Phil1964

Most definitely they are the latter!

The generals with their want for war posturing, a PM desperate to use nationalistic fervour to swing a forthcoming election and a national culture of it's 'All about saving face'. Sorry to say, but hopefully it will all go wrong for Thailand.

You have'nt met my ex then? She lived for confrontation. Would get angry if she hadn't had an argument with her daughter by 7am to set her up for the day. So then she'd start on me, and as I would'nt bite while getting ready for work, I later found out off her work colleagues that she'd incessantly argue with them over the stupidest things. The company was glad when she left.

"Selling Thai goods", also known as ladyboys, whores, cheap tat and scams.

Maybe the increased cost of flying from Europe to SE Asia and then the fact that like anywhere costs have increased once you're there has impacted on where people choose to vacation with their money. Add in that once you've seen one temple or white sand beach or lush green hill vista in Thailand then you've seen them and there's not much else to do other than bars, bars, bars, eat eat eat and face the constant scamming and rip-offs.

Especially those corrupt Thais living off benefits over here in the west.

Common piece of typical money grabbing valueless Thai trash. Not worth 1 baht let alone 1 million. What script and idealogy does the average Thai female run? Answers on a stamp...

Article says require 20,000 baht in funds when applying for tourist visa via the e-portal, yet only need 10,000 baht if arriving at the border and obtaining a VOA, and document requirements are at discretion of border officials. Good old Thailand and it's inconsistent policies yet again. Yeah, not a lot of money to stash as proof but more faff to enter and wait until someone gets refused at the border office because they did'nt have a document. Thought they wanted tourists or is that not the plan?

Love the euphenism! 🤣 It's the way a lot of Thai society makes It's income from many perspectives! Just balance it off with a few Wais and lotus blooms at the family shrine and all will be morally acceptable!

Oh there's a surprise. Thai officialdom taking bribes instead of coming up with proper processes and diligence in vetting companies.

Oh there's a surprise. Thai officialdom taking bribes instead of coming up with proper processes and diligence in vetting companies.

Well from personal experience of a Thai psychotic female I stupidly wasted a few years and £ ,000's on I would recommend to start by assuming all Thai women are basically incapable of being faithful and are manipulative, destructive liars only using you the western male as a route to a visa to escape their existing lives in Thailand. Mine certainly was as well as being violent and sexually abusive to both her young daughter and myself. I learned too late in the process that nothing which came out of her mouth was the truth. Her daughter enlightened me as to her mother's activities and behaviours.

Thai racism and xenophobia in action. Perhaps a blanket ban on allowing Thai HiSo to visit the west and spend their corruptly obtained millions should be in order for a period???

Simple. Bin her off. She only sees you as a walking ATM. Drop her quick, walk away and look for a better more suited partner to be your girl.

So my slightly separate but related question to all this taxable imported foreign income that farangs now need to declare to the Thai authorities is; To avoid filing tax returns, risk getting screwed by the Thai tax authorities demanding tax payments on income bought into Thailand for living expenses, (despite having already been taxed at source in the UK etc), the safest way to avoid any of this hassle and risk is, (barring not going to Thailand), to simply only spend 180 days in any 365 days in the country between 1st Jan and 31st Dec each year? Or after 3 years will the authorities be looking at your arrival/departure records and going, "Hey this fella is as good a resident let's tax him, (and others who may be doing so)? (NB: I still live in UK but am nearing / loosely thinking and planning my retirement for within next 3 - 5 years). Finally, since my last visit in August 2023 with my now ex-psycho Thai b****, what is the cost of living like there 2 years on? Turned for the worse and as bad as here in "rip off Britain"? Thanks in advance and enjoy the sunshine, it's a miserable February here in 2025, just the one day of sunshine in nearly 2 weeks! Grrrr!

You've forgotten to mention that once their false masks slip the real disturbing Thai psycho, mood swings, jealousies, abusive natures, destructive personas and must save face at all costs rises to the fore like Godzilla emerging from a thawing glacier!

While here in the UK EV take up is slow because costs to purchase or lease is high compared to average earnings, unless you buy a nearly new Astra or Mocha from Vauxhall. The usual car industry suspects dominate the market, Tesla very popular only non EU brand to shake the market. MG, BYD minimal... No other Chinese presence. Never heard or seen most of the EVs in this article and their pricings well, the EU manufacturers would be wiped out at such price points!

Sadly those countries who we've, (the west and soviets), bombed to f***, alienated, installed autocratic, puppet leaders to subjugate the masses; Gaddafi, Saddam, Assad, numerous African ones I can't even mention, plundered their natural resources without improving infrastructure, jobs, education... The list goes on. Which probably goes some way to explaining in the wake of 'The Arab Spring", then the surge of ISIS, the return of the Taleban, let alone Somalia, Chad and the troubles, (war, famine), throughout sub-Saharan Africa why there's millions ofmigrants trying to reach northern Europe and that holy grail of benevolence called the UK?? The only thing I find confusing🤔 in all of this illegal migration routes, dinghies crossing the channel daily etc is, why are the 2nd highest number of migrants using the people smuggling 'dinghies' route in 2024 coming from Vietnam?? I thought it was settled there? Or is it a move by triad gangs to establish a nail bar, (come or cum brothel), on every street corner in UK cities?? 🤔🤣 It's a right screw up whichever way you look at it and nobody in government has the political will to make some tough decisions. I am not against migration or immigrants - but it has to be properly monitored, regulated, economically balanced and fit for purpose.

Sad to see Thai xenophobia as prevalent as ever. Will this clampdown include Chinese/Indian and Soviet funded businesses under Thai nominees? Perhaps other countries should impose strict controls on Thais owning any sort of business interest and property overseas in other countries. (Leicester City would be well screwed).

Let alone how much they're spending each year putting up 'boat people' who enter the UK illegally via people smugglers, are paying the French aithorities to supposedly police and stop them setting off in the first place from crossing the channel. There's an endless list of the UK's profligate waste of money throughout the whole system we could debate all day here!

They don't enjoy work at any stage do they?

A dump and that was before the hordes descended from the Soviet steppes and China. Traffic awful, everywhere trying to rip you off. Much nicer and more authentic places in Thailand. IMHO.

Does'nt matter who you covet, rate, tar etc, in politics, all politicians, their ambitions and rhetoric are now ruled by the likes of Black Rock, Vanguard, Goldman Sachs et al's boardrooms. If you don't curry favour and bow to them and their investment/hedge/funds you're screwed politically. Father Cheney? Wasn't he on the board of Haliburton back in the 90's and noughties, leveraging for war in the middle east, ie: Iraq, and then oh so conveniently Haliburton picked up the multi billion contracts from the US government to 'rebuild' Iraq after bombing the crap out of the place. Bet Goldman et al had nice big bets on Haliburton stocks back then?? It's all totally corrupt, does'nt matter if east or west politics!

The price of some EV models on UK car supermarket's websites are plummeting showing just how slow new sales are, and the unrealistic price points, eg: Vauxhall's EV Mocha range are now being offered for nearly 50% of their list price, (£20k - £22k GBP v £38k to £44k depending on model spec), on CarWow. Main dealers still trying it on with their higher unrealistic pricing however. Kindof shows how parlous and unrealistic the industry is, outside of the company car market??

They usually are. Mine was too. She lied more than Boris Johnson ever could.