vinny41

57 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

Next time please read carefully! "In this minute'.

Also in this minute only a handful difference in cases but look at the death rate. A very huge difference. More than 3 times more people had to die because of that idiotic PM

It you that needs to read as you will see the results as of now this second are 157,149 for the UK you figures are meaningless without a link

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

In the UK we have a PM that was voted in by the people what do you have in Ireland a PM that was defeated in the last election but still in power, how many times do Irish people need to vote in election before there vote is accepted. 2 votes for Lisbon treaty because the Irish voters voted the wrong way on the 1st vote, who knows maybe a 2nd election as they voted for the wrong party this year.

4 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

March 16....Comparing to developed EU countries far too late. The result: 158.347 corona cases in this minute, more than well organised Germany,

Germany is more than the UK 158,434 for Germany verus 157,149 for the UK

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

4 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

From minus 100? 5555

Suggest you read the link because clearly your post shows that you haven't

On March 16, when Johnson announced the new response tactics, his net approval stood at +3. By March 24, after a week of bolstered restrictions, his net approval had risen to +30.

1 minute ago, sawadee1947 said:

Sarcasm, my dear, Sarcasm.. 

Anyway he's not able to manage the crisis nor manage the country. 

Holidays have been more important for him and his lover. 

I would be ashamed to have such a PM. 

Approval Rises for World Leaders Amid Pandemic

Boris Johnson’s approval soars, up nearly 30 points in 10 days

https://morningconsult.com/form/approval-rises-for-world-leaders-amid-pandemic/

10 minutes ago, Jumbo1968 said:

So why is Thailand forcibly putting their own citizens in quarantine for 14 days when they return to Thailand. My Thai partner is switched on and would do 14 days self isolation with out having to be confined to a hotel/army camp ?

We have seen with social distancing and requests to stay at home , some people ignore the rules they think it doesn't apply to them, or something important to them comes up and they will come out of self isolation.

Society today is all about me,me,me

55 minutes ago, katana said:

UK rapper Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary aka Jihadi John arrested on suspicion of fighting for Islamic State
Wednesday 22 April 2020 00:48, UK Sky News
Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary was arrested on Monday in southern Spain, according to The Associated Press, which cited two sources close to the investigation.

Continued:
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-rapper-abdel-majed-abdel-bary-arrested-on-suspicion-of-fighting-for-islamic-state-11976821

Article clearly states London-born Bary was initially suspected of being "Jihadi John" and police say he represented a "high danger".

The real Jihadi John turned out to be Mohammed Emwazi

so your title of AKA Jihadi John is False and incorrect

2 minutes ago, 7by7 said:

 

Your desperation is showing. 

 

You'll be blaming it all on the last Labour government next! 

Your are Correct it was the last Labour Government

Agony aunt attacks Blair for 'betrayal of elderly'

3 minutes ago, 7by7 said:

Some medical experts. It also makes it clear he was ignoring others. 

 

But as I said, nevertheless, that was the beginning of March and here we are in the latter half of April and the government are still making feeble excuses for the lack of PPE for health workers. Still not contacting the many British companies ready, willing and able to make up this shortfall. 

And Its Clear that you can have a room full of Medical experts and they wll have conflicting views on what action to take hence Sweden taking a approach that the Uk started out with but then Medical experts recommend a different course of action

Swedish Epidemiologist Johan Giesecke: Why Lockdowns Are The Wrong Policy

UnHeard: Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiologists, advisor to the Swedish Government (he hired Anders Tegnell who is currently directing Swedish strategy), the first Chief Scientist of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and an advisor to the director general of the WHO, lays out with typically Swedish bluntness why he thinks:

UK policy on lockdown and other European countries are not evidence-based.
The correct policy is to protect the old and the frail only.
This will eventually lead to herd immunity as a “by-product."
The initial UK response, before the “180 degree U-turn”, was better.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...ng_policy.html

1 minute ago, 7by7 said:

@vinny41,

 

That article is basically saying Johnson listened to the advisors telling him what he wanted to hear whilst ignoring all the others. 

 

But nevertheless, that was the beginning of March and here we are in the latter half of April and the government are still making feeble excuses for the lack of PPE for health workers. Still not contacting the many British companies ready, willing and able to make up this shortfall. 

No its not it clear states He was listening to the Medical experts 

Reuters Special Report April 7th

Special Report: Johnson listened to his scientists about coronavirus - but they were slow to sound the alarm
LONDON (Reuters) - It was early spring when British scientists laid out the bald truth to their government. It was “highly likely,” they said, that there was now “sustained transmission” of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.

If unconstrained and if the virus behaved as in China, up to four-fifths of Britons could be infected and one in a hundred might die, wrote the scientists, members of an official committee set up to model the spread of pandemic flu, on March 2. Their assessment didn’t spell it out, but that was a prediction of over 500,000 deaths in this nation of nearly 70 million.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-he...-idUKKBN21P1X8

4 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Ha ha. The old 'if you don't like then you are free to leave' line. How very original of you. Thanks. Is that really the best you can do? Suggest I abandon my family and leave? When I came here 26 years ago it was a good place to be, but any long-termer will tell you it has changed dramatically and continues to change. And you still haven't argued in support of the arbitrary way that rules and regulations regarding immigration are applied. Perhaps you can't. I can understand that.

