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I think it should be a straightforward choice of in or out for both of them.  Harry can simply give up his title and not accept anymore from the royal purse.  They can then simply live as Mr and Mrs Windsor, work and bring up their children like everyone else.  Harry could even call himself Mr Hewitt if that works better for him.

It was never going to be an easy ride for Harry with his brother in direct line for the throne. The media will always be breathing down his neck waiting for any minor transgression.  Megan just makes them chomp at the bit even harder.

Don't try and stay half in and half out Harry. That won't work.  It didn't for Edward and his wife and won't for you.  Better to make a new life for yourself and Megan away from all of this. 

2 hours ago, Mavideol said:

I guess their trip to China wooing Chinese didn't went as expected, let's try India and next month they will try billion baht Bangladesh 555

TAT have been targeting India for some time.  Obvious really as after China they have the fastest growing economy in the world.  But they are not alone with this strategy.  Many countries are doing the same including the UK.  It is just sound business sense. 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

She claimed that the bank was shutting up and advised her that seeing as it was Friday she should wait until Monday and then make a new card.

If that is true then the bank should have cancelled the card there and then, not leave it active over the weekend for someone else to use.  It appears there are three parties guilty here.  The card owner is stupid of gross stupidity for writing her ATM number on her card.  The bank is guilty of negligence for not cancelling the card immediately they were told and the thief is guilty of stealing the money.

2 minutes ago, ianezy0 said:

They are infiltrating every country until the uprising in 2032 when China will rule the world.

You heard it here first folks...lol

Why do you think it will take that long?

5 minutes ago, Aspaltso said:

It's no wonder that the Thai government is making immigration restrictions more difficult for the average expat in Thailand. With all of those figures that the people running Thailand have for surely seen, they know there's a new demographic to spend their money. That being said; I wonder if they think the "new Chinese tourist" is going to be dumb enough to put up with "dual pricing" and "scams" that so many other demographics have been putting up with for so long. I have a feeling they won't. Nobody likes to feel disrespected especially on holiday, and Thailand will need to do "more" to ensure these new Chinese visitors enjoy themselves other than giving lip service.

Good point. The Chinese also have two tier pricing for foreigners. Especially some of the hotels as I have learned over the years.  I guess that most Chinese tourists visiting Thailand will come on package deals so probably won't be directly exposed to the double pricing that independent travellers are. 

4 hours ago, ianezy0 said:

Fairly obvious really.

Adjacent country.

large population.

Short flight to Thailand.

Growing economy.

Similar height!???? etc

Actually spot on although the height thing is probably not too relevant ????.  Of course the Chinese will come in great numbers and being a cheap deal for them it will attract all types of tourists including the budget tour group brigade.

Travelling in Europe you see them everywhere now, reminiscent of the Japanese in the eighties.  London also has thousands of Chinese tourists all year round.  It's the future folks, so best to embrace it, for now at least

First time I have known of a member of the Catholic Church to complain about being "tugged".  I thought most actively encouraged it?

8 hours ago, DLock said:

 

How else could you interpret it? That's exactly what it says.

 

Thailand is an intellectual wasteland of recent tree dwellers that cannot look at other countries that don't have 60 deaths per day and simply follow their lead. Their arrogance and loss of face will not allow it.

 

It's not that hard.

And yet so many of us ex-pats choose to live there.  Funny that

An awful lot of speculation going on here.  Much of it based on life in Thailand as experienced by ex-pats it seems.

6 hours ago, dyertribe said:

I'd like to know the back story of how he got there ... I suspect that he became too much of a bother for his Thai family ...

 

Elder dumping is a problem in many countries, especially at this time of the year sadly.

Remember folks...

A lovable old man is not just for Christmas!  The old peoples homes are full of abandoned ones.  So it may seem like a good idea to get one for the kids to play with over the holidays but after the parties are over they still need looking after. 

I am not going to join in the lobbing of hand grenades from the side lines over Boris and his boys.  I will wait and see if he does deliver what he has promised.  We have lumbered ourselves with him as PM with a large majority and he now has free rein for the foreseeable future.  There is no point in churning over the reasons any more.  Let's see where we are in a years time.  I moved my business base to mainland Europe earlier this year and that is doing well.  My son has a bit longer to go with his education and then the world is his oyster!

