British Embassy quick to correct BoJo’s comments on Thailand

By The Nation

 

File photo : British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson//AFP

 

The British Embassy in Thailand on Friday clarified what the UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson “said” about Thailand in his recent speech in London concerning Brexit.

 

According to the Embassy, Johnson, who recently visited Bangkok, said: “… I have just discovered we have more than a million people who go to Thailand every year, where our superb consular services deal with some of the things that they get up to there.”

 

The Embassy insisted that there he made no mention of sex tourism. “The focus was on the provision of consular services to our approximately 60,000 British residents in Thailand and approximately 1 million British visitors each year who mostly have a fantastic time in Thailand.”

 

His speech was reportedly designed to woo “Remainers”, as those who would prefer that the UK stays in the European Union are called, but was criticised after the British media quoted him as saying ““As I have just discovered we have more than a million who go to Thailand every year, where according to our superb consular services they get up to the most eyepopping things.”

 

Some UK politicians have urged him to resign.

 

The controversial comments about Thailand however were included in a written copy of his speech issued to journalists beforehand, TheNational.Scot online reported.

 

His actual speech toned down the “joke” slightly – “where our superb consular services deal with some of the things they get up to there”.

 

Th Embassy also said the Foreign Secretary’s visit on February 12 deepened and strengthened UKThailand ties not just at the government to government level through his meeting with Thai PM and the foreign minister where they discussed regional issues and he encouraged swift progress towards democratic elections in Thailand.

 

“But also at the people to people level through wideranging discussions covering cooperation on education, the digital economy, science and innovation, financial technology, and trade and investment, as well as further cooperation to tackle the Illegal Wildlife Trade.”

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30339007

 

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36 minutes ago, webfact said:

British Embassy quick to correct BoJo’s comments on Thailand

Another misprint in the headline, it should read BoZo !

Edited February 16, 20188 yr by Thaiwrath

I think the headline should read.

 

Bozo British Embassy, care not about ex-pats in Thailand.

It is standard operating procedure that a Civil Service talking head follows up behind Boris just to tidy up and clarify any " misunderstanding " that the media may incur ( see below ) .. Personally given Boris's love of using " eye popping " quotes I'm inclined to think he probably did say we get up to some eye popping things here .. And he wouldn't be wide of the mark sometimes would he  .. 

This clown never wastes and opportunity to embarrass the foreign office with his buffoonery and insensitive comments such as when he visited Myanmar.

44 minutes ago, Tradewind777 said:

This clown never wastes and opportunity to embarrass the foreign office with his buffoonery and insensitive comments such as when he visited Myanmar.

was a wonderful poem

Once the united kingdom was big.... Now it is little..... now we know why.....

8 minutes ago, BEngBKK said:

Once the united kingdom was big.... Now it is little..... now we know why.....

...and here's me thinking that had something to do with 2 world wars 

Here's the full monty for any that missed it with the offending(?) bit @ 9.20.

 

What's to correct?  Boris Johnson might not be real PC but he's always right with his comments. 

remark was a tad silly , yet right on; in the end, this is much ado about nothing

I've certainly done some 'eye popping' stuff out here.

12 hours ago, BEngBKK said:

Once the united kingdom was big.... Now it is little..... now we know why.....

The United Kingdom has been the same size for many hundreds of years

19 hours ago, webfact said:

British Embassy quick to correct BoJo’s comments on Thailand

Happy to hear the embassy can react quickly when it really matters...

Mini Trump.

Mini Bawbag.

14 hours ago, BEngBKK said:

Once the united kingdom was big.... Now it is little..... now we know why.....

 

Actually, apart from some minor erosion it's not changed size!

 

 

Eye Popping stuff, could be your first time looking at some of the Temples, or newer Shopping Malls, or

such. The press are just trying to make this UK guy look bad. Better luck next time!

Geezer

4 hours ago, sanemax said:

The United Kingdom has been the same size for many hundreds of years

The post you repiled to was merely correctly stating 'Great' Britain is today geo-politically about relevant as a chocolate tea pot, due to ruling class buffoon inbred <deleted>, such as Boris Johnson.

What's the problem, he's right what he says...... and yes they do get up to some eye popping shenanigans, or are we going to lie about this as well......

10 minutes ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

The post you repiled to was merely correctly stating 'Great' Britain is today geo-politically about relevant as a chocolate tea pot, due to ruling class buffoon inbred <deleted>, such as Boris Johnson.

Well, the fact that a UK Ministers innocuous remarks  made headline news , that would suggest that the U.K has quite a lot of political clout in World affairs

23 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

I think the headline should read.

 

Bozo British Embassy, care not about ex-pats in Thailand.

Name me a UK politician of the two main parties who does care about expats in Thailand.

32 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Well, the fact that a UK Ministers innocuous remarks  made headline news , that would suggest that the U.K has quite a lot of political clout in World affairs

You're so off the mark, Boris is merely the box office cringe worthy clown of politics in the UK.

Edited February 17, 20188 yr by SpeakeasyThai

38 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Well, the fact that a UK Ministers innocuous remarks  made headline news , that would suggest that the U.K has quite a lot of political clout in World affairs

Boris, euhhhhh.... Boris who?

Is he the Boris that was transferred to an inactive post for painting graffiti on a red bus?

That Boris?

 

22 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Name me a UK politician of the two main parties who does care about expats in Thailand.

 

Quite agree, we really need a democratic-system which includes MPs, who are elected-by & represent overseas British-citizens  ...  never will happen of course, the UK is too democratic for advanced thinking like that.

19 minutes ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

You're so off the mark, Boris is merely the box office cringe worthy clown of politics in the UK.

No, hes the U.K's secretary of state for foreign affairs , a UK Gov Minister

14 minutes ago, sanemax said:

No, hes the U.K's secretary of state for foreign affairs , a UK Gov Minister

 

Hard to believe i agree, when reading that's the reality of his position.

20 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Name me a UK politician of the two main parties who does care about expats in Thailand.

can't do it.

They are all  c!*>~

20 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Name me a UK politician of the two main parties who does care about expats in Thailand.

And why should they particularly care about 1group of 60.000?

 

I'd like to know what eye-popping things people can get up to in Thailand that they couldn't get up to in the UK, other than it being affordable. I don't want to miss out on anything!

Yeah such a wonderful ambassadorial staff: just outsourced passport renewal to India.  What exactly do they do here apart from trade ?