1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What have the festival hours and her curfew hours got to do with Kerr's statement?

About everything .... when taken in context (smile).

8 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

17 Kg, must have been for personal use??😆

Only 16 weeks. Probably gave her the drugs back on release as a bonus.

7 hours ago, norsurin said:

Ready for next trip!

I doubt that Thailand will grant her entry if she goes back there. Also regardless of time spent in gaol she now has a criminal conviction which will stop her from going to some other countries. As for being an "influencer" is that just another word for jobless?

'Halo Effect' in effect...an ugly guy would do the full term.

2 hours ago, sherlockh said:

As for being an "influencer" is that just another word for jobless?

Notice how everybody on Facebook is a digital creator.

21 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Should be at least a few more years.

They have to let someone out. A drug smuggler is less of an issue to the public than letting out a rapist, police murderer or child groomer!

Ridicu

Just now, jacko45k said:

They have to let someone out. A drug smuggler is less of an issue to the public than letting out a rapist, police murderer or child groomer!

or .... build more prisons ? How hard can it be to build a building with locks on it, lol

Just now, DonniePeverley said:

Ridicu

or .... build more prisons ? How hard can it be to build a building with locks on it, lol

They are struggling to house illegal immigrants and veterans, and for some reason I can't figure the cost of building prisons is astronomical, £600,000 per cell...and difficult to staff them.

Edited Wednesday at 11:38 PM1 day by jacko45k

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

They are struggling to house illegal immigrants and veterans, and for some reason I can't figure the cost of building prisons is astronomical, £600,000 per cell...and difficult to staff them.

Why would it cost 600,000 per cell ? They aren't building the ritz.

Just now, DonniePeverley said:

Why would it cost 600,000 per cell ? They aren't building the ritz.

Heaven knows, put them on a remote Scottish Island with a tent for me.....even concrete rots given enough time.

so a slap on the wrist

that will stop people for trying to make tens of thousands of pounds with one trip

hope there is an audit in herself , family and friends for unusual wealth and take it all

but probably not

If turning her loose freed up a bed for someone who committed a crime with an actual victim, that's a good thing.

21 hours ago, Thumbs said:

why should thailand even bother stepping up there searches on departing flights

catch and re-cycle product would be my guess

Lucky — very lucky — she is.

7 hours ago, impulse said:

If turning her loose freed up a bed for someone who committed a crime with an actual victim, that's a good thing.

Yea must make space for the people on social media saying hurty words.

10 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Why would it cost 600,000 per cell ? They aren't building the ritz.

With a high speed railway in the UK costing over £100 billion and a 1km long prefabriacted bat tunnel on the same railway costing £100 million we don't do things on the cheap in the UK. How are all those blood sucking consultants going to make a living.

3 hours ago, Geoff914 said:

With a high speed railway in the UK costing over £100 billion and a 1km long prefabriacted bat tunnel on the same railway costing £100 million we don't do things on the cheap in the UK. How are all those blood sucking consultants going to make a living.

Why don't we get some labourers that are used in China, UAE, Saudi to come and build some railways and prisons ?

2 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

Why don't we get some labourers that are used in China, UAE, Saudi to come and build some railways and prisons ?

I don't think it is the high cost of direct labour that is the problem. They have chosen a very high design spec to build to so needs concrete slab track not ballast which would be cheaper. This is to get the highest speed trains but London to Birmingham is only 110 miles. They designed for 360 km/h (224 mph) but are going to operate at 320 km/h (200 mph). I guess the Journey time is going to be about 30 minutes. By contrast my 20 mile journey into London take 20 minutes. The Government has been conned.

The project is a complete utter f*** up.

Trains to Manchester will branch off of HS2 near to Birmingham then continue to rejoin the existing line 20 miles on. But the HS2 trains on order are 8 coach units that can be joined to make 16 coach trains. The existing line to Manchester can't take 16 coach trains so they would only be able to run 8 coach trains but the existing trains are 10 coaches. So the new High Speed trains will carry fewer passengers to Manchester. There is proposal to run the existing trains on the Manchester service but they only run at 140 mph (225 km/h). So they are building a line to a 224 mph spec to run some of the trains at 140 mph.

You don't seem to realise that the high cost isn't just the cost of the construction labour. It is all the overheads, cost of new trains and all the f*** ups.

Oh and to keep the NIMBYS happy a lot of it is in tunnels.

1 hour ago, DonniePeverley said:

Why don't we get some labourers that are used in China, UAE, Saudi to come and build some railways and prisons ?

And in comparison, the London to Birmingham railway built by Robert Stevenson took 5 years from 1833 to 1838. HS2 started in 2019 with a target completion in 2033 which they know they will miss. I haven't seen the forecast completion. That in its self is a concern that they can't fix a completion date. So L&B 5 years, HS2 14 years plus, go figure.

1 hour ago, Geoff914 said:

I don't think it is the high cost of direct labour that is the problem. They have chosen a very high design spec to build to so needs concrete slab track not ballast which would be cheaper. This is to get the highest speed trains but London to Birmingham is only 110 miles. They designed for 360 km/h (224 mph) but are going to operate at 320 km/h (200 mph). I guess the Journey time is going to be about 30 minutes. By contrast my 20 mile journey into London take 20 minutes. The Government has been conned.

