thaibeachlovers

If I was a betting man I'd put money on it that they won't find anything that actually proves it.

You keep bringing up irrelevancies. Trump won't get elected because of his financial acumen, he'll get elected by those that want to stick it to Washington, and there are millions and millions of them out there that apparently hate Washington enough to elect him.

I don't see how he can last till the convention, let alone to November. Seems everyone can tell he's done, except those that are so invested in him that they will look like fools if they admit he's no longer "all there".

They are going to look like numpties if Biden is forced to drop out.

It's leaving a very sour taste in my mouth that they all look at Biden from the point of view as to whether he is capable of defeating Trump. It's like he is a thing that is likely to be trashed if it can no longer be used. Don't these people have any concern for Biden the human being? He is obviously past it mentally and they should be concerned for his health, not his political usability. Why do they only care about him if he can win in November? Clayton friends at best. I despise Biden the politician, but I feel sorry for him as a person that is struggling mentally. If he was YOUR father, would you want him out there being humiliated every day? He's even so far gone that they are putting orange makeup on his face to IMO make him look healthy, but put too much on. Trump isn't the orange man any more- that name belongs to Biden now.

He can say whatever he likes about Trump, it is still a free country ( just ). My point, which I obviously didn't get across, is that if one wants to be in a government that has dealings with other countries that have leaders that one does not like, but insults those leaders, then if one becomes a foreign secretary likely to be face to face with said insulted leader one should not expect to be treated politely.

That was a while back. Enrolled nurses, which were trained nurses have vanished and replaced by assistants that have hardly any nurse training and are exploited to do nursing stuff they are not trained to do. There are hardly any nurse specialists or nurse practitioners compared to ordinary nurses and require an additional degree, so don't really count when talking about nursing. You might be thinking about grades, which determines pay levels. I don't count nurse managers as they don't do any nursing, even if they are a qualified nurse.

You obviously watch a different media to me as it's been Trump Trump Trump for the last 7 years. Just this forum has loads of threads about him.

Quite right too. The NHS is an institution bogged down in wokeness. Another way to save money is to bring back enrolled nurses and return to hospital nurse training. It was a nonsense to make all nurses get a degree. Most ward nurses need common sense and some training more than a degree which over qualifies them for what they do. If they want to go up the career ladder they can get a degree later.

What's wrong IMO is letting illegals stay longer than pushing them out with enough fuel to get back to France. If there is some international agreement saying they have to let them stay, unsign it.

Yes it is, and nurses should go on strike till they get a decent wage. Just don't be in an accident or get sick while they are away though, as you might die. How's that for dog eat dog?

I became one in the 1980s, which was somewhat before such labels were attached to governments, and we had a socialist leaning society back then ( long gone of course ). Had governments of both sides but neither gave us a better deal. The pay was rubbish back then and still is now. I didn't go into it to become rich, but it would have been nice if I could have lived on it. In the end I emigrated to where the pay was better just to get ahead a bit.

Sure it is. Having a nurse save your life is just so wokey, isn't it? Not worth very much to them though, financially.

Fair enough, but if we have to wait till then there wouldn't be a reason to post on this thread.

You forgot the Rohingyas, didn't you?

Shoddy pay for nurses is endemic in western countries, and it's because female nurses are reluctant to go on strike. While that is great for patients, it's very bad for nurses. Nurses are the embodiment of gender discrimination- governments won't pay them what they are worth because they know that female nurses will keep working- exploitation writ large. Think of that next time you are in hospital being looked after by the exploited. It's also the reason that many western women are choosing not to become nurses any more, and you will likely be looked after by an import from a poor country. When I was in the NHS they stopped employing Australian agency nurses ( cost too much ) and recruited African nurses instead, as cheaper. I went to work in London instead of staying in NZ because NZ nurse wages were pitiful. Despite UK nurses being paid less than they were worth it was still more than in NZ and the conditions were better- more holidays. I'd have been better off becoming a London tube driver, but I was too old by then to be employed as one!

I can think of a cheaper solution- stop the boats crossing into Australian territorial waters. Wouldn't have to do it too often before the news got out and they stopped paying criminal gangs to transport them. Besides, it'd give the navy something to do. Seems our western world has a surfeit of bleeding heart liberals in charge. Thailand doesn't have boatloads of illegals arriving on Patong beach every day, does it? Do you know why that is?

I'd never have let them in in the first place, but water under the bridge and all that. The Tories were just as bad as New Labour ( haven't heard that term for a while now ) IMO and Starmer will be worse IMO. Somewhat sad to see a country that once enforced Pax Britannica around the world reduced to such a pathetic ending.

The Rwanda scheme is just Australia's policy transferred to Britain, and it works, so is not a loony idea at all. No idea what HS2 is.

and had the west not seized the opportunity to bleed Russia without losing any western lives, Russia would not be bombarding hospitals and apartments in Ukraine with missiles. Plenty of blame to go around for this IMO un necessary war.

Which has nothing to do with insulting people on an anonymous forum.

Would not most people consider everything post WW2 to be modern day? It's certainly when the age of loony liberals that like to spend other people's money on idiotic schemes began. Personally I think it began when ordinary people were able to afford a car, thanks to fossil fuel and Henry Ford's assembly line factory method of making them cheaply. For the first time in history, ordinary people were enabled to travel wherever they chose, even if a great distance away. It's been a great ride for us ordinary folk, but now it seems the liberals want to take that freedom away from us. Dark times lie ahead IMO.

A lot of posters I have on ignore think I'm pro Russia. Nothing based on reality about that. I'm merely trying to inject some reality into the situation, and I despise warmongering western leaders only too happy for other people to die. I think Thailand has it right, not taking sides, as it's none of their business.

Given that the US interferes all over the world, IMO it's long overdue that the rest of the world have a vote on the US president. If they ever decide to keep the US troops inside American borders then I will agree with you. The problem with the NHS is that it rewards incompetent managers over hard working low grade nurses that actually do the work. From my 10 years working for the NHS as one of the hard working low grade nurses that actually did the work, I can confidently say that the NHS has about 50 % too many managers, and about 25 % too few workers. I was working in the NHS during that last Labour government, and all Gordon did for us was waste 6 billion quid on more mangers and fancy buildings.

For a moment I thought you were being serious. Isn't satire/ sarcasm great!