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The dem controlled house is there until January so they will get hold of them before they leave - enough time to look at some of the headlining items, and then the tax returns are a matter of record and so will be used as a stick to beat Donald during the campaign for the 2024 presidency

Much has been made on this thread about the reciprocity of Thais being able to hold land and property abroad - especially in London - when UK people cannot do the same in Thailand. There will, however, be some changes in the UK which will make it visible to see who and which Thais own property and land in the UK from early next year. "On 15 March 2022, the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 received Royal Assent – the law became live on 1 August 2022. Overseas entities that already own UK property must register with Companies House by 31 January 2023. In addition to changing the rules about sanctions and Unexplained Wealth Orders, the Act introduces a new legal requirement for overseas entities owning UK property to register at Companies House and provide details of their beneficial owners. The data must be verified by an agent regulated under the Money Laundering Regulations and criminal offences may be committed by those who fail to comply or who provide incorrect information. The register will be publicly available, and HMRC will be able to access additional information at Companies House." Courtesy BDO It will be interesting to see if any Thai publications will use this opportunity to detail the rich Thais owning property in the UK (freehold rather than leasehold to have a like-for-like comparison with Thailand laws on land ownership), and the value of those properties, especially where it may suggest unexplained wealth. If no Thai publication dares to do this maybe just publicising individual glaring cases - such as a Thai lawmaker who votes against foreign ownership also owning property in the UK - could be put on a forum perhaps.

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Shouldn't this be under world news I was wondering where this $1 trillion dollar project was in Thailand

While many countries have suffered due to covid and the Ukraine war causing inflation -The euro has tumbled below parity with the dollar - Biden may lose the mid-terms due to inflation etc. But in the UK there are two definite problems purely of the government's own making - putting out a tax-cutting budget for high earners at a time of financial crisis for many people looks uncaring, out of touch and downright stupid and the second problem the government has is Brexit - not because this has had an adverse affect on the UK trade - but because this was the convenient whipping boy for the Conservatives and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media such as the Daily Express to blame when things were going wrong, and now they cannot home, chickens, roost

On your own logic then there should not have been a brexit vote in 2018 as there was an earlier referendum which voted to join ("no second referendums") Or are you saying that the referendum to join was too long ago and times have changed - the EU has changed - then we are not talking about "if" the Scots should have another vote but "when". My own view is that there should be at least a 10-year gap between the same referendum question being put again to the voters - but that the principle of self-determination should apply

You seem to want to know a lot about me - are you gay?

I am in favour of people deciding their own sovereignty wasn't that the Brexiteers argument?

Regardless of your own personal fantasies - Tony Blair will not make a comeback - Boris Johnson will not be leader of the conservative party again - The Conservative party have now been in office so long that pointing the finger at the opposition history will not work with the electorate - an electorate who will want to see change at the next election - The only way for the Tories to remain in power is to shift the goalposts - allow a Scottish referendum and take the SNP MPs out of Westminster so that there is not a left coalition of Labour/Lib/SNP with enough votes to defeat them- above all the Tories want to remain in power and any ideology can be sacrificed for that

Excellent suggestion This week I am in Singapore and enjoying walking around - all roads have pavements/sidewalks - Pavements/sidewalks are in good condition, no raised drain covers or loose bricks to trip up on - no billboards, signs, street tables, hanging wires or other obstacle course - traffic stops at zebra crossings - no stray soi dogs to bite you Just wish I could afford to live here full-time

Meanwhile in the real world, the richer people with investment income and a good accountant (or a non-dom agreement) pay less tax than a factory worker (in % terms) - and just benefitted from another tax cut So your point is?

While the left wing twitter mob may be a thing - it is also true that the "work-shy benefit scrounger" is a right wing media invention, with isolated examples trotted out every time to justify wholesale cuts to benefits needed by many people. There are laws in place to deal with fraudulent claims from people on benefits and a lot of time and (government-funded) effort goes into this - less effort into making sure that the large corporations pay their taxes (according to HMRC own figures) - and very little effort is spent on equalising the laws so that these tax loopholes cannot be exploited. The silent majority as you call them despise both benefit scroungers and greedy corporations in equal measure and the party which can look as if it achieves a balance in this will prevail

When I was growing up in the UK my city had a divided council between labour and conservatives, the balance of power was held by one communist councillor and he was the most sensible of the whole lot - only one who actually cared about the local people

Trying to move the goalposts now Failed

In terms of trade balance - Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland When you say "produce" this has to mean all goods and services - not just food and agriculture