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@James105 - totally agree. But... In the latest figures I can see, Sainsburys made a profit of over £500m in a 28-week period. These leeches can well afford this extra tax without passing it on. Disgusting corporate greed. https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/news/latest-news/2024/07-11-24-interim-results-for-the-28-weeks-ended-14-september-2024 I'm no labour supporter, but I hope Labour keep an eye on this and put a windfall tax on Sainsburys if Sainsburys cheat their customers using this NI increase as an excuse to fleece their customers in the same way they've done since the pandemic. Or, increase the tax burden on the Sainsburys Board members so that they earn absolutely nothing.

By my rough calculation, if this investment maintains a 6.1% growth then they'll earn an extra 500 million this coming year, over an above what they've earned in the past year (8.2 billion). A pretty good RoI if it works. Good luck to them!

I'd love to think that this incident might lead to safety improvements to lessen the risk of repeat...

Sad.

Thought this story would be about a few old Thai women playing cards for 20 Baht a time!

Lucky guy, so happy he is safe.

Pathetic.

In the UK there has been many cases of anti-social behaviour that have gone on for far more than 3 years. Doesn't justify anything of course, but it ain't just Thailand.

What an absolute mess the woke world has gotten itself into.

Yes there was, but it was not £40b.

There are some good snake ID groups on Facebook, such as ThailandSnakes or Snakes of Thailand. They are pretty good at helping to identify snakes and giving advice.

A start.

I kind of hope the passengers were unaware of this situation. Very scary otherwise. Not clear what happened or if the one descended more quickly than expected.

Were the truck's 'hazards' switched on and working? Looks like an unlit road.

About the same length as a piece of string.

The CSI Miami crew will be having kittens.

Very restrained of the policeman to only shoot him in the arm.

A violation of the equal intellect rule.

Desperately sad. It'll take a long time to get the DUI culture turned around though.

As Ukraine needs the US I doubt this issue will be too overblown.

Open and transparent competitive tender process?

Hope the woman recovers fast.

All a misunderstanding.

Deport them!

The 'eye for an eye' versus the 'kill them wherever you come upon them' bovine excrement summed up perfectly in a Gary Larson joke.