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agudbuk

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  1. Because he was told by au government he was able to travel no problem. That's why, your point is he needs never leave au. The red flag notice should never have been in place and is now been removed. Absolutely ridiculous that Thai have not released him to return to Australia. Complete assup stuff up by Thai legal system. Hey but what's new. Maybe should have a bidding war to see which country he is sent to.
    http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/news3/6886/97217-The-Case-of-Mr.-Hakeem-Ali-Mohamed-Ali-Al-Oraibi,.html
  2. Hi just a follow to this pension thread My pension 2008 2015 frozen as the topic states. We returned to live in UK July 2016 after a lot of form filling waiting it went  up to the new level, nearly+ £300 PM I got my sons tax credits and tax.  pension income slowly going down the pan in Thailand  with the pound devaluation/baht strength
    all the best
    If you ever leave the country again the pension reverts to the old level.
  3. British expat pensions are frozen in more than 40 countries. You could easily mistake a list of them for one of expat hotspots. It includes Australia, Brazil, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong, plus most of the Caribbean and all of Africa. In fact there are only 13 countries outside the EU where UK pensions are uprated.
    The policy (in many cases combined with loss of free public healthcare) is a major obstacle to retirees moving overseas. Bear in mind a basic state pension is worth only GBP 102.15 a week.
    The British government usually trots out two main arguments in defense of pension freezes:
    • Most countries outside the EU refuse to sign reciprocal treaties with the UK.

    • It’s not fiscally prudent to uprate pensions.

    5 pages of everyone stating the obvious and arguing or criticising each other because of some are wealthy some are not. This freezing of the state pension is not a new thing it goes back years.
    So instead of writing the same thing over and over on TV write to your MP, get your friends to write and badger them, they are the only people who can change it!!
    Remember the majority of us here have not emigrated we are and remain "Non Immigrants" which requires a Visa or an extension to. Expats who emigrate are not in this category. Something the UK Government chooses to overlook.
    In 6 years nothing changes.
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  4. I think you are correct, as The English Diplomat's  wifes in Bangkok , during Queen Victoria reign, complained about the Thai women going around bare breasted.    Shortly after there was a new rule that women should    wear bra and cover themselves and the men should wear clothes that cover their tattoos. Some history buffs can find that somewhere and there are many historical photos to support that.
    Bring back the good old days.
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  5. No, but if you have time watch and learn. The Thai drivers seem to have more accidents because it is commonly agreed  that they are less competent operators. You probably never hear of these European accidents for the same reason Europeans probably never hear of Thai accidents, unless there's a large number of fatalities.
     
    https://www.google.co.th/search?q=american+truck+brake+failures&oq=american+truck+brake+failures&aqs=chrome..69i57.10385j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
    https://www.google.co.th/search?q=truck+brake+failures+in+europe&tbm=vid&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhqIn1wLTaAhVMrI8KHU75BTsQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=637&dpr=1
    Well I read a few bits and googled it but I didn't find any hard statistics or accident reports.
    Nearly all of the brake failure reports are just from drivers saying their brakes didn't work rather than from anything evidence.
    Maybe a pilot would say the wings stopped giving us lift and without any accident investigation or black box recording to show he had flown into the ground that would be the only report.

    My own suspicion is that not using low gears when descending hills and driver inattention are more likely accident causes.
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  6. Unfortunately, it has been sorted out already and the government won.  I believe the ruling said that the government was within its rights to deny yearly increases because the expats were no longer involved in the UK economy- spending money and paying taxes. Sadly, the campaigners were so cock-sure of their case that I think they also wanted back payments.  They chose the wrong strategy in my view.
     
    So that's that!
     
    The battle continues.
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