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Not necessarily. Obviously he used his hands for the massage so could be that. Doesn't make it any less valid as it was still a very serious offence.

Yes indeed. Go Boris! If only he would, but I fear he will hang on until he is dumped by his own party

Oliver Dowden was one of Johnson's most loyal supporters but even he couldn't keep defending the lying, cheating despicable Prime Minister any longer. Johnson won't resign and listening to the numerous press conferences he is giving, it is pertinent to note that not once has he acknowledged that the reason for the failure at the by-elections is anything to do with him. No doubt that there will be the inevitable plotting behind locked doors, but it will work much better for Labour and the Lib-Dems for him to remain screwing the Conservative Party from the front.

Nostalgia alert! It was twenty one years ago when I first moved to Chiang Mai and rented an apartment in Rimping Condo. At that time my food shop was always at Tops in KSK or Central as we farangs called it. Tuk-Tuk was fifty baht each way with a ten baht tip. After my girlfriend (now my wife) moved in with me the Tuk-Tuk fare miraculously became thirty baht each way or fifty baht return, with the driver waiting for us. But as I am sure many of you ex-pats will relate to, shopping became a whole different ball game with her arrival. Warorot market replaced Tops for all the fresh food although we still used supermarkets for meat and frozen stuff. So KSK was a once in a while visit that was eventually replaced by Airport Plaza. Once we discovered Rimping Supermarket we rarely went anywhere else, even though my wife never stopped complaining about the prices!

Cannabis is so readily available in the UK it is unlikely that anyone is going to rush over to Thailand because it is now legalised. Thailand has long been a country of choice for backpackers as drugs and cheap booze are, and always have been, readily available. This goes right back to the sixties. My first trip, (excuse the pun) was actually in 1969 as a continuation of my odyssey to India. And that brings me on to another point about cannabis in general. Just about everyone I know have smoked it at some point. Many have enjoyed the odd joint over the years and still do. Smoking cannabis isn't just about kids today, most of the people I know who still enjoy it are drawing their pensions these days.

Looking at the cost of living rises in the UK and many other countries, I completely understand that Thailand offers far better value than most when it comes to budgeting. So for the pensioner expats it makes more sense to stay put in Thailand.

And again and a again and again. Some things in Thailand never change

The bar is certainly set very low and I think that Johnson may just hang on. It is hard to see any MPs stepping up to try and sort out this unholy mess. Certainly the usual subjects will be sitting on their hands waiting for someone gullible enough to put their hand up. They will then all buddy up to them to desperately try to hang onto their cabinet posts.

I would agree with that, although I would question the credibility of the probable contenders. Let's see who throws their hat in the ring

I thought Boris was your man Mick?

The votes have reached the number needed and there is a vote tonight (Monday). That is not to say he will not survive. Apparently he is offering MPs Knighthoods willy nilly to get the support he needs ????

Getting a FPN doesn't make Johnson a hardened criminal, that is for sure. But it was a criminal act and that is why the fine was issued. It also, more importantly, rubber stamped the fact that he lied to parliament, on several occasions, for which he has given several grovelling apologies. So who would trust the habitual liar about anything. As people have said before, his history of lying is legendary, even including, to the Queen. The fact that Johnson remains as PM shows the depth of the sewer that politics in Britain has become. The Tories have a massive majority and many of the new MPs can thank Boris and to some extent Corbyn for that, gaining seats that were traditionally Labour. It will be interesting to see how many of them will be one term MPs.

Time will tell. As I said, it would certainly work in Labour's favour for Boris to remain as PM until the next election. I agree that there is a void of charisma in the Labour Party just as there is in the Conservative Party. Charletons, one and all!

According to the article... "Scene found by police at The Emerald Terrace apartment building early on Tuesday morning was one of a sex, drugs and alcohol party with condom wrappers, an alcohol bottle and traces of cannabis found." Really? Sounds like any teenagers bedroom in the western world. Certainly matches my 18 year old sons. bedroom

Eventually people become numb to it, not even bothering to read the articles about it.

There will certainly be a lot happening between now and the next general election and quite a few musical chairs in the cabinet. The best thing for the other parties would be for Johnson to stay as PM as he keeps on shooting himself in the foot. Time will tell though as he staggers from one disaster to the next. I hope that Starmer is replaced and that the Labour Party can find someone with a bit of charisma who can think outside of the box. All governments need a viable strong opposition. At the moment none of the front bench politicians on all sides are fit for purpose. Actually as I am writing this I have the news on in the background, as as all the VIPs arrive at St Pauls Cathedral for the Queen's thanks giving service. Thousands of spectators and most arriving are met with polite applause or clapping. All very polite until Boris and his wife arrived and then the booing started! Unprecedented at an event like this!

The voters have, as much as they can at the moment. The local elections showed the Conservatives got a a complete hammering, losing seats at a staggering rate.

Maybe you should take a look at the Sue Gray report. Partying until the early hours, people throwing up and even a fight between a couple of drunks. Not to mention the way the staff and cleaners were abused. Yes he offered a grovelling apology to them but only to try and save his sorry A**se.

There are thousands moving to the UK and visas for them are being made easy to obtain.

I am talking about the cap that the countries brought in to deal with the current massive price rises. By October my bills will have risen to £290 pounds a month from £120 a month. France put a price cap of 4% on energy companies as did other countries. That is why the Government have been forced to make a windfall tax on the energy companies here and are now throwing money at the people to try to save their sorry (deleted).

That is a fair question. In France and other EU countries they capped the price increase from the energy countries that meant they couldn't increase it any more than the cap. However the UK didn't do that which is why we have these eye watering increases. Putting a windfall tax on them is unheard of for a Conservative Government but in desperation that is what they have done. Whether they plan to put a future cap on the increases remains to be seen and does go against normal conservative policy, but who knows with these clowns? BP have said that they will be reviewing their North Sea operations but I have no idea what that means.

You are right that there are a fall of E.U citizens in the UK. Just look at the massive shortages in the NHS! Try to get to see a Doctor or a Dentist. Thousands have left the UK and moved back to their original country or elsewhere.

Desperation indeed! Still Jeremy Corbyn would be proud of his latest U-turn and the windfall tax! Can't get more socialist that that. I would love to see Bojo go, but not to a Labour Government He should be removed by his own party (oops! don't say party!) but most of them around him are too gutless to do it and would be a poor replacement. And that is the problem. They are all spineless liars on one level as they continue to back the moronic Johnson.

Lying? Better speak to Johnson about that, it's his specialty, starting with the big one plastered on the side of the bus. But I respect your point of view. I have been a Conservative voter for for all of my life so get no pleasure from the chaotic mess that we are in now. I would never support Labour, even when the ultra right wing Blair was Prime Minister, but it's hard to find anybody with an ounce of integrity in the Conservative party now. Very depressing, no wonder there is so much anger.

The country was split down the middle by Brexit and the lies that people bought into by that. Hence Johnson won the election by a landslide. Even now that the lies are being exposed day by day, people still can't see it, or refuse to see it for what it was.