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22 hours ago, Nobbie49 said:

You mean like the Upper House potentates in the UK?


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They play no part in selecting the Prime Minister and government, and their powers as a revising chamber do not extend to permanently preventing the elected government passing legislation.

They are drawn from a much more diverse political background.

So not, not at all like the UK 

2 hours ago, malagateddy said:

The UK and other countries are NOT handing over anyone to Assad..they ARE ALREADY IN SYRIA..having POW status after burning people alive..beheading people after torturing them etc etc.
Sorry..I'm an eye for an eye man.
When I played Amateur footie many moons ago..if someone kicked me, I kicked them back.
Don't get mad..get even.
Cheers

 

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These foolish, probably brainwashed, certainly misguided young women have associated with the ISIS savages. It is not as far as I am aware suggested that they took part in fighting with them.

These young women attached themselves to a horrible savage regime. they "married" and bore the children of some ghastly individuals. That in itself is not actually a crime. Goodness only knows, if shagging unsuitable people (women in my case I hasten to add) when young is criminal then I would have spent my life getting a striped suntan! 

Now when you were playing amateur football, if somebody kicked you, you kicked them back, but I am sure that you didn't leave the pitch at full time to go and kick their wives or children? It is not a perfect parallel but it illustrates my point. 

My point is, that if they have not committed any crime, then we should not hand them over to what (loosely) passes for justice in that part of the world. The children should not be left to die of disease and neglect. I loathe and find abhorrent what they have done, but that doesn't mean that I think that we are entitled to inflict any vengeance on them. Their families, whatever our views on their religion and cultural beliefs are British, and therefore have the right to have their views considered.

And that Dianne Abbot creature? She is just a "cockwomble".

21 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

No. It would have been trained and groomed to murder like its parents.

That is very possibly what the future may have held. During it's short life it was an innocent.

There has been a great deal of discussion in the UK press and its' comment forums on what to do about these young women and their children. One suggestion I have seen, which seems to me to be rather sensible, is that they should be returned, as "Wards of Court" and raised, either by foster parents or been their extended families, under the strict supervision that implies.

As for the mothers, I really don't know. What however I am quite sure of is that the main difference between our society, civilisation, and that espoused  by ISIS, is that ours is capable of showing mercy. I don't mean by that they should not be held accountable for what they may have done.

41 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

 

I don't think so.

 

Out of hundreds of officers, quite possible that a handful understood it that way.

 

The one described in this post seemed to.

Information becomes corrupted as it is passed down...

Unfortunately named "Chinese Whispers"!

Legend has it that one message passed from mouth to mouth in the trenches of the first world war, initiated as "Send reinforcements, we are going to advance" ended up as "Send three and fourpence, we are going to a dance".

Yours is not an entirely incredible suggestion.

54 minutes ago, BritTim said:

If immigration officials should have the power to make such a decision, surely the law should be changed such that it does not explicitly forbid them from denying entry other then pursuant to Section 12 of the Immigration Act. At the very least, any policy to ignore the law should be publicly announced. Trying to claim that Section 12 (2) was intended to give officials the power to arbitrarily deny entry to those the officials believe should not have been issued tourist visas does not strike me as reasonable.

An Immigration Officer's prerogative to refuse entry to visa holders is by no means confined to Thailand, it exists in many/most countries, including the UK and USA. There is I believe an "on the spot" appeals procedure (form TM12?) which can be used to challenge the refusal.

Perhaps the law should be reviewed, although I am not sure how we, as expatriates, could lobby for that, and if we did it may well be counterproductive!

The arbitrary nature of these powers, and how they are exercised are I suspect more a result of a culture of keeping power in the hands of uniformed individuals, for reasons of face status and self esteem, an unintended if welcome consequence rather than a legal intention.  Probably not reasonable from a Westerners perspective, probably untroubling to those in authority here. Not fair, yes, but as my father used to say (in a Lancashire accent): "it's not fair (fur) it's rabbits wool!"

It results of course in the sort of occurrence described by the OP. I imagine we all feel these occasional twinge of insecurity - I am shortly to make my annual (well 15 monthly) trip to Savannah to renew my O visa ( based on marriage); there should be no problem but you never know! Similarly, when taking my quarterly stroll across the bridge at Mae Sai, (I only live 40 minutes drive from there so it is "sabai sabai"), It does occasionally cross my mind...

Thailand maintains a visa system which allows them to control the categories of people that they are prepared to allow to live in the country. It is being more rigourously applied of late - because of some significant abuse, which has often been boasted about here and elsewhere, principally in the area of proving income for retirement and education visas. I don't think changing the law will make a difference.

Good luck "Tayout" at Nong Khai

Where did Peugeot build them?

Locally or imported from France?

3 hours ago, car720 said:

How's this for paradox.

My wife, who is Chinese, and most of our Chinese friends absolutely love him.  They are all praying that he will do something to get rid of the CCP but I don't think he has ever had any balls.

The only people that will get rid of the CCP are the people of China.

Should/when that happens the rest of the world, however great Mr Trump makes America again, will merely be bystanders.

Worried, interested, enthusiastic? That will depend upon our political view of, and economic entanglement with, China; but mere bystanders.

Meanwhile, the North Korean regime exists simply because it suits China. Essentially I suggest because they do not want the USA's sphere of influence to come up to the Yalu River. If that worry ever subsides for any reason, then I should imagine that Kim III and his gang of psychopathic thugs will be dead inside a week.

That would be a shame wouldn't it now?

Given that most of the stuff sold in Robinsons seems to be 40%+ more expensive than elsewhere, the discounts don't really mean much do they?

Work permit...

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Well now, with Thai Raksa Chart out of the running, how will that affect the mathematics?

Since Pheu Thai weren't standing against them, I wonder where their ( Thai Raksa Chart) votes will go?

Future Forward?

Is it a case of one down, two to go?

Out of interest, what proportion of that sentence would she be likely to serve?

In the UK, for example, I imagine she would be unlikely to actually serve more than half in prison. How does it work here?

14 hours ago, Thakkar said:

 

How did it go?

"Lock her up! Lock her up!"

"Drain the swamp! Drain the Swamp!"

Still, at least he is white, (well, a bit orangish I grant you), and in certain circles (where there are some very good people) that is all that matters after the horrors of the preceding two terms!

7 hours ago, EricTh said:

 

China is already using AI for face recognition, it is most likely that Thailand is buying their software.

Well I can see a problem - after all we all look the same...

1 hour ago, Psimbo said:

Yup, sports definitely take priority over a 'minor event' like an election, don't they!

Well, the results of the sports competition are probably significantly less predictable than those of the election!