James105

I have proven it. This exact same scenario happened in the last Labour leadership election. Starmer (Straight white male) was up against Nandy (ethnic minority female), Thornbury (female), Long-Bailey (female) and Phillips (female). Spoiler alert. The straight white male won it. If you are asking me to prove the next future labour leadership election then that is just silliness on your part.

Records only go back to 1906, but Labour have never elected anyone other than straight white males to be their leaders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK) Viva diversity...

If this was a Labour leadership election the bookies would no longer be taking bets as there is only one straight white male left in the competition.

Labour leaders... Viva diversity.

If they could do so then this sort of nonsense would not need to be suggested. https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/labour-to-bring-in-allbame-shortlists-as-part-of-candidate-selection-overhaul

I think I would have a preference for Kemi Badenoch. She is an actual bona fide believer in free speech and conservative values, and is untainted by the Boris government. It would also be amusing to watch the racists on the left tie themselves in knots over her becoming PM as well, proving that you do not actually need to exclude white people for black people to get to the top - as long as they are good enough of course.

Yes, they are opinion pieces that do not provide any evidence that Patel scapegoats ordinary immigrants who play by the rules and enter the UK legally. Like I said, if you do not have any evidence of what you accuse Patel of, then it just sounds like you are attacking a brown woman without cause for simply doing her job (which is dealing with the problem of illegal immigration). As I said, we have a word for that sort of thing ...

She is in charge of the department that is responsible for dealing with illegal immigrants. That is her job and if she does not try to do her job then the UK will effectively have open borders and all the social problems that come along with such a reckless policy, such as the destruction of the health and social security services. Do you have any evidence that she has scapegoated, or attempted to enact policies against, or has a problem with ordinary immigrants who play by the rules and enter the UK legally? If you do not it just sounds like you are attacking a brown woman without cause who is just trying to do her job. We have a word for that kind of thing you know...

I'd wager that not one single American cop has used the neck restraint technique used on Floyd following the extensive social media / media coverage and outrage was meted out at following the Floyd incident. Since there was no outrage after the Timpa incident it probably never occurred to Chauvin he was doing anything wrong. Neck restraints were authorised for use in Minneapolis at the time of the Floyd incident. Would that have been the case if significant outrage had been applied to the Timpa incident? Unlikely. Imagine the Timpa coverage got even a fraction of the attention of Floyd following the release of the Timpa incident footage. That restraining technique would never have been used on Floyd (since it would have been outlawed), ergo he would still be alive today. The US has had a history of killing unarmed folks (black and white) that did not comply with police instructions. The US is dangerous place to be a police officer as everyone there potentially could be carrying a gun. To not comply with police instructions is a very risky strategy that sometimes leads to unarmed folks (white and black) getting killed by the police.

Sure, I understand you want the benefits but if you don't meet the requirements then you cannot have them as this visa is not designed for you. I want the benefits people over 50 get but since I am not over 50 I cannot have them. Perhaps this will inspire you to work harder and earn more so that you do meet them. I don't see why you think the requirements are so unreachable as this is the one that applies to me and I don't see the part about my company being worth $150m or traded on the stock market. I don't know what the "target industries" part is but I'd be surprised if my industry (software engineering) is not on it. Highly-skilled professional Personal income: Personal income of a minimum of US$80,000/year in the past two years In case of personal income below US$80,000/year, but no less than USD$40,000/year in the past two years or before retirement, applicants must have a Master's degree or above in science and technology, or special expertise relevant to the job assignment in Thailand. No minimum personal income for professionals working for Thai government agencies. Current employer: A business in any targeted industries A higher education institution, research institution, specialised training institution, or Thai government agency. Experience: At least five years of work experience in the targeted industries except for applicants with a PhD or above in the relevant fields of the targeted industries, or applicants working for Thai government agencies. Health insurance: Health insurance of at least US$50,000 coverage or social security benefits insuring treatment in Thailand, or at least US$100,000 deposit.

Why? They would most likely have seen the released footage of the exact same incident that happened to a white guy in 2016 as the footage for that was released in 2019. Since there was no action taken against the police in that incident (the cop who did it has actually been promoted) then why should the less experienced by-standing police in the Floyd incident not believe it was a legitimate tactic to use to restrain an uncooperative suspect? Perhaps if there was more outrage about the Timpa incident lessons could have been learned and Floyd would still be alive today, as well as the additional 19 people killed in the BLM and media incited riots that followed.

