Geoff914

She needs a marker put on her. There should be a database that men can check before forming any sort of relationship. And vice versa.

He left "HER" kids. So why does that make him responsible for her kids. What is the kid's father doing. As distressing as it was I would say that the was money well spent getting rid if her. Think what it would have cost him in the long run.

I think her name is Rayner but otherwise good post.

Funny how the UK can't deport ex convict dual national Pakistanis back to where they came from. Or any of the other ten of thousands of illegals.

Only partly true. In another fours years at the next election a significant number of the current pensioners wont be here. So the Government don't give a <deleted>.

About the cost of HS2 then. They p155 money up against the wall. £100 million for a bat tunnel.

I hope you aren't suggesting that the triple lock and not means testing pensions is 100% safe under this or any other Government. Both sides hate the triple lock and given half a chance would introduce means tested pensions at the drop of a hat.

So you are saying we don't need to be concerned? Let's think, Huge black hole in the economy. How are they going to fix it. Tax increases may be. Taxes are going up because they aren't index linking the tax threshold. That impacts those on fixed incomes and the less well off more than the better off.

Why shouldn't there be inheritance?

For somebody who uses a lion symbol as his avata. I hope there are wild lions in the country that you live in.

What is nonsense is this discussion. England hasn't chosen the lion as a national symbol, the English football associations have. I assume that they are free to chose what ever logo they like. If they choose a symbol from England's history good for them. France it is a chicken. Plenty of beavers, I guess that is a euphemism.

I drove through my local estate this morning and so nice to see that all the lamp posts were decked out it in the UK national flag and the English national flag. See how long it is before the local council spoil sports take them down.

I think you will find that they died out because it got to warm. So a fat lot you know. What is bit silly is you thinking that a nation should choose its symbol by what is an indigenous animal. So what if Richard the Lion Heart chose three lions and then football adopted the same symbol. That is up to the football associations. What next Jaguar Land Rover has to change its name.

The national flag of Wales and Bhutan has a dragon on it. So why not Lions as British symbols.

Not half as deranged as wales and China using mythical dragons as symbols. So there were lions in Britain. "Yes, there were lions in Britain, but not in recent history. During the Pleistocene epoch, which lasted from about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago, Britain was home to a species known as the European or Eurasian cave lion (Panthera spelaea). These lions were larger than modern African lions and roamed across much of Europe, including what is now Britain. Prehistoric cats: meet 10 ruthless feline hunters that roamed the planet thousands of years ago The petrifying prehistoric beasts that would have terrified early Brits These lions became extinct as the climate changed and the Ice Age came to an end, leading to the disappearance of many large mammal species in Europe. By the time humans began to settle in Britain, these lions had already vanished from the region." https://www.countryfile.com/prehistoric/were-there-ever-any-lions-in-britain Amazing what a bit of education can do you.

Whilst I suppose to could call him English as he was born in England he spent his adult life in France or on Crusades, "Though regarded as a model king during the four centuries after his death and viewed as a pious hero by his subjects, he was later perceived by historians as a ruler who treated the kingdom of England merely as a source of revenue for his armies rather than a land entrusted to his stewardship. The lion is still a better symbol than the French chicken.

She lives in the UK. Her passport expires in Feb 2026 but as she was going to Italy in October and know what the EU says about having less that 6 months valid on a passport suggested she renewed it now. I was unaware of this new rule. I wonder what would have happened if she just kept her mouth shut about having another passport. I did see something in the link that you sent that said keeping a passport in another name could be accepted if you have to travel to the other country to change it. Not sure if the Thai Embassy in London can do that or at short notice. May be she can use that as an excuse, on costs alone, just to flit over the Thailand to change the passport and ID card. If it does become an issue then she should change the UK passport. But then flights are already booked in her married name.

Based on that looks like she is screwed. I can't see her changing her name in the Thai passport to align with the UK one. That will means she has to change the ID card, bank accounts, property and God know what else. I suppose she can change the the UK one but then the same problem, she has to change all her bank accounts, credit cards and God know what else. Looks like her holiday in October will have to be cancelled.

I assume a Catholic can renounce their religion at any time. Any Muslim who does that has a fatwa put upon them.

That could be an issue then. In the UK she goes by her married name and her passport is in her married name. Her Thai ID card and I assume her passport are in her maiden name. As for preventing fraud, fraud will continue as fraudsters know how to circumvent the system. It just makes it difficult for ordinary people. Example when opening a bank account in the UK that need all sorts of ID to confirm who you are. So how can bank fraudsters get away with it. The Banks ""must know"" who the fraudsters are. If they followed the correct procedures when opening the accounts of course.

I posted this on the visas to others countries forum. Not really sure where to put it. Does anybody have an answer. "My ex wife renewing her UK passport has been told to send her Thai passport with the UK application. I can't think of a single reason why that is necessary. Has some strange rule come into place where dual nationals in the UK need to show their national passport when renewing their UK passport?"

Step daughters having miscarriages? Why only step daughters? Seems a very strange thing to say.

About Polio "Once infected, there is no specific treatment. The disease can be prevented by the polio vaccine, with multiple doses required for lifelong protection. There are two broad types of polio vaccine; an injected polio vaccine (IPV) using inactivated poliovirus and an oral polio vaccine (OPV) containing attenuated (weakened) live virus. Through the use of both types of vaccine, incidence of wild polio has decreased from an estimated 350,000 cases in 1988 to 30 confirmed cases in 2022, confined to just three countries. In rare cases, the traditional OPV was able to revert to a virulent form. An improved oral vaccine with greater genetic stability (nOPV2) was developed and granted full licensure and prequalification by the World Health Organization in December 2023." Just 30 cases. Pretty impressive.

What huge improvement in sanitation occurred between the 1950s and the 1960s? It is 2025 and we are still essentially using the 19th century Bazalgette system. So I don't think that in the UK at least improved sanitation has anything to do with it.

Same here plus the Dash Cam videos and how can you not watch the cat videos. There is a lot of good history programmes and science. Hell if you think about it there is a lot of damn good stuff on YT