4 minutes ago, xylophone said:

There's always a way.......................esp where lives are concerned!

Easy to say.  Can you suggest a practical one for poor people who live miles from the nearest schools or towns and only have one form of transport?  

8 hours ago, keith101 said:

They always like to blame something/someone else rather than the fact that the baht is way to high for a lot of to afford to come to Thailand for a holiday

Fair comment.  The article appears to be Pattaya specific and as we know that has it's own attractions appealing more to single men than families.  Wonder how it compares to Phuket, Krabi, Koh Samui and other more family friendly resorts.

I imagine tourism is down country wide but maybe for different reasons and not just the high value of the baht.

There is always a sterling bounce after an election, especially if it is a Tory win.  However these are not normal times and the future is still uncertain.  It is only the beginning and nobody knows what sort of Brexit we will finally end up with.  We will not see the wood for the trees for at least a year and that is only if Boris delivers on his time scale.  In the meantime the Tories have made a lot of commitments in their election campaign which will mean borrowing a vast amount of money to fulfil. Of course Johnson could say that we have to wait for any of that until after the transition period is completed.

Truth is none of know and with Boris's reputation of lying through his teeth, he has a lot of convincing to do to get people to trust anything he says.

At least we can go into the new year knowing that Corbyn and Farage are gone and are unlikely to return.  You can be sure that Johnson will continue to be scrutinised by a very sceptical public.

On 12/13/2019 at 6:35 AM, Just1Voice said:

Arrest the parents! Charge them Child Abuse, Child Endangerment and GROSS STUPIDITY. Then send them to prison fro LIFE, 

And how does that help the boys?  You see kids as young as this on motorbikes every day, usually going to school or running errands.  Same in Cambodia, Laos, Burma, India and most third world countries.  Same as four or five on a motorbike, how many times do you see that?  Many don't have the luxury of choice. 

2 hours ago, shy coconut said:

The Tories will almost certainly win the most seats, but I'm not sure if it would be enough to beat a labour/SNP voting bloc. The key to Blair's wins was the Scottish labour seats, and their Ultimate demise was losing them all.

 

I think the strong remainers are more likely to vote tactically, than the strong brexiteers.  Johnson has only one answer to any question, and that is get brexit done, and then we have the farage party going after the same people.

 

If the brexit vote is split in labour marginals, then the incumbents could sneak in in enough seats to thwart a tory majority, I can see remainers in traditional labour seats voting labour rather than the Libs, as they have promised another referendum and they would prefer that to a Boris led brexit.

 

 

I don't have anything more than a hunch to back up the above, and admit to a heavy dose of wishful thinking.

 

I will be voting SNP up here in Blackfords constituency of Ross, Skye and Lochaber.

Thanks for the post.  Maybe wishful thinking but there is plenty of logic in there as well.  As suspected speculation is starting in the media and the voting hasn't even finished yet. It is going to be a long night!

Anyone want to have a stab at possible coalitions if there is no majority?

4 minutes ago, vogie said:

Yes but Corbyn cannot take all the credit, he had the help of Abbott, McDonnall, Burgan, Jonathon Ashcroft, Thornbury and pretty much all of his cabinet, never seen so many wastrels in one place. Can Labour ever recover with Momentum choosing their leader?

Could say the same for the Tory cabinet, that is if they ever come out of hiding!

15 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

big queues at voting stations seen https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-queues-polling-stations-election-17406197

 

lets hope its for boris and not the lefty loonies

Didn't look much like Tory voters to me ????.  On the other hand I have just been to vote and the polling station carpark was full of Chelsea tractors out for the school run.  They didn't look much like Labour voters! ????

28 minutes ago, Denim said:

Without Corbyn , Labour would have had an easy win. If he wins now it will not be as a result of popularity just that on the day more people hated BJ than Corbyn.

Spot on!  This election is most likely to be Labour losing it because of Corbyn thereby the Conservatives winning by default.  By how much remains to be seen.

1 minute ago, vogie said:

Dominic Raab is the man, let's get Brexit done.????

Let's just wait and see shall we.  Not long now.

We have all been asked to check our fridges.  Apparently Rees Mogg, Michael Gove and Liam Fox have all gone missing?