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The short answer is that globalist industrial/financial giants effectively control economies these days, not governments. Governments still fiddle with interest rates, but that has bugger all effect these days. Thailand is perceived as a good investment option, who knows all the reasons for that, thus its currency rises. Now that is good for importers, but lousy for exporters, so eventually will the THB bubble burst?

There is a fair amount of misinformed talk about exchange rates these days, so I thought it worth looking at how a number of currencies are faring against the THB. Lots of currencies left out, but this captures those that I think most BMs are interested in. Graphs courtesy of xe.com Its fairly evident that the changes are a result of the perceived strength of the Thai economy, not the weakness of an other. So a slap to the Remoaners perhaps?

This one is somewhat lavatorial. Having drunk several beers and eaten an Indian curry prior to boarding, a passenger on the night train from Glasgow to London feels his stomach churning and realises that he needs the toilet pretty damn quick. He rushes down the corridor, tries the door handle of the toilet and - the toilet is engaged. With not a second to spare, and seeing as it's dark outside, he deperately slides the train window down, drops his trousers, sticks his bare bum out of the window and discharges a stream of diarrhoea into the night. Relief. Unfortunately this splatters