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11 minutes ago, rickthompson said:

The real question here is what level of cycle threshold are they testing at? The WHO, FDA and others use cycle thresholds that are higher than the actual science shows will detect live virus.  If they test at those rates, it will always show many positive tests that contain dead viral cells and are not infectious and will not cause the Covid-19 disease. 

Whether Covid or any other disease, a doctor will never consider only one test result to form an opinion but overall Clinical presentation, a confirmatory test and additional diagnostic as well. 

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... the article says that the UK is likely to make a U-turn quickly 

You: 

1 hour ago, vinny41 said:

I see your inventing statements again there is nothing in the quoted article that states "the article says that the UK is likely to make a U-turn quickly"

 

The article:

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(...) Croisdale-Appleby’s status could be downgraded although it is more likely that the issue will be settled in the coming weeks.

1 hour ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Here ya go

Donald Trump’s new Patriot Party plans to destroy his enemies among the Republican party with a $70 million war chest. This is how.

 

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/donald-trumps-patriot-party-plans-to-destroy-republicans/news-story/fb2fad849d33ef5e637fd4a7fd4b34c6

It’s already been filed with the election commission apparently: https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00767251/1490249

3 hours ago, Tofer said:

 

Still baulking at the truth...

There’s a reason “the truth” only gets published on Rambling Rudy’s YouTube channel... ???? 

Good the <deleted> was deleted. 

29 minutes ago, Tofer said:

 

If you don't watch it, then you don't know what the argument is, derrrrr!!

If you had any arguments, you could put it forward here instead of wasting people’s time by posting YouTube videos from dubious channels. 

22 hours ago, mikey88 said:

 

I like my Thai partner to start up some sort of managed fund investment to save for their retirement.

Most active funds and their fund managers regularly underperform the major indices. In order to find those that outperform, you would need something that your Thai partner and you (and most people) don’t seem to have: time and knowledge. Otherwise you’ll be just handing over your money to someone who gets you less return than a passive fund but charges you a ridiculous fee for it.
 

An exception might be tax benefits, which currently exist for RMF and those new LTF replacements (forgot the name, SPF I think they are called). Even if you want to take those, I wouldn’t put all my money there, as they are only investing in Thai equities, and you don’t want to put all your money into one tiny market (they only give you tax benefits up to a certain amount anyway). 
 

Unfortunately, in Thailand you don’t have access to cost-efficient passively managed ETFs. Try to open an account in your home country (if possible and if you can invest in those funds there) and then regularly transfer money there (for example, earn money for 6 months before making one big transfer to justify the transfer fees). Some people use an online broker like Interactive Brokers (the transfer issue is the same). 
 

4 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Not according to David Cameron.

And Donald Trump is still POTUS (according to Donald Trump). 

13 minutes ago, nauseus said:

But it would stop the years of payments.

Whatever those “years of payments” are.

9 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

So if I post Now this increasingly looks like a devaluation of the euro is coming

You will have no problem with that and I don't need to provide any source to backup that statement

What would “this” be? 

5 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

Suggest you re-read the post as he clearly states Now this increasingly looks like a devaluation of the pound is coming, no?  and doesn't provide anything to support that claim

What do you think does the word “this” in his post mean? 

42 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

No mention of any devaluation of the pound in the news article Can only assume this is another one of your wild inaccurate statements that you continue to make without any foundation or sources to support your ludicrous claims

No mention in his comment that the article said so, can only assume this is another one of your wild inaccurate statements that you continue to make without any foundation or sources to support your ludicrous claims. 

17 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

If we don’t like the conditions of the agreement we can scrap it (according to the agreement).

That won’t let you bring meat into the EU though. 

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

EU states are supposedly sovereign nations, for now.

 

If an EU state like Greece denied this status to a UK diplomat we would refuse that status to Greek diplomats. Same as Spain, Italy etc. For now they haven't refused so neither will we.

Yes, you could do that. 
 

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Currently the EU wants this status for itself (an organisation not a sovereign state) and also for it's member states that are part of the organisation. It's one or the other I'm afraid. You can't cherry pick. You can't eat your cake and have it.

 

The EU must face the question. Is the EU a sovereign state or are the individual member states sovereign? 