Actually I would blame the media. Even if they gave the "white guy knee on neck" incident the same coverage, it would be impossible to rile up white folks as they would do the same as me - shrug shoulders and assume the white guy wasn't complying with the police and was in some way to blame. It would be impossible to incite anywhere close to the level of violence and rioting the media was able to incite following the Floyd incident so they probably didn't see the benefit in reporting on Timpa. I think the media quite like to rile folks up who are easily riled up (woke people/BLM), incite a riot and then watch viewing figures increase as they report on the rioting. There were 19 deaths caused by the BLM riots of 2020 and I think we could say quite comfortably that those 19 people would be alive today if the media gave the same level of coverage to Floyd as they did to Timpa. I doubt any of those 19 dead people will get any justice either.

Like most people, when someone gets killed at the hands of the police I assume that the person killed was to blame in some way by not complying with the police instructions and/or acting in a threatening manner. The media doesn't tell us about the white people unjustly killed (such as Tony Timpa) so how would people even know about it to protest? In the case of George Floyd it was an unjust killing and justice has been served and it was served very quickly. It appears America has even found the time to try Chauvin again for a different charge, yet still cannot find the time to provide justice for the exact same incident that happened to a white guy several years prior. They have, however, found the time to promote the guy who did it. Justice shouldn't just be about which group shouts the loudest or burns the most buildings down in a "mostly peaceful" riot, or the colour of someones skin, but that is exactly how it appears to work in America.

So it was released a year prior to the George Floyd incident, yet still no outrage. George Floyd's family are now worth $27 million, which is the amount Minneapolis paid as settlement. They also got justice as the perpetrator is in jail for a very long time. Have a guess how much compensation Tony Timpa's family got? Zero. They also got zero justice for his death. White Lives clearly do not matter and it is actually considered racist to say otherwise. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-burnley-race-idUKKBN23V317

What I have always found surprising is that the people who were horrified by this attack have never heard of an identical case that happened in 2016 and was also captured on video. The officer in that case not only did not face charges but has recently been promoted. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2022/05/25/dallas-police-promote-officer-who-pinned-tony-timpa-to-ground-before-he-died-in-2016/ So why no national (or international) uproar in this case? Why no media attention? The only difference I can see between the cases is the colour of the victims.

Clearly this visa was not designed with you in mind. I am not sure why you are salty about it as they are not removing the other visa choices you already have. This will be in addition to those visas so you have lost nothing here. Some of the comments on here remind me of this Ricky Gervais joke...

So if that's the piddly amount for a graduate, what is the minimum for a non-graduate?

Right, so Thailand only wants to offer this visa to high skilled, high earning or already wealthy people. As I said, this visa is not for everyone and it obviously isn't designed to be, in much the same way the over 50 visa is not designed for people under 50. The people who are upset about this are those who are unskilled or just don't earn enough, but that's fine as there are other visas they can get which are designed for them.

The UK is divided as the people who live there no longer seem to be able to accept the result of democratic votes that do not go their way. The Scots do not accept the result of the independence referendum they had. The anti-Brexit folks do not accept the democratic result of the EU referendum. Half the nation are anti-democratic babies, and that includes the media who seem to have been on a Boris Johnson witch-hunt ever since he helped moved the EU trough away from their snouts.

If only, but it will not happen. It's going to be a globalist puppet like Jeremy Hunt.

I don't really understand why people are getting salty about this. Not all visas are designed for all people. The over 50 visa is not designed for me as I am not yet 50 but I don't feel the need to jump up and down complaining about that. This one would work very well for me and several other people I know who have done quite well from their online businesses, and are currently working under the radar on education/elite/volunteer/some other kind of visa.

Sure, but my income is not earned in the UK and hasn't been for several years - my income is basically royalties from a publisher in the USA. I remain a UK tax resident as I need to pay tax somewhere and Thailand does not allow me to work here legally. This visa would allow me to legally conduct my business here as well as pay tax where I am actually residing. Seems like a win for me and a win for Thailand.

It doesn't seem like a good enough reason to me to bring down a PM who won an 80 seat majority and is more likely just another bandwagon for the people who are still salty about Brexit to jump on. I had never heard of this MP prior to this week. How is it that the deviants in the Labour Party (of which there are some pretty famous ones) do not bring down Starmer?

Last I heard the internet in the Philippines was really poor which has always ruled this country out for me. Has it improved in recent years?

I can't imagine Agoda et all would allow hotels to do that. They would have to include it in the advertised (and guaranteed) price and that means getting Agoda et all to publish 2 different prices or check passports etc for anyone who books a hotel. Whoever thought up this daft idea didn't really think it though.