Purdey

No - hate people who make stuff up instead of READING.

I help support a school in Hua Hin (quite a drive from the town but same area) through a foundation. The land is owned by the army, which forbids electric power lines to be built. They don't want more people to move to the nearby village. Arranging for solar panels to be installed because the old ones there now hardly work and its classrooms are hot, running just a few fans. After talking to the district office and being told they can't do anything, this is the news I have been waiting for. Except that the news item says "some" land. Fingers crossed.

Knee jerks reactions do require thought. How about mental health treatment?

A Browning 50mm on each balcony. Someone starts to shoot, spray the area with bullets. Oh, the PM wants to make malls safer? How many shootings in malls over the years? I remember the gold robbing teacher but that is about all. Knives, hammers etc., have multiple uses but guns have a single, solitary use. There's the clue.

British racism following Brexit was globally reported - which shows you don't read much. I felt like blowing your biased ideas out of the water. Sorry. https://www.euronews.com/2016/07/03/police-report-surge-in-racist-hate-crime-since-uk-brexit-vote (Europe) https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/post-brexit-racist-attacks-soar-hate-crimes-reported-to-police-increase-57_uk_57714594e4b08d2c5639adcb (US) https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/29/484038396/after-brexit-vote-u-k-sees-a-wave-of-hate-crimes-and-racist-abuse (US) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/25/the-uncomfortable-question-was-the-brexit-vote-based-on-racism/ (US) https://www.smh.com.au/world/brexit-britain-gripped-by-wave-of-racism-in-aftermath-of-vote-20160628-gpt919.html (Australia) https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-05/debates/7FECFE5E-931A-45A2-A978-24B77706D4B5/EUReferendumRaceHateCrime (UK Government) https://www.france24.com/en/20162706-media-watch-post-referendum-racism (France 24) (from 2.48 mins) https://newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/research/brexit-referendum-vote-caused-an-increase-in-hate-crime/ (Germany) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/6/28/brexit-increase-in-racist-attacks-after-eu-referendum (Qatar/global) https://www.economicsobservatory.com/did-the-vote-for-brexit-lead-to-a-rise-in-hate-crime (UK - nothing to do with the Observer) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-racism-uk-postreferendum-racism-hate-crime-eu-referendum-racism-unleashed-poland-racist-abuse-true-scale-revealed-a7160786.html (UK)

Personally, I do some homework before stating facts. The racism following the referendum was globally reported. https://www.euronews.com/2016/07/03/police-report-surge-in-racist-hate-crime-since-uk-brexit-vote (Europe) https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/post-brexit-racist-attacks-soar-hate-crimes-reported-to-police-increase-57_uk_57714594e4b08d2c5639adcb (US) https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/29/484038396/after-brexit-vote-u-k-sees-a-wave-of-hate-crimes-and-racist-abuse (US) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/25/the-uncomfortable-question-was-the-brexit-vote-based-on-racism/ (US) https://www.smh.com.au/world/brexit-britain-gripped-by-wave-of-racism-in-aftermath-of-vote-20160628-gpt919.html (Australia) https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-05/debates/7FECFE5E-931A-45A2-A978-24B77706D4B5/EUReferendumRaceHateCrime https://www.france24.com/en/20162706-media-watch-post-referendum-racism (France 24) (from 2.48 mins) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-racism-uk-postreferendum-racism-hate-crime-eu-referendum-racism-unleashed-poland-racist-abuse-true-scale-revealed-a7160786.html https://newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/research/brexit-referendum-vote-caused-an-increase-in-hate-crime/ (Germany) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/6/28/brexit-increase-in-racist-attacks-after-eu-referendum (Qatar/global) https://www.economicsobservatory.com/did-the-vote-for-brexit-lead-to-a-rise-in-hate-crime (UK - nothing to do with the Observer)

The incidents were reported live and there were interviews. I simply have links to two articles available. How many links do you require? Breitbart news in the UK is sketchy at best. Maybe you are too young to remember 2016? And Poles are mentioned in the first few paragraphs. Obviously you stopped reading at that point.

Not sure what you mean as I followed the news over the referendum period live and there were many reports. Interviews with British indians. Let's not forget the Windrush saga.

It was well reported at the time. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36634786 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/racist-incidents-feared-to-be-linked-to-brexit-result-reported-in-england-and-wales Google is your friend. Use it before calling people liars.

Quite confusing to come from one of the most racist countries in Europe and meet racist Russians. I remember colored Brits reporting that the day after the Brexit referendum result in 2016 they were jeered by white Brits telling them to go back to their own country. Avoiding Russians in Phuket should be a breeze. Why let Russians stop you from visiting Thai relatives in Thailand?

I find it interesting that the boy was captured alive. In another country, he would have been blown away by police with 60 bullets. Sad for the boy's parents, but why give a mentally disturbed kid access to guns?

It isn't clear for sure. Money transferred to Thailand from overseas was likely from bank A overseas to Bank B in Thailand. How can bank B ascertain that the money was earned income not savings? If I have an account overseas that was used to keep savings and earn interest, does the Thai bank deduct tax automatically? Why would we have to prove it is not earned income? Why shouldn't the Thai government have to prove it was?

It is doubtful that the wording of every line of the Constitution will be changed. Similar to other Constitutions, there will be amendments that will become part of the new Constitution. I believe, for instance, that MF asked for 112 to be amended, not stripped out.

Create high income, push price inflation up. Lose cheap Chinese tourists. Lose manufacturing as skills don't rise to meet expectation. Poor education means depending on unskilled work in tourism. (The "hey you mister" syndrome) A need for cheaper labor grows. Cheaper unskilled workers enter from the region and more Thais become unemployed. Without fundamental changes to education, paying higher wages will create more problems.

How does one tell one catfish from another? It could be two creatures catfishing him.

If only one government cared about the level of education here they would stop buying war toys and invest properly to raise education standards. One foundation I know wanted to teach poor women basic financial literacy but the project failed. When asking the women why, many said they didn't know how to read and weight. Budget be damned, focus on where it goes and what it does

I am very surprised that their magic fortune telling system didn't tell them "no chance".

Multiplying is all well and good, but don't forget adding and dividing, which are just as important.

The big question is why put cannabis back into the hands of drug lords? It has always been available to all ages if they could afford it, as is ya ba and ecstacy. Now, the government can tax it and receive much need revenue, while benefiting farmers financially, but would rather allow gangsters to get rich. So ironic that rich countries are decriminalizing while Thailand moves in the opposite direction.

Boo hoo. It is so unfair that the Chinese can enter visa free. The Thailand Treaty of Amity permits American companies to hold the majority of the shares or the whole company, branch office or representative office located in Thailand. American companies are allowed to engage in business on the same basis as Thai companies, and are exempt from most of the restrictions of foreign investment imposed by the Alien Business Law of 1972. Giving the Chinese free entry without visas doesn't seem like such a big deal after all.

Not sure that overweight or fat people should be called out. It seems however that the truth was told.

I was reading that insurers in the UK are now refusing to renew cover on EVs, or charging very high premiums due to the high cost of repair. Is there any sign of this happening in Thailand yet? https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/30/the-quotes-were-5000-or-more-electric-vehicle-owners-face-soaring-insurance-costs

The real question is, were these the good guys who couldn't take the dirty reputation of the force any longer, or the bad guys who saved enough tea money to live well after retirement.

The accompanying photo appears to show his spirit still hanging around the guy with the black shirt. Oooh errr

Yet, if he changes parties, is he still supposed to be loyal to Move Forward?