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Good for a laugh, I suppose, but really, what are these "interests" that the UK, no longer an imperial power, has to "defend at a moment's notice". This character is as much a buffoon in this job as one of his predecessors, the one with a mop of blond hair.

No, it will require a "crackdown" on earthquakes....

That would have been really hard as I don't have a brother. I did project brotherly feelings on my male cousins which was weird for them as they all had actual brothers. I miss not having a brother and I don't mean for the "incest" part. A most unfortunate sentence there. Or just a Freudian slip?

Yes, if the GOP are led by a person of great intelligence and common sense.

Madame: I was attempting (obviously without success) to be slightly ironic in tone, because "$hithole" is the word Trump used in 2016 to describe these people who think they have the right to enter other countries illegally. A quite apposite word, I think. But also the article contains the phrase "self-deport" which does seem to me hilarious. Can you imagine some poor schmuck toddling off to the local immigration office and saying, "good morning, sir, I'd like to self-deport, if it's ok with you." One further point: most of us on this thread have probably entered Thailand legally and gone through all the necessary legal crapology to both enter and remain in the country. Why should illegals be treated with courtesy when they don't make this minimum legal effort required by most (all?) countries worldwide?

As long as they do actually "self-deport" back to whatever "$hithole" country they came from...

Good to see Diane Abbott adding her customary intellectual depth to the debate....

"childish babies" is an excellent example of a tautology....

Who's GD when he's at home?

So much for the "coalition of the willing"!!! Also, a reminder of why the UK needed to brexit...

I've noticed that many American hospital websites insert the phrase "sex assigned at birth". Who are the woke administrators who meekly toe this ideological line..... But Trump's male/female declaration on this issue should eradicate this travesty of science.

Excellent news. Sue them till the pips squeak....

Tough vetting by sleepy joe Biden??? or by his Border Czar, the thicko who lost the election for the Democrats!! 10 million illegals! All toughly "vetted"!!!

Their envelopes were not fat enough.....

That was Spike Milligan's joke epitaph. Own up...

Do rocks swim? Something to do with being down under?

I wonder what "proper officiating" is. Being a referee, especially in all the leagues below a country's top one, is no picnic. Referees are as fallible as everyone else, and their "officiating" may be badly affected by something as trivial as an argument with the missis as he left for the game....

Air Canada have been flying YVR to BKK direct these last two winters. 15 hours west and 12/13 east. However, I prefer Eva Air for the welcome break-up of this loooong journey.

Depends what you mean by "quality". I have never seen (out of the home) a Thai person reading a book. That small difference between Thailand and most Western towns and cities is a mark (imo) of how further advanced the latter are in obtaining (and using) a broad education.

Canada????

ILLEGAL, please. Call a spade a spade...

Hunted down? That'll be the day. The police are too busy looking for signs of islamophobia in people's communications (including thoughts perceived to be in your head and ready to be loosed upon the world).

What utter b*llsh!t. Just another grab for your wallet in the name of the climate "science" cult.

No way the debt-ridden West could risk war with China. Those in Taiwan who favour government from Beijing will yield up the country and, like the West, preserve their own economy. It will be just like the takeover of one corporation by another. Some takeovers are hostile, some friendly. Eva Air will be taken over by Air China (perhaps not even with a change of name.) Not a drop of blood spilt....

In what way precisely?