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What a surprise. Grandpa Google supporting the Junta's direction again. Isn't it about time he removed the white overcoat and donned green trousers and shirt with some black boots?
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4 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:
Remainers did not destroy the pound. Brexiteers did by voting to leave the EU hence the drop in value against all major currencies. If uncertainty had been the issue as you claimed then it would have jumped back up when that was removed.
Blaming others for your own actions is pointless.
Incorrect. 4 years of turmoil, calls for "people's votes" and legal cases/wrangling by the likes of Gina Miller caused untold damage to the UK. If only you guys could have respected Democracy... Shameful stuff, you guys really showed your true colours.
Imagining that it would jump back overnight only highlights your lack of understanding of economic fundamentals. Which is probably why you fell for all the Project Fear nonsense.
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41 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:
So now that the uncertainty is over with why has the pound not returned to pre referendum levels?
These things don't tend to happen overnight. While there was a sharp drop immediately after the vote to leave it took several years to reach the bottom. Similarly, while there has been a sharp rise since we left, it may take several years to return to pre vote levels.
Thankfully, leaving meant we face no political pressure to join the EU's failed debacle of a vaccine scheme so we are able to return to some level of normality much quicker than our friends and partners in the EU. It's obviously volatile out there at the moment, but barring any deadly new variants I'd guess we'll be back to pre vote levels by the end of 2022. So that would be 4 years for Remainers to destroy the pound, and only 2 years for Leavers to rebuild it (you're welcome). The recent trade deal with Australia will only benefit us further. Onwards and upwards.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/uk-confirms-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-australia.html
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Not too bad. It lasts a couple of weeks longer than most Chinese junk I've bought.
Consistent with Thailand's vaccine debacle, they have millions of these on order. Good job Anutin, maybe time for a smug smile and some more lies.
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17 hours ago, johnnybgood said:
Normally I don't rise to the ignorant posters, and as the censorship on here is sooooo subjective here goes............We are Scotland, just a small nation........... as is Little England, thing is you are in denial about your status.
England has a huge population and a very dodgy MSM, many of them red-tops which in order to do business, pump up the jingoistic rhetoric.
Only the white English, low educated knuckle draggers buy into this.Don't you realise nobody in the world likes you, except your own white English low educated knuckle draggers?
Look at your England today consumed with bile toward the coloured English players.....seemingly blamed for last nights defeat?
The City of London, the money tree, doesn't want to know about UK, all their investment is overseas - why would they invest in Sharon / Darren?
Stop taking the <deleted>. We want separation, we don't need or like Eng-er-land. Get over it.
You sound bitter and angry. Maybe a deep friend Mars bar and a can of Irn Bru would help?
Firstly, a handful of idiots sent racist messages to the players. The vast majority of the country condemned these idiots and rightly so.
Secondly, if "You" want separation, why did "You" vote to Remain in Indyref 2014? Seems like you are misrepresenting the majority's wishes to support your vocal minority of nationalist extremists. The hate that Sturgeon managed to drum up amongst the bitter minority of loons last year has passed already. The dream is over. Make yourself comfy, you're going nowhere.
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14 minutes ago, Eindhoven said:How did they do that?
Dropped from 1.38 to 1.22 in the year of the Referendum. How did the Remainers achieve that? That would be the Leavers....
31 Dec 2015 1.377982 31 Dec 2016 1.224833 31 Dec 2017 1.141317 31 Dec 2018 1.130081 31 Dec 2019 1.139727 31 Dec 2020 1.124569 11 Jul 2021 1.152306 That's about an 11% drop. It's gained that much against the THB since we finally left in January.
A lot of the damage was done in 2018/2019 at the height of the Remainer meltdown. Had Remainers accepted the result we'd have probably left in 2018 with much less damage and a better deal and we'd be back to 2015 levels by now. But no, they tried to overturn it because they "knew best".
A great lesson to Remainers everywhere. Respect Democratic process. Otherwise, you end up in a similar mess to the one that Labour and the Lib Dems are in now. People have long memories.
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I can only imagine how catastrophic this will be for the Thai economy. Now with the lockdown they've lost domestic as well as foreign tourism, plus domestic consumption must be through the floor with malls, restaurants and entertainment venues closed.
I doubt the real numbers will be released as it would be too dangerous for the government to do so, but with tourism close to 20% of GDP, plus domestic consumption slashed you'd have to estimate the loss in GDP is between 20 and 25% when compared to 2019 (no point comparing to 2020 since that was also disastrous).
Of course, most of this could have been avoided by simply buying every vaccine they could get their hands on. But no, certain individuals saw money to be made so decided to put personal gain ahead of the health of the Thai people and the health of the Thai economy. And these people claim to love Thailand. Amazing indeed.
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32 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:
How do you get this..."fully vaccinated" people are allowed in, i.e., ones who have had both Sinovac jabs.
Because they are happy with a single shot of AZ, but not a single shot of Sinovac.
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You mean the Chinese junk doesn't work? Quelle surprise.
Looks like Thailand might need to restart the vaccine program. Fortunately, it's barely started anyway. Another good example of why Generals should stay in the barracks.
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Oh dear, it seems they've backed the wrong horse.
On the bright side, at least Anutin and his cohorts have a few more hundreds of millions. Never let a crisis go to waste.
The supporters of the coup must be so proud.
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28 minutes ago, webfact said:People who are traveling from maximum and strictly controlled, or maximum controlled zones, must be fully vaccinated or have been inoculated with at least one dose of AstraZeneca vaccine for at least 14 days prior to arrival and present a negative RT-PCR or Antigen COVID-19 test certificate issued no more than 7 days prior to arrival.
