Years ago when new in Thailand I made a big attempt to learn Thai but on speaking found the Thais didn't understand what I was trying to say and often stood there in amazement not even seeming to know I was attempting to speak their language.
I gave up realising I would never master the different tones that are important in the Thai language.
I now have my own private interpreter and if she's not around there's always Google.
Think if the UK had an agreement with Thailand to send it's trouble making prisoners to the Bangkok Hilton that would make them think twice before attacking prison officers.
I once started reading George Orwell's 1984 but gave up half way through because I thought it was too depressing.
I thought the book was purely fiction and it could never happen in the UK how wrong I was.
Couldn't help but laugh, if I was so desperate for money the last place I would rob a donation box would be outside a police station.
Desperate for food, it looks as though he'd last a few months on the calories he has stored.
Would you believe it Nigerians scamming people.
The politicians and home office are obviously people that believe everybody is honest and trustworthy but they are not many are out to cheat the system.
We need streetwise people to make the laws not do gooders otherwise the country is going to go bust as there are many scammers a benefit cheats.
Really terrible, it makes you wonder how a building like that could collapse so easily.
Most of the people they say are trapped are obviously dead and those that are not easily rescued.
A sad day for Thailand.
Makes you wonder who's running the country, it's certainly not the British people.
Every day there is something that advances the rights and privileges of immigrants or ethnic minorities at the expense of the British people.
You could understand Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia or Pakistan having laws to protect Muslims but a predominantly Christian country like the UK having them is ludicrous, it's like turkeys voting for Christmas.
Islam is a ideology hiding behind a religion and if you let it it will take over.