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Frozen in time: British expats losing out on pensions in Thailand
Where are the sandy beaches in Bangkok? -
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The Tim Walz thread.
Impartial Brits calling it right: Who won the Vance v Walz debate? Our experts are unanimous JD Vance ditched his awkward manner with a warm and accomplished display, while Tim Walz stuttered and came unstuck over Tiananmen claim A clear win for the man with the harder job" On Vance: "His answers on policy issues were detailed, and he spoke repeatedly about children and families in a way that was designed to appeal to the female voters who are driving Ms Harris’s poll lead." On Walz It was Mr Walz, the man picked by Ms Harris for his folksy Midwestern charm, who came unstuck in front of the cameras. Stuttering over his words, getting agitated and failing to pick up on some of the most obvious attack lines to use against Mr Vance, he looked out of his depth on the stage. At one point, he mistakenly said he had become “friends with school shooters”, while apparently referring to their parents. Perhaps the worst moment of his night came when he was challenged about his claim that he was in China at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. Acknowledging he can be a “knucklehead”, he admitted that he “misspoke” and that he actually travelled to Hong Kong months later. “I will get caught up in the rhetoric,” he said. His pre-scripted attack lines on “Project 2025” and the claim that Trump and Mr Vance would impose a nationwide pregnancy register came unstuck when his opponent gave a surprisingly moderate answer on abortion. “We’ve got to do a better job at winning back people’s trust,” Mr Vance replied. “Donald Trump and I are committed to pursuing pro family policies.” On Vance: Why was JD Vance, a hardcore MAGA convert with apparently limited electoral ability, selected as VP over Marco Rubio or Tim Scott? Tonight showed us why. Putting his Yale-honed debate skills to the test, the senator from Ohio launched a series of forensically devastating attacks on the Biden administration, and called into question the judgement of the VP’s pick for VP. Vance’s obvious advantages were made clear in the first few minutes of the debate, with a clear response to the unfolding tensions in the Middle East after Iran’s massive rocket barrage of Israel, he presented a powerful rhetorical defense of a vital ally while craftily reminding voters that no new wars were started under Donald Trump’s premiership. It’s hard to believe this was the same man who notoriously struggles to engage one-on-one with voters, and there were no sign of his occasional awkward vocal tics and stilted delivery. This was pure Ivy-league gloss. On Walz: And what about Hong Kong? Walz’s face contorted into a Bidenesque confused grimace. Hadn’t he once claimed to have been in Hong Kong during the brutal crackdown at Tiananmen Square, despite actually residing in Nebraska? Walz awkwardly tried to dodge the question, before conceding that he “misspoke”. Looking like a distracted student called upon by a teacher to answer a tricky math question, Walz’s performance hardly improved in the second half of the debate. In one particularly brutal episode, Vance systemically rattled off the material policy wins of the Trump administration like lowered inflation and higher take-home pay. Vance empathised with the “tough job” of “whackamole” Walz would have to play to avoid giving the former president credit. Gulping, his eyes started to widen. If presidential debates don’t matter, VP debates are so unimportant as to hardly warrant a second thought. Normally. But this is no normal election cycle. A bizarre debate performance exposed Biden’s mental infirmity, setting in motion a brutally quick defenestration of a sitting president and queen-making of his lowly regarded deputy. The Harris campaign has since sought to sustain itself purely on good vibes and high energy, a strategy that has failed to move the all-important independent voters in a nail-biter of an election. Make no mistake, Walz’s folksy gee-shucks routine was a purposeful attempt to bring those voters on board. But like his boss, Walz has proved that a compelling media narrative does not make a leader. In a nail-biter election, this dud performance could make all the difference. The real mistaken VP pick revealed himself on Tuesday night — and he wasn’t the man from Ohio. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/10/02/who-won-vance-walz-vice-presidential-debate/ -
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The Tim Walz thread.
I'm so ready for November 5th I still beieve Trump will show to debate -
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Frozen in time: British expats losing out on pensions in Thailand
I am sure it is but he doesn't get any increase. I would think most countries have reciprocal agreements with the UK so it shouldn't just be a few they provide for -
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The Tim Walz thread.
