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Might still be cleaner than the Seine?

And the mental health harm of joining in Forums like this? 🤪

Maybe the project forgot to include the need for any risk assessments?

In Hong Kong in 2020, during the not so peaceful protests and the start of COVID, face coverings were both mandatory and illegal at the same time. The bit in quotes above were true there too.

Yeah, totally agree.

I wonder if the Grand Hotel signposted in the photo has family rooms?

I reckon Windsor Davies in the classic British sitcom 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum' summed it up quite well...

Whilst I've got no problem with these people getting jail time, I find it a bit odd that UK politicians criticise the Hong Kong Government for introducing laws that could jail peaceful protestors, whilst doing exactly the same themselves.

Was he accountable for the 0.59 point shortfall in the Pattaya City anti-corruption assessment score?

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And still plenty of corruption.

I found this web site a few months ago. I thought it put a different perspective on this topic, although obviously still very generalistic and not everyone would agree! https://www.philippinesredcat.com/filipina-girls-vs-thai-girls/

I went to Palawan earlier this year, easily the best food I've had in the Philippines. Fresh grilled seafood, and the vegetables I had seemed good quality. But I think it's the exception that proves the rule. That said, easily the worst food I've had in Asia, by a long way, is in Myanmar. The thing I dislike about a lot of Filipino food is that it's fried, but there's some that isn't. In Myanmar, I couldn't find any local food that wasn't fried, and fried in poor quality and old oil. Again, to your point, it's a lot to do with poverty I think.

I walked down Sukhumvit last night. I swear I saw some Government officials playing banjos badly, with caps in front of them and signs saying "Please Give Generously".

This is not 100% wrong, but close to it. I 100% agree that exactly what worked in Jockland might not work in every area of England. I somehow think London might be a bit different to Newcastle, Norwich or St Austell, just the same as Glasgow is wildly different from Oban. Hope the politicians can get their heads up, look at what's worked elsewhere (or indeed not), and the national Government gives the support, tools and resources to allow local politicians to find a plan for their local areas.

Let's compare the quality of journalism in the quoted article, when compared by the Telegraph's reporting quality. Oh, let's not waste time.

I'm the same opinion as you. Several years ago I did a 4-night cruise as part of someone's 50th birthday celebration. I really didn't enjoy getting dressed up for dinner, didn't like the crowds, didn't want to go with the crowds on a shore trip; I generally felt trapped on a huge money-making machine. What I did enjoy was sitting on a balcony in the fresh air, drinking wine and watching the sea go by. Not for me again.

Ha. You knew it was no bluff 🙂

I raise you Boris & Liz...

Is there a reasonably independent and fair/balanced news outlet in the USA?

British prisons are as good as full at the moment (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crg5vp0296eo). Even though I'm happy for these morons to go to jail, I don't think this is the best sentence when I'd rather see violent, or potentially violent, people sent down. Maybe a community sentence, e.g. cleaning litter off of the motorways or anything else that keeps the British road network running more smoothly. Or maybe a one-way ticket to Rwanda?

There's a bunch of Members of the UK Parliament on the BBC radio at the moment. One says that they know that Vance was making a joke, being flippant, when he said what he said, but they know that most people won't see it that way as the media are not reporting the context properly. All the other MPs jumped on Vance for saying what he said, not in any way considering that it was obvious he was joking. Oh dear. Hope Vance learns a little from this if he becomes VP, and remembers that the majority of journalists either don't have the IQ to recognise a joke or have a negative modus operandi and will deliberately mis-report to have their outlet earn advertising dollars. Idiots.

Love the range of numbers for the US population. Who knows the numbers walking through the southern or northern borders, so who knows the real population!

The OP you replied to said 3.7 million muslims in the UK, most recent figure available is nearly 4.0 million. There have been a lot of boats crossing the Channel in the last few years (!). 4.0 million is about 6% of UK population, so in no way does reality match what Vance said. USA is about 3.4 million muslims, or about 1%. So, smaller percentage but roughly the same number.

Yeah, mostly true. Reckon the Soviet Union did a lot of UK ass saving too, and so did the other 20+ nations who fought on the side of the Allies. I'm sure the Brits will be forever grateful for the US sacrifices, and for the sacrifices from all the other nations. Except their ex-Prime Minister, who left the latest D-Day commemoration early for self-serving reasons...