The project is a complete utter f*** up.

Trains to Manchester will branch off of HS2 near to Birmingham then continue to rejoin the existing line 20 miles on. But the HS2 trains on order are 8 coach units that can be joined to make 16 coach trains. The existing line to Manchester can't take 16 coach trains so they would only be able to run 8 coach trains but the existing trains are 10 coaches. So the new High Speed trains will carry fewer passengers to Manchester. There is proposal to run the existing trains on the Manchester service but they only run at 140 mph (225 km/h). So they are building a line to a 224 mph spec to run some of the trains at 140 mph.

You don't seem to realise that the high cost isn't just the cost of the construction labour. It is all the overheads, cost of new trains and all the f*** ups.

Oh and to keep the NIMBYS happy a lot of it is in tunnels.

There will no doubt be a multi million pound investigation on the fiasco. You say the government was conned .... how does a government get conned? Won't there be levels of checks and balances by experts around them to navigate this?

Which individuals does the blame ultimately rest on?

Was there ever element of gravy train, and taking public money - which is often thrown around these days for government contracts.

11 hours ago, khunPer said:

Lucky — very lucky — she is.

Yes, indeed. If she had been caught smuggling 17 kgs of weed into the U.S., she would have gotten five to 10 years in prison. In some countries it could be the death sentence. I wonder if she ever thought about what could have happened if the plane had been forced to land in China or even Singapore due to a mechanical problem or bad weather.

10 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

There will no doubt be a multi million pound investigation on the fiasco. You say the government was conned .... how does a government get conned? Won't there be levels of checks and balances by experts around them to navigate this?

Which individuals does the blame ultimately rest on?

Was there ever element of gravy train, and taking public money - which is often thrown around these days for government contracts.

Of course they were conned. I haven't worked it out but what is the difference in journey time of a 110 mile journey on a 224 mph train verses a 200 mph train? Bearing in mind starting with the 224 mph railway then realising it is way too expensive. Also bearing in mind the present fastest journey takes 1 hour 16 minutes.

Then of course to win the 2019 election Johnson promised HS2 going to Manchester and Leeds. Well with just Birmingham costing £100 billion you can imagine adding Leeds and Manchester was going to cost. So having conned all the northerners and winning the election the Tories promptly cancelled the two northern extensions, right royally screwing all the voters in the north.

"Won't there be levels of checks and balances by experts around them to navigate this? Clearly not.

"Which individuals does the blame ultimately rest on" That is the worrying bit, nobody is being blamed. It just seems to be carry on as normal. The fact that they can't give a completion date and nobody in the media are asking any questions. I am as perplexed as you are that nobody seems to give a damn.

1 hour ago, Geoff914 said:

Of course they were conned. I haven't worked it out but what is the difference in journey time of a 110 mile journey on a 224 mph train verses a 200 mph train? Bearing in mind starting with the 224 mph railway then realising it is way too expensive. Also bearing in mind the present fastest journey takes 1 hour 16 minutes.

Then of course to win the 2019 election Johnson promised HS2 going to Manchester and Leeds. Well with just Birmingham costing £100 billion you can imagine adding Leeds and Manchester was going to cost. So having conned all the northerners and winning the election the Tories promptly cancelled the two northern extensions, right royally screwing all the voters in the north.

"Won't there be levels of checks and balances by experts around them to navigate this? Clearly not.

"Which individuals does the blame ultimately rest on" That is the worrying bit, nobody is being blamed. It just seems to be carry on as normal. The fact that they can't give a completion date and nobody in the media are asking any questions. I am as perplexed as you are that nobody seems to give a damn.

Multi million pound gravy train enquiry coming - more gravy train on the tax payers expense.

2 hours ago, Evil Penevil said:

Yes, indeed. If she had been caught smuggling 17 kgs of weed into the U.S., she would have gotten five to 10 years in prison. In some countries it could be the death sentence. I wonder if she ever thought about what could have happened if the plane had been forced to land in China or even Singapore due to a mechanical problem or bad weather.

Very good point. Imagine if the plane had to detour to some country that very harsh penalties. The UAE for one has a zero tolerance.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c934zzknnq8o

Gang paid for extra baggage to smuggle 460kg of drugs.

"A gang of drug smugglers paid extra baggage charges as they attempted to smuggle 22 suitcases packed with cannabis from Thailand to Birmingham.

The 11-strong group travelled via Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and were arrested at Birmingham Airport on 9 August 2024.

UK Border Force seized 460kg (1,014lb) of the Class B drug, which had a street value of £13.8m.

Each person was arrested with two large suitcases containing 20kg (44lb) of cannabis that were so heavy they had to pay an excess charge at Bangkok Airport to put them in the hold."

A bit confuse, eleven people each with 2 suitcases containing 20kg of cannabis, I make that 440kg. But they had to pay for excess baggage so they weren't 20kg suitcases?