Whether or not Trump wins, Vance has positioned himself well for 2028. His performance was stellar. He dispelled all the corporate media BS about him being unlikeable or strange. His performance was smooth but not slick, his personality really shined through. Even the liberal media are admitting that Walz got bodied. -
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Frozen in time: British expats losing out on pensions in Thailand
really , maybe the Geezers worked hard their whole lives and paid well into a system that is handing out free dosh to every filth that shows up on UK soil with their begging hands out. -
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Prime Minister in Tears Over Tragic Bangkok School Bus Fire
We are in tears here to 🤔 -
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Frozen in time: British expats losing out on pensions in Thailand
Astonishing I havent read every page bar OP but these people knew there was no annual uplift Its been like that since the 1950's in certain countries. Whether we think its right or wrong is immaterial These people are utter weapons -
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Frozen in time: British expats losing out on pensions in Thailand
This is a situation that has been ongoing for years, through different Governments, and in spite of various petitions, letters to MP's, even brought up in the Court of Human Rights, the situation has not changed. As ridiculous as it may seem, one can live on the American side of the Niagara Falls and get the annual increments, but live on the Canadian side and not get them! One can live in the Philippines and get the increments, but not in Thailand - it's all down to a "reciprocal agreement", as mentioned in the article. It is a grossly unfair situation, and MP's, of both parties, have over the years made promises in their pre election manifestos to "bring it up in the House", but to date the situation has changed not a jot from where we were at years ago. It seems that successive British Governments are more interested in providing shelter and accommodation to illegal immigrants than they are in looking after their own pensioners that have made contributions to the system all their working lives. The cost to the UK taxpayer by paying the increments to their own people would cost a few million pounds, compared to the cost to the country of housing these people who have contributed NOTHING at all to the British economy. By all means, give them basic shelter and accommodation, but not 5 Star Hotel treatment at the expense of people who have lived and spent all their working lives there! "PENSIONERS FIRST"!!!!! A big fuss is being made at the moment about many pensioners in the UK losing their Old Age Winter Fuel Allowance. I lost mine years ago when I moved to Thailand, but I think that is fair, as we don't see freezing Winters in Thailand. What is not fair is the freezing of State Pensions, depending on where you live. What should it matter? I get a small Works Pension from my previous employer, but they give me a small increase every year - they are not concerned where I live! One of the reasons given by Government (apart from the "reciprocal agreement") for the freezing is that UK pensioners should be contributing to the UK economy by spending their pensions in the UK. I suppose pensioners in the Phillippines or the USA fly back to the UK every month to spend their pensions there? At the end of the day, the Government of the day needs to WANT to help their own pensioners, and unfortunately, we seem to come low down on their list of priorities, in spite of the current PM's assertions that "every pensioner, EVERY pensioner will be better off with Labour". OK, let him prove it by treating EVERY pensioner the same way by unfreezing the pensions of EVERY pensioner that is affected by this outdated and unfair piece of legislation. -
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Driver Flees Scene After Attempting to Extinguish Flames in Bus Fire Tragedy
Very important question. -
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The Tim Walz thread.
The people at MSNBC agree that Vance was not at all like he is normally as in person everyday. He managed to look sance even though he lied as much as he did -
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Watch: Man Sparks Outrage by Smashing $4,000 Autographed Taylor Swift Guitar
I am also proud I have never consciously listened to this twerp. Maybe I heard a song in a restaurant but did not know the singer. I find this woman to be very unappealing with her sequenced leotards. I have heard that millions of swifties have abandoned her due to her endorsement of word salad Harris. -
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Frozen in time: British expats losing out on pensions in Thailand
The 3 Amigos in the picture look like quality expats Thailand needs. -
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School Bus Fire Claims Multiple Lives and Injures Young Students in Rangsit
By DNA analysis. If the family member can bring in items like tooth/hair brush the dead child used while alive. By comparing the sample from each(burnt body and bodily tissues left on the goods used during their life).
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