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So do you think this improves Thailand's reputation? A country that previously had some of the toughest drug laws is now a magnet for pot heads, and is becoming THE place to smuggle weed from. If you think that's good for a country's global image you must be smoking something.

It's a pity it didn't happen. Drunken entitled pr 1 cks like that bloke deserve to be taught a lesson, Thai style. Good on the young Thai kid for trying.

The only time I went with a Viet was in SG about 10 years ago. After she left I realised she'd taken my bottle of Bvlgari aftershave from the bathroom. Lesson learnt. Good night though!

I find it distasteful that you can sit there in the safety of your home digging up snippets from the internet to passionately back up your argument, suggesting that there's nothing to see here, and that all is well in South Africa. Are you an expert on South Africa, or are you just googling in order to have a dig at Trump? Go and live in SA for a few years, or talk to actual South Africans about what's going on under the ANC in their home country, and then report back to us. Trump made errors no doubt, but he was 100% right to raise awareness of this situation. The BBC hierarchy suffer from white guilt, so the bias is no surprise.

Disgraceful, divisive hate speech. This is a perfect example of how to keep racism alive in the UK.

Scotland is hardly impacted by mass immigration because the vast majority of migrants head for London and the south east of England. This is why the Scots are generally more pro-immigration. Scotland has a tiny population for it's size, so they are more likely to encourage migration. England is (relatively) crowded. Add this to the fact Yousaf is Muslim and most illegal migrants are young Muslim males, then it's no surprise he's going to speak negatively about any push back against migration.

"It does make a difference if the animal is trained since birth to respect and be calm, around people and other animals." Would you leave your kids/grandkids alone in a house for a week with one of these Pit Bulls that has been trained from birth to respect and be kind? "If cats were bigger, they would do a lot of damage like their cousins the leopards, lions and tigers." That's precisely the point, and is the reason why lions and tigers are not pets. Animals capable of easily killing humans (e.g. Lions, Pit Bulls etc.) should not be pets.

When Thailand legalised weed shops it became a magnet to the world's undesirables. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with smoking a joint. It's about the impression it gives the outside world. There will be more drugs and fighting stories, because more druggies and trouble makers are now choosing Thailand.

The sooner they reverse the cannabis laws and get rid of all the weed shops the better. Thailand will continue to attract the 'anything goes' crowd until this happens. Weed shops selling other illegal drugs? Who'd have expected that to happen! 🤦‍♂️

He's the US version of Gary Lineker. These champagne socialists can't help themselves. They truly believe everybody MUST agree with their opinions. Delusional. Shame, because his antics are putting me off watching his movies. How can anyone believe in his 'tough guy' characters now he's revealed himself as a wet lettuce leftie.

Funny how Germany, France, Italy etc. are in a worse economic position than the UK. Did they also Brexit?

Both valid concerns. With the Uber drivers it's irritating and time consuming when they go the wrong way, and you can't have a proper conversation with them about it. With NHS workers it's much more serious. There are enough mistakes made in our NHS putting patient health / lives at risk. A language barrier increases the risk of mistakes even further. That's just common sense.

He's a conviction politician. He's always been passionate on these issues. He doesn't change his views to garner votes like most politicians do. In fact I'd say he doesn't care what other people think of him! You may not agree with his views, but you can't accuse him of saying these things to garner votes.

It does matter. The public are concerned about hundreds of undocumented young males arriving on boats every day, costing the tax payer £8 million per day just for the hotel accommodation, abusing the UKs extremely generous asylum system. These men are not being sent back to where they came from. Voluntary returns, and sending back some Brazilian overstayers is not going to address these concerns. Labour are massaging the facts, and going for easy wins.

Article 8 of the The ECHR has been repeatedly used by lawyers to stop foreign criminals from being deported. The ECHR stopped the 1st flight to Rwanda from leaving the runway. The public are becoming more aware of the way the ECHR is used to stop deportations. But you're right, a big chunk of the population don't know much about it. Your points about public concerns: the economy - cost of keeping asylum seekers in the UK is now huge (£8 million per day just on hotels) the NHS - more immigration = more use of overstretched NHS services crime i.e. whether they feel safe - nobody knows the background of the thousands of asylum seekers free to roam UK streets from their hotels. In my local city there are regular reports of kids being scared by groups of asylum seekers gathering near schools. They're all interlinked.