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Brexit was an unmitigated disaster but as always, there will be some brexiteers who will still hide their heads in the sand and put their fingers in their ears and shout Nah! Nah! Nah! Nah! Nobody likes to admit they were sold a pup and this was quite a big one! Reports say (ha ha) that less than a third of brexiteers still believe that Brexit was a good thing. Well if that is what the polls say, then I suspect the figure is far greater.

I have got a track record of getting my predictions completely wrong on TV. As in, "No way are the Americans stupid enough to vote in Trump as President" and "the Brits are never going to vote for that clown prince Boris Johnson!" So I am going to now say that France will beat England and knock them out of the world cup, sincerely hoping that this prediction will be as accurate as my previous ones! After all, this is the world cup and strange things happen. Imagine pitching Spain against Morocco for a penalty shootout and Morocco wiping the floor with them!

So you came to a country as an immigrant where many of the locals resent you being here.

Meanwhile the NHS is overwhelmed because they lost the vast majority of doctors and nurses through Brexit. There is consequently a massive recruitment campaign to bring in nurses and doctors from Africa. Farmers are desperate and crops are dying in the fields because they don't have enough pickers. The list is endless. But let's not forget that it is the Brexit lies that are now being exposed and yet we still have the same morons running the country. But you make a valid point that the education system is badly lacking thanks to the continual cuts to the education budgets. And now we are waiting to hear on Thursday that there are going to be more cuts to services.

Well, there are certainly millions who are still in denial, refusing to admit they were sold a pup! Many are now saying "well we are stuck with it now, so we just have to make the best of it". Pathetic and defeatist response.

There are now numerous examples of u-turns about Brexit. In fact it is hard to find anyone who admits to voting for it. The boss of Next (a prominent brexiteer) has now come out pleading for the Prime Minister to relax immigration restrictions as he can't fill the vacancies he has. When asked why, he said that this wasn't the Brexit that he voted for or that was promised to the people. I have no idea why he should be surprised by that. None of us are!

Much easier to identify than that. It's brexit and at last people can see that. Not just brexit though. Bad governance for the last ten years or so and incompetent morons who have systematically destroyed what was once a great country. Our failure to keep to deals agreed by Johnson and his cronies means we can no longer be trusted and that trust will take a long time to restore.

Certainly could apply to many other ethnicities. On the other hand, my son is eighteen and we live in the UK. Girls here tend to be far more "positive" about such things. They all seem to carry condoms at all times and boys are not only expected to wear them but virtually have to pass a physical to be allowed anywhere near the treasure trove! ????

Well in the cases I quoted, the Nanny was in a relationship with a boy from her village and when she fell pregnant, he did a runner! My wife's niece was given too much alcohol at a party and was pretty much raped. She was terrified that her father would find out (he was quite a senior policeman) and it would bring disgrace to the family. Hence my wife's involvement and our housekeeper's daughter was bullied into it by a family member. She was 14 years old. I think you will find many instances where the girl has little say in whether the Thai man/boy uses contraceptives.

I have said this before, but it very much depends on where you are in Thailand. I lived in Chiang Mai for thirteen years and left in 2010. In the preceding three years we had occasion to use the Chiang Mai "Family Planning Clinic" to get terminations for three girls. One being our nanny, one being the daughter of our housekeeper and one for my wife's niece. You simply went to the clinic and the female concerned was interviewed and explained she was in no position to keep the child. Then you paid the fee (can't remember how much exactly but not excessively expensive) and they did the procedure there and then. My wife took the girls and I waited outside in the car. I was told it was best if I wasn't seen at all. An hour or so later the "patient" was sent home and told to rest for a couple of days.

The problem with government reports is that they are government reports. Let's not pretend that they will be accurate at any level. I live in Tory heartland (my local MP is Raab) and for the first time I am getting requests to support our local food banks which are opening up all over the borough. They are also looking for volunteers to man them.

I am quoting Shell because they are the latest to declare, but all the oil companies are making record profits. The government are coming under more and more pressure to impose proper windfall taxes.

Yes, this time more in line with ones imposed by the other European countries for the current crisis. Shell have just announced a profit of 8 billion pounds, just about double to last year. There is a 25% windfall tax but that can be mainly offset by a "commitment" to more investment. Good news though. At least Hunt is "mulling" a windfall tax on banks, contrary to Johnson and Trusses position before. The right of the party must be pulling their hair out!

Well you could start with a windfall tax to the energy companies like in the rest of Europe. That way the public debt would be reduced drastically and not lay with the tax payers to pick up the bill. Fat chance with these cretins though as they are in their pockets. Sunak's cabinet line up confirms yet again that it is jobs for the boys and girls who supported his leadership bid. Expect more of the same from the same inadequates.

The government knew that the Conservative members wouldn't vote in Sunak (a man of colour as you put it) so had to get to the position of cutting them out and just putting forward him as the only candidate. Many of them will be squirming in their beds now. I agree that having him as PM is the best option for the Conservatives at the moment but more importantly for the economy. He is a Goldman Sachs man through and through.

Problem is that only the current government can call an early general election and this shower are never going to do that knowing that they would lose by a country mile. Therefore, another change of PM is the most likely while the country screams and shouts but has no influence whatsoever.

Pound dropped back again and now one cent back up. Hunt making an emergency statement in ten minutes time that should bring the pound up again, but we are in the deep brown stuff yet again thanks to the morons in government. New Prime Minister anyone? Beggars belief but no surprise with this shower in charge. Desperately need a general election, but more importantly, a viable opposition party!!!