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There are a large number of Korean factories and businesses around Angeles, which is why there are so many Koreans there. Huge factories.

Thanks - very helpful

I have been a little out of touch with this story, is he back in Thailand and going to jail, or is he still in Dubai at the doctors?

not sure that’s the reason as I never saw it before Covid. That may be a good reasons for westerners to wear one, but for Thais?

If you watch the video it explains why they never made an insurance claim, but in essence because they were a new business, it would have cost them more in increased premiums than to make a claim, so no claim was ever made.

Sadly you are completely correct, I have been in Shoreditch for a while working and the east end is pretty much as you described. the people commenting that this is not true are incorrect. It is absolutely true - I see it with my own eyes every day. This is the result of Tony Blair’s “integrated society” and opening of the borders, and successive governments doing nothing about it as they don’t want to be branded “racist” as people are doing here to the OP. If people don’t understand that this is not “racist”, it is the truth. Many of the immigrant communities, such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, have a different style of living. It’s not “racist” to realise this. The UK as I remember it from ghe 90s is gone.

UK is about to introduce a 25% tariff for US visitors based on their body weight. £25 for every 100lb of weight. It’s going to fill the £22 billion black hole in the chancellors budget in a matter of weeks.

The article says 4.3 M for the new IM6 SUV, not a pickup, however press releases say IM6 will be 1.2 to 1.8M so it’s just a typo.

absolutely agree with you. The only thing I can’t figure out is why on earth they are doing this.

Articles like this always make me feel so welcome

Should either be left to rot in jail or deported. UK has gone mad.

My mother is exactly the type of tourist they should want: wealthy, well travelled, loves eating out, always stays in lovely hotels, enjoys shopping and high quality trips. But can she work a smartphone? Not a chance. Different generation.

Lammy is an idiot. The grooming gangs were nearly all Pakistani. So call it out and deal with the issue, you can’t just say that stating the origin of the gangs is racist. if you don’t understand the cause of the problem, then you will never fix it. Left wing madness sadly.

Bit harsh with all the development going on and losing their natural habitat?

As I understand it, bathing elephants was brought in as a result of people saying that riding them was cruel. the problem is that elephants are hugely expensive to keep, and since logging has been banned, they now have no work. If they aren’t used for tourism purposes then how to pay for their upkeep? The option is to cull them - which is horrible.

Have you tried going into the hotel and having a polite word with the manager? Plenty of hotels have managers who may understand that this is not great to for their guests or local residents and make sure its not so early again. It’s worth talking to them without an emotion.

Nope. You can think what you like. i double checked with BA and Bangkok Airways. BA have no agreement to check luggage through on other airlines in Thailand. They may do in future, but as of now, they do not.

Too many IO’s employed to check passports manually to be replaced by electronic gates. Much slower and more inefficient system to use humans than machines - keeping a huge number of people employed. Also can only imagine that rather than buying a system off the shelf that is already used in other countries, here they will try and build their own system that inevitably doesn’t work as well. As an example, I have online banking apps on my phone from Indonesia, HK, UK, Dubai and Thailand. Guess which is the worst one out of the bunch? 🤣 All good fun and games !

Labour were voted in, not because of their policies (which they gave very little detail on pre election), but because everyone was sick of the Conservatives and their constant squabbling and poor decisions. Now that Labour have set out their stall, and clearly lied saying they wouldn’t raise taxes for “working people” - which is basically anyone with a job - with the largest tax burden in history, people have realised what they have elected. Farage has done a great job of stepping into the void, promising to deal with the illegal boat crossings, which is a subject that is clearly of great concern to the average man in the street.

this is NOT true for BA on the LGW to BKK flight as BA have no agreement with airlines in thailand to send luggage to final destination, even if you book the flights via BA and you have a BA flight number and boarding pass. You MUST collect your luggage in BKK and check it in again.

Ok, having just flown from LGW to BKK and on to KBV, I can answer this one for sure. BA do NOT have onward agreements with other airlines in thailand to check baggage through to final destination, even if the onward journey is sold as. BA ticket. so what you need to do is clear immigration and collect your luggage at BKK, go up to Departures and check it in again with the next airline, even if you already have your boarding pass. you will NOT be able to hand carry a bottle of whiskey through to your onward flight, so when you collect your case at BKK you can put the bottle inside checked baggage and then check it in. this is 100% certain, as we had to go through this just last week. have a great trip with your family !

Great story !

The Chinese are doing their best to crush western manufacturers with cut price products built with cheap labour and government ownership / subsidies. everyone buying these products are supporting the Expansionist plans of the CCP. they look great and feel lovely inside these day, but when all these electronic components fail, there won’t be a chance in hell of them getting repaired in thailand. after a few years, the likes of Honda, Toyota etc will pull out (as Ford has largely done) and then we are stuck with Chinese manufacturers - and the prices will sky rocket. So that’s the plan, it’s what the Chinese government do. Only you can decide your next purchase.

that’s a whole different matter ! I won’t even go there, it’s his risk if he loses it.

Thank you so much, gents, I will stop worrying on his behalf. thanks again