There is a story told in India of a British lady during the Raj asking a passerby where she might find a toilet.
Madam, he said, sweeping his arm around him, the whole of India is a toilet.
Just a few days ago the RTP was telling us they would crackdown on foreign criminals, now we find out about Chinese shops selling illegal Chinese goods and other illegal products not meeting TISI standards.
A wave of criminal activity but the police inactive.
Calling it a crackdown automatically implies it is a short term action plan rather than a strategy to handle crime.
It seems that the RTP has no creativity or imagination of how to solve crime in the long term.
The words: "Dear Chief Secretary, I'm afraid there is no money. Kind regards - and good luck! Liam." Were left in a note the last time Labour left office. It's like a bad dream.
It depends on the people you know. Many of my Thai friends are middle class or very rich and they take their girls out in BMWs. This explains why you don't see them.
Why on earth did these women put themselves into a position where they were alone with him? What were they thinking?
"He's bloody rich and I don't mind showing off my bod on his yacht"?
While we shouldn't blame the victim, a lot of them made poor decisions because of the allure of wealth.