NanLaew

Aha...so she lost her meal ticket. Thought as much.

And neither is doing so repeatedly.

And if you have been 'on the scene' what would have done exactly?

Yes, and chickens provide eggs and meat whereas dogs only provide barking, fleas dogpiss and dogs**t.

We can only wish. But then there's...

Yes, and here's one.

Cannabis psychosis strikes again.

But aren't those just a pair of those awful "s**thole" African countries? What's he trying to do here, encourage immigration?

Probably some time last century, thus irrelevant.

For better advice, you do really need to share what immigration office you will be dealing with, as they do not all follow the same requirements.

https://www.thaitrainguide.com/2024/04/06/special-2nd-class-carriage-with-wheelchair-lift-and-accessible-toilets-on-trang-route-in-april/ https://fanclubthailand.co.uk/advice-for-disabled-travellers-visiting-thailand/ https://web.facebook.com/groups/asiantrainguide/posts/605375055359430/?_rdc=1&_rdr

You just changed my mind from muesli, thanks! Smash burgers later.

Bangkok Airways own the airport on Samui so no, their unfair monopoly will be allowed to persist. Hard yes, but not impossible.

He was moving an unattended motorbike so he could park when the speeding Bolt driver almost hit him. The fact that there are no "driveways" isn't the issue here. His claim that, " I shouted at him" doesn't explain anything as it doesn't indicate what words were shouted. Still, that's no excuse for the Bolt driver to brandish a knife or even come back and aggravate things.

I recall at least two successful prosecutions of delinquent parents in the US. These linked to shooting incidents carried out by their errant progeny, where I believe the parents allowed them access to firearms or knew they had them already? Firearms are for the most part legal in the US so that may have been a challenging prosecution, but it was successful. I believe simple possession of a knife in public is totally illegal in the UK, but "bad parenting" alone isn't a prosecutable offense. I wonder how many parents know or even allow their kids to carry? I wonder how many parents are aware of the dangers their children face every day? I wonder how many children have told their parents about the bullying, the peer pressure and the gangs? How many parents take an interest in who their children are befriending or hanging out with?

I haven't read or heard any direct quotes from his parents. They obviously struggled with his behaviour, but it appears the heaviest 'punishments' for carrying knives into school were being banned or suspended from schools. The government scheme called Prevent can also be apportioned some blame as they reportedly 'intervened' at least three times over the years. He was on a watch list, but they still managed to miss opportunities to at least have him sectioned. His father stopped him getting in a taxi to go to his old school where he claimed to have been bullied and, armed with a knife, was going to kill the bullies. The following week, it appears he was going to walk to the school, but then went into the dance class and committed the assaults and murders. It was almost like a secondary target.

I blame the quarantines, social isolation and school closures.

I do not recall any media effort to portray the murderer as "choir boy from Wales". In lieu of anything the police released later, that was probably the only picture that was in the public domain at the time. That isn't Starmer's fault. The age of the murderer was also a significant legal factor in why he could not be publicly identified sooner. Now he's been identified and convicted, if you search on social media, there's probably only about four pictures of him, two of which are the ones issued at the time. The murderer was British-born, and the ethnicity and UK immigration status of his Rwandan parents is irrelevant.

Probably. Lessons were learned after Southport which I agree was very badly managed, but some folk are slow learners.

The Southport rioting was PRIMARILY caused by a post on social media, subsequently proven to be from malicious parties, stating that the attacker was an illegal immigrant who had just arrived in the country. It makes absolutely no difference what picture of the murderer was released because most of the rioters don't like coloured people anyway. This is evidenced in their trying to set fire to a hotel with coloured people in it. Light the blue touch paper of the ignorant and ill-advised, and stand well back from the drunken lynch mob that ensues.

Yes he did and no, they are not.

Exactly. Use ita matrix (software from the same company that most airlines use) to find flight options, and after finding one that fits your time and budget, go book on that airline's website. https://matrix.itasoftware.com/search If you have the airline's app on your smartphone, it is even easier.

That's great if you want to be tied to one airline. I use the travel sites to compare fares and schedules of multiple airlines. Travel agencies and airfare aggregator websites can't shunt you onto another carrier free of charge. You either fly both legs with the same airline or, you use a code share or alliance partner airline... and it will still cost more to change your mind.

get over this hatred of all things THAI and your life will be a lot easier and save money too!

Right now, a 1-way to Europe is cheap as chips. However, a 1-way coming back is expensive as it's summer holiday time for Europe. Better to book a return ticket and accept any additional charges they will apply if you opt to come back sooner (probably more expensive). BTW, who uses travel agencies these days? Book online, either by any of the airfare aggregator websites or directly with the airline.