15 hours ago, jayboy said:

 

I meant discussion on this forum.There used to be some excellent political debate here, often impassioned, but that has disappeared now - in my view because the forum has been taken downmarket and the punters interests are elsewhere.

 

Yes, they will make up their own mind and the BBC series will have no effect.I can't speak for other nationalities but of the 700,000 odd British visitors the vast majority are not from the higher social classes.The exception is the young cohort which still has a fair proportion of posh types.But overall the smarter crowd don't come to Thailand much these days.

 

I see very few Brits in Phuket, I have not heard any tourists speaking English for a long time.

 

I can imagine there are a lot in Pattaya though as it is cheap, I can imagine most of the dim people from around the world go there hence it will be full of the 'lower classes' no matter which country they come from. 

11 minutes ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

 

I see very few Brits in Phuket, I have not heard any tourists speaking English for a long time.

 

I can imagine there are a lot in Pattaya though as it is cheap, I can imagine most of the dim people from around the world go there hence it will be full of the 'lower classes' no matter which country they come from. 

Always has to be one pretentious poster on every thread @JamesPhuket10.

37 minutes ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

 

I see very few Brits in Phuket, I have not heard any tourists speaking English for a long time.

 

I can imagine there are a lot in Pattaya though as it is cheap, I can imagine most of the dim people from around the world go there hence it will be full of the 'lower classes' no matter which country they come from. 

 

 

So you have this "quality" in Phuket............what a sh!te hole.

 

 

"Naked Foreign Man Goes Wild in Phuket and Strangles Cop Photo courtesy of Phuket Times ภูเก็ตไทม์ A chaotic incident unfolded in Phuket yesterday, as a foreign man was filmed walking naked through the Patong area, assaulting a police officer who tried to..."

1 hour ago, couchpotato said:

Always has to be one pretentious poster on every thread @JamesPhuket10.

 

I went to Pattaya in 2019, I was out of there like a shot after half a day back to Rayong.

 

I do not mix with the rabble. 

51 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

So you have this "quality" in Phuket............what a sh!te hole.

 

 

"Naked Foreign Man Goes Wild in Phuket and Strangles Cop Photo courtesy of Phuket Times ภูเก็ตไทม์ A chaotic incident unfolded in Phuket yesterday, as a foreign man was filmed walking naked through the Patong area, assaulting a police officer who tried to..."

 

I suppose with nearly 9 million visitors a year not all of them will be on their best behaviour, I suppose I could pull such a report from any city in any country in the world and have similar headlines. 

 

Phuket is reassuringly expensive and keeps most of the Pattaya rabble out.

On 9/22/2025 at 1:37 PM, Cameroni said:

 

Dailymotion

 

I was  bored by it. News flash: countries have crime. The conditions of the prison were shocking, be we all know to stay the hell out of prisons here. 

2 hours ago, Ebumbu said:

 

I was  bored by it. News flash: countries have crime. The conditions of the prison were shocking, be we all know to stay the hell out of prisons here. 

 

Yes, it was a pedestrian docu with a puppet presenter. She's caught so much flak the DM was reporting she's regretting doing it.