youreavinalaff

"I quite often have a glance at 'The Mail' and 'The Express'. Doing so, almost invariably confirms that my initial thoughts were correct!"

Funny. Personal experiences don't count. But, hey, everything I read in the newspaper is true and honest. 55555

Go back to the posts by the Scottish nationalist and take a long hard look. You might see it then. This is problem you often fall into when quoting one whilst they were quoting another.

He's got you again. You just can't see humour, can you?

Taking out the bigger cities would not make any difference. Government school salaries are nationwide. Most teachers will retire at a similar level so long as the length of service is the same and they gave passed "Ajarn 3". That will be 40k+ baht a month. When you add in their free healthcare, for them and family, cheap loans and a very good pension scheme, they do very well. Also add that they have more flexibility to arrive late, leave early, take long lunch breaks and get paid days off. They are better off than foreign teachers by a long way.

And what do you think Thai teachers are paid?

He does have the money and he is having a party. The Crown is a net contributor to the UK economy. The money for the coronation will come from the Crown.

Going back to your original accusation of my post being false. I would be grateful if you could offer evidence to prove your point. Thanks.

Something you are yet to prove.

I have never denied anything you mention. I made a comment that you didn't like, called false but still haven't posted evidence to back your comment up.

I didn't need to exclude and countries that were not included in my description as they were not the subject of my comment. Instead of one calling my statement false, with no evidence to back it up, and one calling my post "ambiguous", it would have been a better option to give one's own opinions. Never mind.

I mentioned countries will smaller economies. Not smaller nations. I've re read my post and I can't see where I said "all" or "every" or even "only". I'd be grateful if you could now offer the information I asked for to back up your assumption that my comment is false. Thanks.

Well. Since Brexit there's only 1 test playing nation in EU. ????????????They can't play against themselves. ????????????????????

How does that make my post false? Please post evidence as to why the respondants answered as they did.

It was a mystery for over 3 weeks. Mystery sells. Could have become, still might, a murder case and would be important to other vulnerable people who frequent the area. There are just 2 reasons why is was on the news every day. Others would include the family appealing for info, the police appealing for info, the police causing a stir by releasing sensitive information, the family accusing the police of releasing information unnecessarily. Part time sleuths travelling to the area to try to solve the mystery, intrusive journalists trying to get their big break.......the list goes on.

At the end of the day, has it really got much to do with other cultures? If, for example, families from the Indian sub continent want their under 18s to get married, they'll just return to their home countries to get it done. Simple. Grooming gangs? I didn't think marriage was part of their desire. I don't subscribe to the idea that governments wish to rule with an iron fist and take away all of our rights but I do believe some of the laws are not flexible enough for a diverse and ever changing population.

Amongst the members with smaller economies it is. Common sense really. They get more out of it than they put in.

Language schools for what purpose? Expats learning Thai or Thais learning English?

Biologically or legally? Who has the right to say when or at what age someone becomes an adult? Old enough to work, drive a car, ride a motorbike, have sex, pay tax............. The ruling is going to cause issues amongst some groups. Daughter gets pregnant before 18, Mum insists her and boyfriend get married. Oh, wait a minute. Can't get married because a bunch of suits in London said so.

If wokism, cancel culture and the likes don't exist, as some posters like to think, why aren't words like "wonderful", "amazing" or " beautiful" being targeted by the editors? These words appear in the same publications as "fat" and "agly" do. Strange.

Does it state they will?

If that is what they want, I totally agree. The most recent self determination vote suggests otherwise.

We? It's upto them.

They can't. They are not an independent nation. They are part of UK. UK voted to leave. That's it.

Give NI back? What do you mean by that? The people voted to be part of the UK by self determination. It's not anyone's to give back.