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1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

You were the one who said you quit playing.......lol. Obviously not, your in for another round

 

Thought I would give you one more try to answer a direct question as I am curious how you can reconcile the fact he keeps getting re-elected by Londoners (who live in London) with your opinion (after two visits in 15 years) that everything is worse.

But yet again you don't. Says it all. 

11 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Then don't start the games eh

Games? What games?? I countered a post saying Sadiq Khan had destroyed public transport and "ruined people's lives" with low emissions mandates. 

I ask you again as someone who doesn't live in London and has just admitted they've been there twice in 15 years - Why does Sadiq keep getting re-elected by Londoners then? Why are they happy with him if everything is worse as you claim?
 

41 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Your examples are in your head only. 

 

The traffic was worse, you said there was none....lol, the transport was worse and was not cheaper as you claim. Prove me wrong. Again see how easy this is?

 

 

 

Ok, waste of time playing now.

Goodbye.

Final try: Why does Sadiq keep getting re-elected by Londoners then? Why are they happy with him if everything is worse?

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I went to London. All over 3 years ago and it was far worse than the last time I went which was 15 years before that. See how easy it was to dispute your claims? 

 

Oh I am a Londoner. From North London!

You didn't dispute anything. I gave examples which you keep ignoring. Why don't you try? Was the air quality worse? Was the traffic worse? Was public transport worse? 

What, specifically, was worse this time around? 

What's worse for me? It's horrendously expensive. There's a lot of litter, but then there always has been and that is true throughout the UK. I also spent time up in Merseyside and it was filthy and run down with absolutely terrible transport - do you want the post code?

12 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

All of it. You claim you went to North London. Where in North London? Those claims are easily checked with a location. Until then it's make believe, every last word of it.

I was staying in N16. But I am talking about the whole of London as I have friends and had meetings all over the city. Air is much cleaner, transport is much better and more affordable, traffic is almost non existent in the overall scheme of things. You can dispute that all you want but you would look pretty silly. If you think any of those are worse now than 30 years ago please give an example - it is going to be good!

Londoners continually vote for Sadiq. He's the most successful mayor of all time if you judge by how many times he has been re-elected. But Jonny comes out with nonsense like he destroyed transport and ruined people's lives with low emissions mandates. And Jonny does not live there - he knows nothing other than what he reads in his right wing groups and media and he parrots it and looks, frankly, stupid.

Talk to Londoners.

 

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Perhaps leave your make believe claims in Bangkok then if you don't want to be questioned on them eh

What is make believe about these statements exactly? Is the air dirtier, the traffic worse, is public transport worse and less affordable?

"I was just in London. It wasn't much different to how it was when I lived there 30-odd years ago, except there's no traffic, the air is clean, public transport is infinitely better and more affordable. "

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

 

Oh I thought you were claiming to be some kind of expert on London.

 

Obviously not. 

 

Your defense of Khan starts to make more sense. 

As do your constant personal attacks on him - we all know the reason.

13 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

That's a surprise. You sound like you'd fit in there.

 

 

It isn't, and I understand if you wouldn't want to admit which area it is. Londoners and their postcodes...  😄

 

https://bean-daily.livejournal.com/824477.html

 

I don't live there so not fussed about any postcode nonsense, I live in Bangkok. No idea what you are wibbling on about or what relevance it has to anything.

7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

He pretty much bankrupted it and needed the Tories to bail him out.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62728974

 

 

He did, did he? 

You are, of course, aware that the Tories cut TfL's operational funding in 2015 which caused a massive hole in its finances and meant it had to rely almost exclusively on revenue from fares. You are, of course, also aware of a thing called Covid which caused ridership to plummet by over 90%. Where was Sadiq supposed to magic up that money from?

So, according to you, Sadiq must have asked the government to bring in "austerity" measures (which were such a huge success and benefitted so many people) and he also caused Covid.

25 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Let me guess.

 

Islington? 

 

 

No.

Why is important to know anyway?

25 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Of course I don't live there. What would I be doing on a Thai forum if I lived in London? 😄

 

Right, but you know that he has ruined public transport but just can't how.

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

What part of London? The tourist West End? 

North London.

29 minutes ago, DaveBart said:

Khan has managed to turn London into Londonstan 

Has he, has he really? Did you think of that all by yourself?

