Bim Smith

The UK government spent half a billion pounds of our money on Covid propaganda alone. Small change

Whilst I am grateful my wife and I are the same age this isn't just about foreigners. My Thai neighbour in his 70s married and girl of 19 with the blessing of both families. She is now 24 and looks older than her years but he was true to his word and bought her a car and she has her own business all paid for by him. No one is kidding themselves this is nothing more than a transactional relationship that is of benefit of both parties.

After 9 years in Thailand I just spent 7 weeks in the UK. I couldn't wait to get back home to Thailand. No amount money would I ever want to live in the UK again. I spent three time what I would normally in Thailand and had absolutely nothing to show for it. The price of everything is insane. Blessed to call Thailand my home.

Absolutely spot on

Malaysia offer 90 stamp exempt. However the point should be even applying for a 60 day tourist evisa from the UK is far more complicated than it used to be. I remember getting a 6 month tourist visa from the UK in Liverpool and it was a very simple process. Now all those little offices are closed and it has to be done by the embassy in London and application process and what is asked for is absolutely insane. Meanwhile over the years they made the process for Chinese tourists very much easier hence the explosion of tourism from China. That has come back to bite them.

The 50 thousand baht a tourist surely includes the airfare

Now if he was smoking the weed instead of drinking it wouldn't have happened. Because it's impossible to fight while high. In fact make it mandatory. What a happy world that would be. Right I'm off to buy some more Pizza Hut shares

Who with serious health issues has sex? And do Thai not spread it also. What has foreigners got to do with it

The proposed charter flight for Thai out of London can only be done through Gatwick as they have only two slots at Heathrow both of which they currently use (Phuket and BKK). As Heathrow and Gatwick is asking for airlines to cut passenger numbers because they cannot cope, there is more to this story than meets the eye. They can only hope Eva ( if they haven't already) schedule their direct London BKK route and that middle Eastern airlines who also offer a far superior service, do so also. Having recently flown Thai on the LHR BKK route the service was appalling. Food inedible. Cut backs on inflight entertainment was a joke. They think we don't notice but we do.

Original Elite visa came with land ownership rights only to be withdrawn some years later and those that purchased land had to sell up, to a Thai obviously. You have been warned.

Maybe just discourage people from getting any insurance

I just stated the facts but your blind perception based on the propaganda can't even offer a counter argument. That's what children do. It's called mass formation psychosis. I get it. Many have fallen for it.

It's by design and no accident. And why Ukraine? Turkey inflation is running at over 70 percent. There are far worse countries.

Never to be trusted. The original Elite Visa came with land owning rights only to be withdrawn years later and they had to be sold. This time round you would be 40 million out of pocket.

What utter nonsense. You sound like a salesman for Pfizer. Not in the history of vaccines have they not prevented the spread of a virus nor someone getting the virus. Not in history have they made one and tried to mandate it or at least make it conditional while under emergency use and cannot provide a list of who can and cannot take it like all approved vaccines. Never in history have they used MRNA vaccines. How on earth did small pox ever become eradicated based on your assumption on how vaccines work. Pfizer alone wanted there clinical trial data hidden for 75 years and there is liability on them if it goes wrong. Why? Until a judge overruled it. I don't know about you but if I got a rabies shot and still got rabies I would have some serious questions to ask.

Absolutely spot on. Also Malaysia gives 90 exempt. Thailand still in the dark ages with 30.

I'm unvaxed not so much as a sniffle. To the UK and back to Thailand recently no mask except on the plane. All my vaxxed friends are dropping like flies. One has had 4 and in hospital. Go figure

Isn't that the reason for duel pricing?

Daily arrivals under the old normal was around 180 thousand. A long way to go but let's hope for all those whose lives who have been decimated due to the unnecessary border closers don't have to go through what they have these last two years and the government focus on getting the economy back in shape. No mean feat in this global downturn.

"The land of Munchies" hahaha brilliant. This post was brought to you by Pizza Hut.