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Root canal prices in Thailand (and comparisons)
Not at all. It was in Exeter, not the cheapest part of the country either. -
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Report Abandoned Abroad: British Pensioner in Thailand Slams 'Immoral' Frozen Pensions Policy
Come on Starmer, give us a another surprise, and unfreeze Old Age Pensions,You Must be Joking, HE Will NOT Do That M8 !! -
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America has emerged....as an international laughingstock
1) MFN is a cornerstone of the WTO to jettison it would seriously (fatally?) undermine the WTO. For that reason alone, I doubt that it will happen. I also disagree that as a principle the concept of MFN is obsolete: It helps to level the playing field in the absence of FTAs. 2) New trade alliances are regularly formed. The world didn't need the imposition of Trump's tariffs to further that goal 3) Call me cynical but I'm extremely skeptical that the plight of low paid workers in other countries was foremost in the mind of Trump and his advisors when formulating his tariff policies! In any event, many consumers want to pay ridiculously low prices for products and have little concern about workers' conditions. It is an issue that needs addressing and, perhaps, the targeted use of tariffs is one tool for doing so but it has nothing to do with Trump's policy. If the US becomes increasingly self-sufficient and thus, presumably, reduces the volume of its' overseas trade transactions, why would the rest of the world want to keep the dollar as the world's reserve currency? I can certainly see why the US favours this outcome but I don't see what's in it for the rest of the world. In such a case - and other things being equal - the rest of us would be better off with the Euro, Yen or even renminbi. -
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Are young farangs out of control?
Actually about 50% for first marriages and 65% or more for second. -
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Crime Taxi Driver Blocks Ambulance, Leading to Patient’s Death in Patong
Thainess i’m afraid 🤷🏼 -
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Report Abandoned Abroad: British Pensioner in Thailand Slams 'Immoral' Frozen Pensions Policy
There is a great deal of ignorance among the UK population over the state pension. I have to hold my hand up, i never paid a great deal of attention until I became self employed. The government tries to use that ignorance to their advantage. Between 1961 and the pension reforms in 2016 many were contributing to 2 different pension arrangements, a retirement pension and an earnings related pension. many are quite unaware of the second state pension. Whenever this topic is ever raised, the government only ever comment on the singular. The arguments they put forward are tenuous to say the least in respect of the retirement pension and become outright lies in respect of the earnings related pension. In Feb last year Paul Maynard stood in the HOC and claimed there was no exclusive link between NI and the state pension. An earnings related pension can only be calculated from NI contributions, but his comment went unchallenged by both the House and the media. It is a sad fact of life that equality issues are perceived in numbers, once the numbers get to a point they may cost votes, then the government may start to pay attention. Mention "trans" and the law will be rewritten before you blink. This matter will only ever be resolved in the courts which is not an easy option. Despite what the government may claim the issue has not been before the courts under current equality legislation.
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