I was just in London. It wasn't much different to how it was when I lived there 30-odd years ago, except there's no traffic, the air is clean, public transport is infinitely better and more affordable. Damn expensive though - is that what "Londonstan" means? Why don't you tell us of your experiences.

16 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

The 30baht  health scheme was not his idea  but yes his goverment did implement it

The 30-baht health scheme, also known as the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS), was launched in 2002 by the Thaksin Shinawatra government. The scheme was based on work done by public health civil servants in the 1980s. 

Yeah, I know, but I thought I would give a little concession otherwise I would be accused of blind hatred, being brainwashed, pro junta blah blah etc etc.

21 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Ive not actually heard him say Ukraine provoked the war, do you have a link to it?

6 minutes ago, Hunz Kittisak said:

He is no more corrupt or culpable than all the PMs before or after him. 

Incorrect. He was much more openly corrupt than any preceding him or anyone since. Approving a government loan via Exim bank to the Burmese junta (against international sanctions) to buy his Shin Sat satellites. Passing millions of dollars worth of shares in Shin corp to his maid and driver to try and hide them. Selling a huge plot of government owned land to his wife when he was PM. Changing government telecoms policies to benefit AIS about competitors. Widespread corruption at Suvarnabhumi.

It goes on and on. When he was elected he sold people the lie that he wouldn't be corrupt as he is already rich. But the man is incredibly greedy and got more and more brazen. Easily the most brazenly corrupt PM this country has seen.

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If one were to have a ranking for best PM of Thailand. He should top the list. 

You are a joke. Thaksin is - and only ever was - out for himself and his personal wealth and ego. He is trying to make his family a dynasty here.

He is responsible for thousands of deaths (Tak Bai, "War on Drugs"), he polarised the country so badly it was brought to the brink of civil war.  He didn't care, he only cares about Thaksin.

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He at least did a lot of good

Did he? Like what?

30 baht health scheme was good.

5 minutes ago, Hunz Kittisak said:

Well said 

The Thaksin haters should at least have a consistent benchmark if they want to judge 

So if you are against Thaksin you must be pro junta??? What are you talking about?

It is possible to disagree with both you know, grow up.

4 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Try 

 

https://www.immigration.go.th/#serviceonline

 

If you are in Bangkok,  try

 

https://gov.immigration1.queueonline.net/appointment/login.html?v35

 

It sometimes works, not very intuitively though

 

 

The old link used to be

 

https://www.immigration.go.th/?page_id=20131

 

It's not working. 

This is the link: https://gov.immigration1.queueonline.net/appointment/login.html?v35

I used it a couple of days ago (first time using it) as I need a CoR to renew my driver's license. Booked appointment for 11.30am, arrived at 11.25am as the traffic was horrendous on Tuesday morning. Went to info counter, they told me to go straight to desk 64. At 11.30am on the dot the number at desk 64 displayed my number. Took 2-3 minutes including payment and receipt and I was out by 11.34am. Amazing. I will never ever go to CW for anything without an appointment ever again.

I think it was @DrJack54 who first notified me of the online appointment system when I moaned about my first (and only) 90 day report taking six hours - I had no idea it existed before.

5 hours ago, Lopburikid said:

MONEY!

Typical moronic anti-Thai AN reply.

How much do you think it cost them in fuel to fly all the way back? How much do you think it cost them to reorganise all those people at the airport, give them food and drink, and then how much money to organise another plane to take them all to Singapore a few hours later?

Idiotic.

It wasn't an emergency situation, so it is pretty standard to return to your home airport where things can be taken care of more easily as you have maintenance workers, an inventory of parts for your specific aircraft - especially as their home airport was less than two hours away.

But yeah, money. I guess you are one of those who just spouts "money", "greed", or "money number one" randomly in threads without engaging your brain. 

1 minute ago, Hanuman2547 said:

Are there still a lot of 2 stroke motorcycles left in Thailand?  I think they were slowly being replaced by better four stroke motorcycles.  The two stroke engines just add to the poor air quality so much.  

No, 2-stroke motorbikes we're phased out in 1999 or 2000. Long gone.

Back then the air pollution was mainly due to trucks, buses, two stroke motorcycles, tuk tuks. Now it generally isn't, it is the burning of fields and crops. Take that burning away and the air here is infinitely better than it was in the late 90's.

2 hours ago, Peterphuket said:

Well, the excuses we are told will probably be lies, ridiculous to fly all the way back when the solution was close at hand, but this is and always has been TIT.

Ah right, you know best.