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UK 220 MPs Demand Keir Starmer Recognise Palestinian Statehood
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UK 220 MPs Demand Keir Starmer Recognise Palestinian Statehood
In the 1940s–50s, Menachem Begin was seen as a terrorist by the British, and unwelcome in the UK. Oh how times have changed, although another PM, would be arrested in most developed countries apart from the US. -
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UK 220 MPs Demand Keir Starmer Recognise Palestinian Statehood
Where do you think that Jews should live ? Europe or Israel ? -
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UK Flat – Sell or Keep Renting? Expats Who’ve Been There – What Did You Do?
When you say “use the NHS,” do you mean just being able to visit a GP or actually being admitted to hospital for non-emergency treatment? I thought NHS emergency care is legally open to everyone, kind of like how it works in Thai hospitals? Also, if I already have an NHS number, doesn’t that mean I’m entitled to treatment without needing to pass a residency test? If I do have to pay for NHS treatment, I wonder if it might actually be cheaper to just go private in Thailand or elsewhere in Southeast Asia. I assume you’re talking about the UK state pension? I don’t know much about that, but I imagine my private pensions wouldn’t be affected by my UK residency status when the time comes. And when you say you’re a retired property landlord, do you mean you used to be a landlord but have now retired completely? Or you’re retired from other work and still doing the landlord thing? I can’t imagine wanting to deal with tenants or property management after retirement age, maybe around 55 or so. It just feels like too much hassle for too little return, especially when you factor in inflation, tax, slow capital appreciation, ongoing expenses, and everything else that eats into the profits. -
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Thai - Cambodia Conflict Temple, Territory, Tensions: The Roots of the Thailand-Cambodia Border Fight
Close, but no coconut. When Thaksin was PM, he signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hun Sen to explore ways of resolving the disputed offshore waters, the overlapping claims area, or OCA, with a view to joint exploration and mutual benefit. Then he lost the job, ran away, self-imposed exile, return, etc.. About 6 or 8 months ago, Pheu Thai raised the prospect of progressing the languishing MoU into reality. I recall this happened after Thaksin visited his old chum, or vice versa. The oil and gas industry pricked up its ears, such was the interest in a chunk of prospective subsurface finally being opened up in the OCA. However, the opposition, nationalists and the navy all got on the "surrendering sovereignty" bandwagon and sunk the whole idea. That's where the notion of giving up Koh Koot first gained traction although the maps that popped up on Thai media to support this were not based on any agreed cartography. They also ignored the Cambodians when they said that they had no claim, and no plans to claim Koh Koot. The opponents also argued that Cambodia could get more oil or gas than Thailand, ignoring the fact that what lies below the sea bed isn't determined by any straight line on the surface, be it agreed or otherwise. Fundamentally, they don't want to share anything. Since it's believed that Cambodian military build-up started last February, it's not too much of a stretch to consider that Hun Sen, pissed off by his buddy's inability to deliver on their agreement, and also needing to get an increasingly disillusioned population firmly behind his son, who only became PM in the summer of 2023, came up with this border folly.
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