I don't recall any suggestion that you should abandon your family , there nothing stopping you from taking your family with you should you decide to leave because you don't like change, and yes I haven't argued in support of the arbitrary way that rules and regulations regarding immigration are applied. becuase they will always be differences applied to immigration rules between a country own nationals and foreigners Likewise you haven't provide information on a single country in the world where a foreigner entering that country on day 1 will be given the same rights as that country own nationals.

6 minutes ago, drbeach said:

Yep. Don't know what that other guy was going on about. EU nationals have far more rights in any other EU country than say Burmese guest workers have in Thailand. They will also find seeking citizenship of the EU country they choose to reside in, is pretty much guaranteed after a few years of residency. Brining a foreign car in is a matter of driving across a border you may miss if you're not paying attention with no time limits - although you may be required to switch to local plates after a certain period of residency (like 1 year). It's not like in SE Asia where you have to go through tons of paperwork and then you only get 30 days for the car, or where you're rejected altogether unless you sign up for an expensive tour (Vietnam, Myanmar, China).

Its simple There isn't a single country in the EU that gives the same rights to foreigners as their own nationals have from day 1 of arrival into a EU country 

exercised

5 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

We'll have to agree to disagree on that. Many, not all but most things that count, relate equally to all, due to cross-(porous)border agreements. And now address the rest of my post. Thanks.

No they don't your totally incorrect

3 Brits all retired recently married

Brit A marrys German Lady

Brit B marrys Thiai Lady

Brit C marrys Thai Lady ( Brit C has worked in Germany for 1 year before he retired)

All 3 brits wish to bring their spouses to the UK and live the rest of the lives there

Only Brit B is required to show savings of £62,500 before they can enter the UK , Brit A that rule doesn't apply and Brit C that rule doesn't apply as they have exercised their right of free movement

Now I can suggest to you that you could back to the UK and resolved all the different rules and regulations that applie to both Brits and foreign nationals entering the UK

As a foreigner living in Thailand if you don't like the rules Leave I am not aware of any rule that prevents you from leaving and moving to another country with the execption of the current lockdown

6 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Have you heard of the EU? Do you know of any country in the world that changes the rules foreigners must adhere to from one office to another, even one officer to another, rather than operating by the book? I'm sure there are quite a few, and Thailand is one of them. Only Thai apologists find that acceptable and regard it as normal and making up rules as they go along as deserving respect.

 

Just look next door to Laos, when the Thai embassy refuses to offer multi Os for marriage while the Thai consulate does. On what grounds, and with what justification does the embassy refuse to do so? People either qualify or they don't. Why do they qualify in Savannakhet and not in Vientiane. Same circumstances, same paper work, one says no and the other says no problem.

There isn't a single country in the EU that gives the same rights to foreigners as their own nationals have from day 1 of arrival into a EU country

7 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

It is difficult to respect people and a country in the form of its government who look for every way they can to make life difficult for you by making up rules as they go along, while also discriminating against non-Thais. Just one example - why do certain foreigners have to have 400,000 or 800,000 in the bank, but Thais do not? We all live in the same country.

 

Respect isn't a right. It has to be earned. RESPECT ISN'T A RIGHT. IT HAS TO BE EARNED.

Do you know of any country in the world that gives the same rights as their own nationals to foreigners from day 1 of their arrival into that country

Foreign currency accounts are NOT covered under the Deposit Protection scheme For anyone opening this type of account suggest you check with your Bank

5 minutes ago, JimLuce said:

That’s the one that doesn’t work with 3BB on Android I’ve already seen this but the app won’t work on Android only with Apple. According to 3BB it’s every Android. If you try to open it on Android right now you just get a black screen but still works fine on Apple and honestly as an Apple customer I need to invest in an Apple TV anyway. 

Well clearly 3BB is incorrect as HBO GO does work on Android , and HBO states their application works on Android

20 minutes ago, JimLuce said:

Yeah it doesn’t work with Android only Apple so far at least. 

It does work with Android, and it seems to only work with an Apple Phone, I have an Ipad  and a Apple TV and the app is not available in the apple store, you should be aware the HBO Go Asia app is region restricted so it will only appear in Google play store if your device is connected to either Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines, networks if your device is connected to another country via vpn then the HBO Go Asia app will not appear in your Google play store.

Before you purchase an Apple TV suggest you ask 3bb to show you the app working via an Apple TV device also suggest you check the reviews of the app here

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sg.hbo.hbogo

14 minutes ago, Logosone said:

Oh, I thought he was head of the British government?

 

You know the country where the health service tweets for help from DIY stores because the government can't provide the desperately needed resources.

 

The country where nurses wrap in binliners.

 

I didn't realise the UK was such an economic superpower. Must be nice. So not "living of the kindness of strangers" like your former Governor of the Bank of England said, then. Interesting...

 

 

It appears Germany is having problems with shortage of medical gear

Spahn refuses to provide information about the delivery of ventilators

https://www.oldenburger-onlinezeitung.de/nachrichten/spahn-verweigert-auskunft-ueber-auslieferung-von-beatmungsgeraeten-37624.html

1 hour ago, Rookiescot said:

Boris listened to the advice he wanted to hear. Basically Dominic Cumins who is actually running the country because Johnson has the attention span of a goldfish.

Plenty of real experts were telling Johnson to shut the country down but were ignored.

1 hour ago, vinny41 said:

Any evidence to support your wild claims

1 hour ago, Rookiescot said:

http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia/UK_scientists_statement_on_coronavirus_measures.pdf

 

Enough said but you knew this already.

Any evidence supporting your wild claims that Dominic Cummings is running the country