kwilco

I don't see the significance of the OP photo - it looks like a tree has been blown down - not a lot you can do about that - except examine the state of the road and remover trees that are likely to be blown down. One needs to bear in mind that holiday period casulaties are often LESS than the overall average. THis may in part be due to the compulsory removal of commercial traffic and a reduced number of motorcyclists. also worth noting that the number of crashes over last Songkhran in Thailand was about the same as in UK last Easter. YTHe difference is the severity of injuries.

THere is a post that seriously ill-informed about road safety and how it works.

should be waring a bra

yes - sum - I'm amazed you managed to work out the typo. pat yourself on the back - if you can reach it.

Bit of perspective for the Australian police shootings. In 2022-23, Queensland police shot 14 people, New South Wales police shot eight, one person was shot in Victoria, one in South Australia, and two in Western Australia. Across Australia, around a third of the people shot by police survived. More than 600 people are killed by law enforcement in the U.S. each year. Total shot in the US 1243

You don't seem to realise that you are talking about the type of countries that already do have US style policing. Often set up with US help ...just look at the mess and put 2 and 2 together

22 million people in Oz and you think you can some them all up in one sentence....do you not think you are over-stereotyping a little?

I think advice from the US police is the last thing any police force needs.

He's clearly a Gammon - the word has been arpound since the 1600s and it's followed him! - Spread the word! It's in wikipedia....

THe government is now back-pedalling again they won't introduce this until 2025. THe principal is the same - if you are a British citizen fall in love and marry a foreigner the government tells you that they have no right to live in the UK unless you are in a minority high-income bracket.

no I was there around then too.

What did you mean - that's wht you siad. the in/out differetial this year is 750,000 whic=h is higher than ever. THe cause is losss of workers due to Brexit.

It\s dome the complete opposite - just from other regions.

It's for spouses and immediate family of UK citizens

Immigration has hugely increased since Brexit.

He's not "a British man" - he's a Gammon!

No it's spouses and dependants - could cold have been married for years - but if not in UK the new income rules apply from the spring.

basically shows how little you understand

The measures apply now...it is the income level that is changing. It is a relatively small part of legal immigration that is being addressed..the numbers are small. It does not address any illegal immigration issues. Apart from making some spouses illegal in the future. It does however affect some UK citizens who live in Thailand and may already have a Thai spouse and although married for many years, if they haven't applied yet to give their spouse residency will from the spring, find they have to jump a much higher hurdle.

They are lowering the limit for now but will gradually increase it to 38k. This measure only addresses a small amount of LEGAL migration it does nothing to address people crossing the channel or illegal immigration. It means that most British spouses will need to have a degree level job to afford to bring a foreign spouse to UK. If you have already applied then the old minimum wage level applies. If you have been living abroad and married for years, your spouse will need to apply under the new level. This will be 29k but rising to 39 later. Most UK retirees are below these levels anyway

As it seems your vocabulary only stretches to suggest I've swallowed dictionary (this is defensive for "I had to loo it up"?) - my guess is you don't recognise a false dichotomy when you use one? PS - as you don't seem to understand the word facile either here's the appropriate definition - "ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial" - as you see, te comment is self-explanatory to most.

an utterly facile and spurious argument.

"The undisclosed tiger zoo and farm is not being named by WFFT" whether they did or not, it's common knowledge that it is Mukda Zoo and Farm. Mukdahan province

probably the most facile comment on the thread? have you given ANY thought to this topic?

please explain....