What visa should a UK passport holder choose for a 7-month stay in Phuket, Thailand: Special Tourist Visa or Multiple Entry Tourist Visa?

The STV program is set to run out Sept 30th, and there is no indication it will be renewed, IN FACT people who are here on an STV are not getting their 90 day extensions like normal, just an extension to Sept 30th

GET a 6 month METV from the thai consulate in your country and bounce out and back every 60 days. You can get almost 9 months of stay out of that visa if you time the bounces right

NO issue flying out and in or exiting/re-entering by land borders (except with burma which is still closed to entry by land)