Red Forever

You do know that the French government wanted to build, at their expense, a processing centre on French soil but the spineless Brexity UK government refused this. Given that around 80% of asylum applications are granted one can see why the Tories don't want due process. It suits them to have the the knuckle scraping morons on side blaming Jonny Forrinners for the <deleted>e they've had heaped upon them for 13 years . It's called distraction tactics and it's worked for the Tories....so far. Can't wait to Rejoin!

A friend was gonna send £1k to me here in Thailand. He went to Western Union and was quoted £28 fee. Hmm...3 x Wise charge but hey ho. What rate? My friend enquired: 39.7 baht to £1. On that day the middle rate was 44.8 baht. So WU would cop a massive £79 . That's 7.9%! No thanks WU. You've had your day there are other players in the field now.

Why the inverted commas around the word elected? He was democratically elected by large numbers. Keep em guessing Mr Thaksin. You've got the hate mob on here frothing.

There's a street stall in Wong Wian Yai that sells noodles at 5 baht per bowl.

Come on A.N. stop throwing red meat to the Thaksin hate mob. How about running a piece on a truly evil person who we, who don't suffer myopia, can get angry about. Say, Suthep.

You need help.

Yet you commented on it. Betcha did read it.

If when he arrived he was stamped in for 30 days then the 90 day reporting wouldn't apply but a bell should have rung on his 31st day here.

Bad luck Australia . No, what am I saying? Ha ha ha...

You missed out the "I'm not racist but" bit .

Because "this criminal" made the lives of the majority of Thais better. Can't make an omelette without....

Please show evidence of international observers overseeing the elections of Mugabe, Putin and Hun Sen. To compare Mr T's electoral success with those dictators is disingenuous. But hey, red meat for the Thaksin hate mob on here.

Crikes, looks like Pattaya is becoming nearly as bad as Phuket.

Yes he said at one of his rallies to the ding a lings that "I love the poorly educated". Says it all dunnit?

Ahem..the civil servants (middle managers) who implemented the rice scheme got years in the slammer because they were the ones ripping off the farmers and, ultimately, the government. Okay it was on her watch that this happened but the resulting coup has damaged Thailand more.

So irrelevant that he's got you excited.

That's exactly what Thais had under Thaksin and Yingluk.

Well this topic has certainly brought out the usual Brit bashing bigotry. Sad.

The OP's statement may or may not be true but one fact is that the UK is now a secular society. In the 2021 census 53% stated that they had no religious beliefs. Add on the Don't Knows and it's a healthy outlook.

Anyone taking advice from that snake oil salesman deserve all they get.

I don't recall Mr T giving a definite date to return. Yes, he said that he wanted to return this month but no date was mentioned. Welcome home on August 10th Mr Thaksin.

Stop being so precious. The word by which you're so offended is a corruption of "Franceman" coming from the locals description of the Frenchmen who occupied much the territory surrounding Siam. This area was called French Indo China.

Go easy on them Razz. Coming from a country with no history and having given the world Rupert Murdoch they need the occasional reason to crow. Sandpaper eh? Tut tut.

Even if you know the person there's no guarantee that it's not a scammer who's hacked your friend's account. Almost monthly I'll get a message from a friend saying "if you get a friend request from me, ignore it. I've been hacked".