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UK Inheritance Tax
This will be a major deterrent to illegal migrants, knowing that in 10 years their assets in Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria and Eritrea will be subject to UK inheritance tax. -
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UK Flat – Sell or Keep Renting? Expats Who’ve Been There – What Did You Do?
My story is: I sold my large family house in the UK in 2021, 30 miles from London when there was a rush to 'buy space', I put some money into Premium bonds and moved the rest into UK eight online bank accounts where £85,000 per bank was guaranteed. Due to the rush for people to buy at the time prices were inflated, the house I sold is now worth less than I sold it for. Soon I was being paid 5% for doing nothing in interest payments and no risk from banks, I knew the property market had overheated and so I stayed in Thailand until early 2025 living off the interest and a state pension waiting for prices to drop. I have now been back in the UK since March 2025, a commuter town next to a train station where London is just 30 mins away, in an 80 Sqm, two bed, two bath luxury flat, EPC: B, bought for £317k cash, the original price was £360k, so prices had dropped. I am a bit worried about the lease though as it only has 993 year left 🙂 Now interest rates will drop over the next few years to there normal rate of around 3% so a lot more people will be able to buy, prices will rise due to lack of new properties being built in any meaningful way, forget about the promise from the government to build 1.5 millions houses, we do not have enough builders, 30% returned home after Brexit to Poland, and local voters in local council will oppose most of the builds. So as the returns from banks are now less (around 4.2% and dropping) I have put some of the cash into the flat, the rent will be £1800 per month minus the costs and full management by an agent at 10%. It will be a bolt hold as it is very possible when I am old and sick I may have to live there, it has two lifts right from my underground parking space and the shops as is the train and main bus station three minutes walk away. The rest will stay in cash for now. So back to Thailand for me in a month or two from now, Phuket, nice and international, good living standards and lots to do. I do live in a house in Thailand, it is my Thai partner of 20+ years, my cash and property are in the UK, her property and cash are in Thailand making for a very amicable set up, no financial dependency. -
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National Anthem
8am and 6pm daily, most places that can physically stop for a minute do, those that it's not feasible don't. Nothing wrong with a bit of nationalism to make people feel proud of their country 👍 -
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Accident Phuket: Child Killed as Motorbike Carrying Five Plunges Down Steep Hill
Pictures courtesy of Khaosod. A two-year-old girl has died and several others were injured after a motorbike rider carrying five people, lost control while descending a steep hill in Thalang district, Phuket. The crash occurred in Soi beside the Je-Hong Crispy Pork restaurant in Moo 2, Sri Sunthorn subdistrict. Police and rescue services were alerted shortly before 15:00 on 23 July. Pol. Lt. Col. Sumet Jitphet, Deputy Inspector of Thalang Police Station, responded to the scene alongside rescue teams from the Sri Sunthorn Municipality and Kusoldharm Foundation, as well as an ambulance from Thalang Hospital. At the scene, responders found a pink-and-white Honda Scoopy motorbike lying damaged at the roadside. Nearby, the 41-year-old driver, identified as Mr. Phanom, was discovered with lacerations to his chest and multiple abrasions. He had been carrying four passengers on the motorbike. Two women, named as Ms. Premrudee and Ms. Yaowalak, sustained injuries in the crash. two-year-old girl, referred to only as “Miss A” for privacy, succumbed to her injuries. Preliminary investigations suggest the motorbike rider lost control while speeding down the steep and damaged road, ultimately crashing into roadside rocks. The impact caused severe injuries to all five individuals and proved fatal for the young child. All injured parties were transported to Thalang Hospital for treatment. Police are continuing to gather evidence and eyewitness testimony as part of their investigation. Legal proceedings against the motorbike rider are expected, pending the outcome of the investigation. Adapted by Asean Now from Khoasod 2025-07-24 -
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Report Air Cambodia Denies Copying Thai Airways Amid Branding Backlash
Thailand forget it in fact Khmer based.. And now they pretend to have a claim that everything is original Thai based, but Thailand was built from 7 small kingdoms that conquered land from the Khmer...But if there are no problems Thailand will always find one -
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