 

Once you guys have worked that out, by all means let us know and we will grant the status as appropriate. If the EU is declared a sovereign state, the current status of its members will be downgraded. Like I said, it's time to decide, you cant be both.

 

Until then, keep chasing unicorns.

Wishful thinking, as usual. This is what will happen: Boris will backpaddle as he always does, and the EU diplomats will get full status. Realpolitik doesn’t care about ideology when you’re just the junior partner. You should know that by now after having screwed your economy for some sufferinity ???? 

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BTW hows that vaccine rollout going over there ? Italy don't seem too happy.

I’m neither Italian nor do I know what a vaccine rollout in Italy has to do with diplomats’ status in the UK. Is there also a relationship between diplomats’ status and how UK hospitals are doing? 

2 hours ago, Tofer said:

 

Not when you're supposed to have a trading agreement, or did you miss that salient point....

Because all agreements are the same? Or because you haven’t read it? If you don’t like the conditions of the agreement, why did you sign up for it? (Newsflash: an agreement is something that two parties agree together, it’s isn’t something that’s imposed onto you.)
 

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There you go again with your juvenile insults, grow up or join a comic book club, since this forum is for adult debate.

...says the person who refers to others as “pathetic”, “utterly infantile” and “like a bunch of spoilt kids in a playground”. ???? 

2 hours ago, Thakkar said:

Ecoasia - browser cum search engine

In Bangkok we don’t need a cum search engine. 

1 hour ago, Loiner said:

U.K. diplomats already enjoy reciprocal full diplomatic status in their respective European countries.

There is no country called the EU, just an imaginary Eutopia based in Belgium. 

Non of that changes anything what I wrote: if the UK wants to keep diplomatic status for its diplomats, it better grants the same to EU diplomats, otherwise EU countries might return the favor. I doubt anyone cares about who you consider a country. 

25 minutes ago, sungod said:

Possible after he gets what he wants..... Its called politics.

Boris getting what he wants — given all his u-turns that would be something new.

1 hour ago, Tofer said:

I mean, look at the pathetic truckers sandwich confiscations, how utterly infantile. They're like a bunch of spoilt kids in a playground - if you don't play by my rules I'm taking my ball home....

It’s only now that you realize that this is how laws and “take control” work? Wow. You must have lived under a stone. Certainly you have never crossed any borders. 

8 minutes ago, sungod said:

 

Now you are confused again, you dont get it do you?

 

Individual EU states will not do that, the UK is not treating them in this way.

You don’t know how EU member states will return the favor. And you won’t know, because Boris will backpaddle before ???? 

4 hours ago, sungod said:

I think you are confused, sovereign states will always recognise sovereign states, its the made up ones the UK is not recognising with full diplomatic status.

 

If the EU missions did not recognise UK diplomats that's one thing, but if EU sovereign countries downgraded UK diplomatic status, that would be an escalation on their behalf.

 

I can see why you are confused, you are mixing up the EU with a real country (common mistake to make) thats what the UK is trying to clarify with the appropriate status.

You are allowed to find it confusing, but I’m afraid you’ll have to accept reality: sovereign states can do as they like. Guess what, otherwise they wouldn’t be sovereign. Come on, as a Brexiteer you should know that after having preached sovereignty for the last five years. ???? 
 

But then it doesn’t really matter. Your Boris will backpaddle as usual before EU states have to return the favor. All just the usual hot air from your clown in chief, straight out of the Trump playbook. ???? 
 

2 hours ago, Loiner said:

Which does not entitle their EU Ambassador to full diplomatic immunity as the US Ambassador enjoys.

Nor is an UK diplomat entitled to any status. It’s completely up to the host; the UK can deny EU diplomats diplomatic status and so can EU states do with UK diplomats. Which would happen if Boris weren’t going to backpedal (which he will, of course, same as his buddy Donald). 

1 hour ago, sungod said:

Silly statement, the UK recognizes fully diplomats from each individual sovereign European country as they should afford the UK the same right.

And the EU states recognize the UK’s diplomats as long as their diplomats — all of them — get recognized. ???? 

2 hours ago, bluedoc said:

What do you mean, the EU diplomat is not recognised in EU member countries or the UK diplomats will not be recognised in EU countries?

If the UK doesn’t recognize EU diplomats, EU countries could also not recognize UK diplomats.