An admission that Sinovac is junk?
The amount of effort and resource they have put into this Sandbox is incredible given the number of genuine tourists. At some point surely they have to admit it was a bad idea, or will they keep on digging? Maybe vaccinating factory workers and the elderly/vulnerable in the Bangkok and surrounding areas would have been more prudent.
They say a broken clock is right twice a day. This administration seems incapable of even lucking into a good decision.
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1 hour ago, Rookiescot said:Patience for what? You claimed the drop in the value of the pound was because of uncertainty in the markets. There is no longer any uncertainty. We left.
So why is the pound still behind its pre brexit value?
Oh yeah. Thats right. Brexit was a stupid idea and the markets have responded to that.
The only reason the pound is making gains on the baht is because its so weak. The pound has not made gains against other major currencies.
You got what you voted for grasshopper.
It's gained against the Euro. Or is that not a major currency any more?
Bad luck in the football by the way. But that's what happens when you have to back up empty words with tangible results. You finish bottom of the group with no wins and a goal difference of minus 4. Embarrassing.
Project Indyref2? A bit like project remain. Another failure. At least you can support Italy on Sunday. Small time bitter nationalists are all the same irrespective of the flag they hide behind.
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It should be either a hard lockdown or just keep it the same as before IMO.
These half measures will wreak havoc on the economy and livelihoods while doing little to stop the spread.
Seems like a token gesture from the government to try and prove they are taking it seriously while not really doing very much.
Vaccines are the real solution, and they've screwed that up. If I wasn't working here I'd go back to the UK for 12 months. The next few months are gonna be grim.
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Given that he actually stopped at a red light, I'd say this is one of the better examples of Thai driving standards.
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8 minutes ago, dinsdale said:14 days will do nothing. Right now there are people infected who don't know it and are infecting others. 14 days will not break the cycle. There are just to many infected people.
Thin end of the wedge. 3 weeks in the UK became several months.
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3 minutes ago, robblok said:Says the guy who wants to open the bars but does not understand it will increase numbers. Guess you don't understand things either.
Its pure speculation that Thaksin would handle it better. No speculation though that he would steal, but then again all these governments do. Yes i supported the coup as i would support a popular rising of the people right now too. I mean that is also not democratic but many would love to see it.
Strawman. I didn't say open the bars. I said it doesn't make sense to have restaurants open serving orange juice but not a glass of wine with meals. Please do not misrepresent my position again.
History is a great predictor of the future. If you look at Thailand's success under Thaksin it would be obvious that he would have handled this better. You prefer and incompetent, illegal, corrupt administration to a competent, elected, corrupt administration. You can tell a lot about a person by the type of people they support.
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15 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:
Did you really expect anything different based on the other countries who were hit by the Delta variant.
Personally, I was expecting the numbers to rise, but not quite as quickly as it has. I think many would admit they are a bit surprised by the rapid increased the last 2-3 days (if they were being honest). I would have said 10,000 by the end of July. It looks to be much quicker than that unfortunately.
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27 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:Back up to pre Brexit levels?
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OK.
Patience, Grasshopper.
It took 4 years for the Remainers to drag Britain to those depths. It might well take 4 years to rise back to the surface.
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This is great news for many (although not for me). I remember one column of Project Fear was that the pound would crash to 30 THB post Brexit.
Yet here it is at 45. Up 10% and climbing. Funny that...
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Well that escalated quickly.
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Spoke to a friend in Sydney yesterday, they extended lock down there for another week due to 18 cases one day followed by 27 cases the next.
I suspect lockdown is coming to Bangkok.
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I haven't been to Samui for years. The last couple of times I took my own transport, but I remember way back in 2004 we went for a friend's wedding and me and a buddy got charged about 600 Baht to Lamai from the airport (about 15kms). Maybe the prices he is quoting are per person and not per journey lol? 17 years later post pandemic I expect that would be closer to 1000 Baht. A lovely welcome to the island.
All these Thai islands are the same, run by local mafias and a law unto themselves. On the plus side, Lamai was a good laugh back then and I had a great time. Last time I went it had lost it's charm.
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No chance. Anutin is making an absolute fortune out of his current position/stance.
Why would he give that up? For the benefit of the country? Don't think so...
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53 minutes ago, smedly said:
and still they refuse to stop interprovincial travel knowing fool well it will spread the pandemic far and wide - I can only conclude that is their intention - you would need to be a total idiot not to see this
A few Thais I've spoken to have said that the intention is to allow people to get out of Bangkok so that C19 positive people can utilize medical facilities in other provinces that are not under as much strain.
Bangkok hospitals are at breaking point, so they don't want to lock down BKK and prevent travel because it will exasperate the problem in the capital.
They are relying on sick people reporting to hospital as soon as they arrive in their province of course, which won't happen.
I am not saying this is a good idea or even that this is the reason, but at least 3 Thais have told me the same thing. So maybe it IS their intention? Who knows at this point. The government seems to be clutching at straws.
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Clueless. It's much easier to knock something down than it is to rebuild it. As an SNP supporter you must know that, although so far you've even failed with the knocking it down part!
Between July 2016 and August 2019 it fell from 45.80 to 37.03, the steepest drop being June 2019. About 19% down in the 3 years of fighting and legal challenges after the initial drop immediately after the vote. If that's what you call bumping along, well like I said - economically illiterate.
You Remainers and their lack of respect for the Democratic process was an act of self harm. Own it.