Liverpool Lou

On 4/26/2024 at 4:25 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

To solve this, I suggest the following:

a) Make sure any hospital would be compensated for their services.

They are.

11 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

47 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Same way it affects those who have been abroad for five minutes.

I thought they were freezing pensions to what they were when you left the country

That's right, if they left fifty years ago the pension is frozen at that level, if they left five minutes ago the pension is frozen at that level...same treatment, different levels.

17 hours ago, FruitPudding said:

 

You think it's fair that expats who have 'paid in' don't get the full pension??

They do get the full pension that they are entitled to when they claim but they do not get any annual increases.  Not every claimant gets "the full pension", including UK residents, it depends on the individual's NI contributions.

18 hours ago, sambum said:

Just because the system has been in place for over 70 years doesn't necessarily mean that it is right or fair.

No one has said that it is fair!

18 hours ago, superal said:

Are you saying that the HM gov will accept a down loaded signed copy of a life cert ? I thought that the signature had to be an original which is signed on the original life cert form . 

He's saying to download the form, if you can, when it is required by the DWP and post it back with original signatures in the provided envelope but I believe that it is only available for download if the pension has stopped because DWP didn't get the completed form and you contact them in a panic.

18 hours ago, Hugh Jarse said:

Why poor planning? Brit’s were not told about this when the moved abroad and believed they would be entitled to a pension based on their contributions not their residency!

I believe that claimants are advised that pension increases are only payable to those living in certain countries when they make their claim.  If they choose to advise the IPC of their move abroad to a frozen country, that is their problem. 

18 hours ago, FruitPudding said:

How does this frozen pension thing affect guys who have been abroad decades?

Same way it affects those who have been abroad for five minutes.

18 hours ago, FruitPudding said:

Has this policy changed recently?

 

I thought this was an old policy.

 

Why is everyone talking about it again now?

 

No.

It is.

God alone knows.

20 hours ago, VBer said:

You live in democracy, so why not choose the ones who will follow wishes of people (or force the current government to do so)?

The people cannot force the current government in power to do so and none of the others will necessarily follow the wishes of the people once they've been elected!   No party has ever categorically stated that it would stop all overseas pension freezes so there is no one to vote for on that subject.

Every government since the fifties has refused to increase frozen pensions and the UK-resident "people" certainly do not give a toss about a few moaning expat pensioners with self-inflicted financial injuries.

20 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I don't believe that Trans, I think there are things you have not been told. No one can take 1000 Quid from your state pension, as myself and others have said.

He didn't say that £1000 was deducted from his pension, he just said that it had to be paid.

21 hours ago, Chivas said:

Nobody can have their state pension sanctioned in otherwards reduced or stopped so anyone claiming otherwise is talking bollacks (not yourself lol)

"Nobody can have their state pension ... stopped..."

 Bollacks.   You might want to check whether refusing to return a life certificate would result in the state pension being stopped!

2 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

10 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I'd bet a lot of money that no rule book anywhere suggests to "never anticipate another driver's actions"!

Of course it is 

One of the first things I was taught in the UK when learning to drive.

Do you drive a vehicle? 

Of course, I drive and I have never heard of anyone being taught to "never anticipate other drivers' actions", "always anticipate other drivers' action, yes, that makes sense, not anticipating other drivers' actions makes no safety sense at all.

7 hours ago, rwill said:

Of course don't go after the people who sell them.

They don't do that...are you sure?

22 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

When was Donald Trump convicted of tax evasion? 

 

Which bank was Donald Trump convicted of defrauding and when was that court case?

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Okay perhaps you got me there, perhaps I am projecting a little bit. .... So perhaps he hasn't been convicted yet, but I'm hopeful that will happen. 

 

And I really don't think that it's fair, nor honest to use the word decency, nor use the word dignity, in any conversation concerning with Donald Trump. Wouldn't you agree with that, at least? 

There's no "perhaps" about it, he has not been convicted of any felonies.

You used the words ""decency" and "dignity" in connection with Trump, not me, I was quoting your words.

3 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Seems like Glen Parke booked a 59 day stay at Lek Lek residence for  13 000 Baht, then moved to a more expensive hotel costing 120 000 Baht and he wanted booking.com to cover the difference between 13 000 and 120 000 Baht .

Seems like Glen wants a free holiday 

 

    Here's more to the story , 

 

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/left-7k-debt-finding-hotel-083125421.html?

He's clearly a liar, also, judging by that Yahoo! article.

4 hours ago, Excogitator said:

Something strange about this whole story...

nothing prevented this guy from booking a few nights in a cheapish hotel, rent a motorbike, and then shop around for a better deal while on-site..

Perhaps he didn't have a bike licence?

4 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

   anyway losing 13,000 baht is hardly news worthy

He didn't lose it!

4 hours ago, webfact said:

...paying £282 (around 13,000 baht) ...

Parke booked a 59-night stay at the apparent Lek Lek Residence ...

On arrival, he found that the supposed one-bedroom house was in fact just a small roadside shop.

The name of the place being "Very Small Residence" maybe should have been a clue, not to mention the less than £5 (B230) per night charge.

"British Tourist Duped by Nonexistent Hotel on Thai Island"

...but was fully refunded/compensated for his booking that was not for "a non-existent hotel" but for a one-bedroomed house, and it seems from the OP that the rental was, in fact, a house.

2 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

A personal attack has been removed.

Thank you.

22 minutes ago, Grusa said:

Could it be, it's not the parking, it's the illegal silencer amplifier?

How do you know that his bike had an illegal exhaust?   

Even if that was the case, he'd have to be caught actually using the bike, just owning/renting a bike with an aftermarket exhaust isn't illegal.

37 minutes ago, stevenl said:

2 hours ago, yannyoun said:

Maybe dont want to go police to pay because overstay or another crimes.

Not necessary to go to the police. Just find a motorbike taxi and have them go to the police station.

You think that the police will release a clamped vehicle to someone who clearly does not own the bike nor is the renter?

1 minute ago, Chivas said:

6 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Don't hold your breath.

 

lol no need

He's going down make no mistake on a range of charges this year

I suspect that it is you who is making the mistake.