or sprayed with Graffiti and have to be boarded up, our biggest air base attacked by a couple of Activists on E-Scooters causing 50 + million pounds in damages to the Engines of Military Aircraft then allowing them to demonstrate in the heart of London. Truly a sad time for our once proud England. 

 

What a load of nonsense!  Great Britain has been like that for years.  Judge the current government after 4-5 years.

9 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

It isn't.  Or at least shouldn't be.  They'll get the hang of it one day.

It's frustrating how little airlines know about things and then make their own 'requirements'!

7 minutes ago, homeseeker said:

 For some years I have applied on line successfully.

My report date is 7 July . I applied on line 23 June. Today 24 june I was rejected and told to report immediately to immigration.

on 21 April I moved from pattaya to bkk and my landlord gave me the tm6 detail confirmed by thai immigration.

So I am a loss to know why rejection: no reason given.

 

I will need to go to immigration with a completed form  tm 47.

CW.

What other copy documents are needed?

Also I assume there is no point in my reapplying on line?

 

Thx in advance.

It's because you've moved. A new TM30 is probably required too.  Once you've reported in person, online reporting will work fine.

ChatGPT is a rather better source than the Daily Mail!

British local authorities don’t allocate council (social) housing to asylum seekers the way they do for local homeless people. The systems involved are quite separate, but asylum seekers do rely heavily on temporary or emergency accommodation — often putting extra pressure on housing services, even though it’s not the same as social housing.

🏠 1. Council Housing vs. Asylum Accommodation

• Council (social) housing:

  • Run by councils or housing associations.

  • Eligibility is based on criteria like income, savings, local connection.

  • Asylum seekers are ineligible and cannot join waiting lists.

  • Around 90% of social lets go to UK nationals.

• Asylum seeker accommodation:

  • Provided by the Home Office, not through social housing schemes.

  • Includes hotels, hostels, private-sector housing via contracts

  • Intended only as temporary housing while claims are processed.

🆘 2. Support After Recognition

Once asylum is granted, people must leave Home Office housing (typically within 28 days, now extended to 56 days). Then:

• They can apply to local councils for homelessness help, not council housing per se 

• Numbers have surged: e.g., over 9,500 refugee households needed council help in 2023, up from ~3,300 in 2022 

• In some areas (like Glasgow), up to half of new homeless people are refugees.

⚠️ 3. Homeless Local Families Often First in Line

• Local homeless individuals/families, especially those in priority need (children, risk, disability, etc.), are legally entitled to council-provided temporary accommodation, and possibly permanent social housing.

• But councils face chronic shortages and funding pressures — often resorting to gatekeeping, delaying or denying help

📊 Summary Comparison

🔍 4. What’s Driving the Debate?

• Tension and misconceptions: With rising numbers of recognised refugees seeking council help, some locals worry they’re “jumping the queue.” But that's misunderstanding: asylum seekers haven’t queued for council housing — refugees are entering the homelessness process .

• Council strain: Many areas are overwhelmed. For example, Glasgow asked the Home Office to pause dispersals due to acute housing pressure — asylum housing costs are £26.5 m this year and rising

✅ Conclusion

• Council/social housing is primarily reserved for UK or settled residents and is not used to house asylum seekers.

• However, once asylum seekers receive refugee status and lose government-provided housing, they often turn to council homelessness services, which are already under severe strain.

• This may indirectly reduce housing availability for local homeless—due to scarcity, not preferential policy.