retarius

I'm glad it's over, but I do wish it had been Thaksin's daughter. With the exposure of the PM in Thailand, on the TV every night, you want someone easy on the eye. Not some ugly wretch like this, with dirt and corruption oozing from every pore.

He wanted high end tourists who would spend lots of money and raise the value of tourism. It was a good idea from a marketing point of view. Now we have a lot of low end tourists who go into a bar with 5 straws and order one beer, or travel around in buses then block the sidewalk when they get off following a little flag. This means tourism, despite the high numbers, will always be a comparatively low earner here compared to what can be achieved in other markets. You the person

One dead? Better have a lockdown and close the airports and get those dirty masks, that don't work, out again.

Sorry that's nonsense.

You see what they are doing in the UK....they make home charging be on a separate meter and charge double price for the electric and restrict use in mornings and evenings.

My mistake, sorry,,,,I could swear I saw a picture on an escalator but memory at my age is precarious.

Yes I'd like him to crack down on agents.....but he's not in power is he. As for the first two, I don't care, I can afford the increases with no problem at all.

I think the extrajudicial killings probably saved a lot of kids' lives. When I came here they had nowhere near the problem that exist today with yaba. Same thinking that led the Americans to nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that sometimes the noble end justifies the means. I don't necessarily agree with that line of thinking, but I don't think he should go to jail for anything. The trial was a politically motivated pig circus (in the words of Bob Dylan).

Sound advice but it was the escalator that chewed the leg off the woman, he should avoid escalators as well.

I'm shocked. I don't know if it is a great move because he's a pretty decisive character and apart from Trump I cannot think of another leader that is loathed so much, and the loathers will never change their mind. I remember when this board was filled with Thaksin loathers, they were obsessed, demonised. Having said that loads of people love him for what he achieved during office in the aftermath of the financial meltdown. Apart from Yingluck I can't think of anyone who did anything for Thailand. Ok Prayut has ordered some motorways....but they were supposed to be finished and opened in 2020....we're 3 years late and no where near finished.

We just changed Thai baht abroad. Got offered a lousy rate at a major bank. I shopped around local currency changers and got almost spot rate, which was also better than I could have got in Thailand. But I think it is country specific. Ask a mate back home to check the rate at a local bank for you and if there are currency traders check them as well.

I'm in love with Yingluck.

Hotels do the reporting for you. The TM30 would be filed already.

Yeah, Europe was really a beacon of freedom and tolerance in the Middle Ages when the Crusades began.

Great move. Quality visitors, finally.

Well done. You should be promoted.

Good move shut this rubbish down. You want Thais dumbed down even further, allow FB to continue here. You want a chance of improvement, shut it down, shut it down.

I wonder what guarantees Thaksin has been given and by whom? He is very exposed to treachery if he is locked up. Prawit has been tipped for the top job ever since before the election so it would be no surprise. But it seems to me that the 'uncles' were brought in to ensure the Senate bought in to Pheu Thai as the leaders, and if they betray that trust Prawit cannot be elected with both Pheu Thai and Mover Forward (and possibly Bumjaithai) resisting them in Parliament.

If the 'uncles' are part of the 14 party coalition, then I think their advice is self evident. What does the constitution say about ditching your coalition partners and re-partnering with Move Forward after you become PM? Just wondering, Machivelli and all that good stuff.

TBH, it comes across that you sound kinda 'entitled'. Welcome to the masses mate. I/Os don't really care if you are black white or red, have a US passport or a Gambian passport, you must show respect and not irritation. If you give them any sort of attitude they'll screw you over and they have the power to do so. Be extra humble and tell them you are very sorry that you can't provide the documents, and hopefully someone will help you out.

I went in 2005 for two weeks, not as a sex tourist but with my wife. I hope it's changed now because it was awful, truly awful. TBH I wouldn't want to have sex with anyone I saw there.Vile place, but maybe it has improved.

No they weren't asked that question. There is no direct election for the PM. It is not part of the electoral process. Thailand is supposed to be a representative democracy where the electorate votes for members of a party. In other countries the party with most seats picks the PM from their ranks. Here because the military (Prayut and Prawit) appointed all. Those Senators get to vote on who is PM, Pita could not get the chance because no senator would vote for him. The next PM, I think will get the chance to pick new senators when their term expires in less that a year. For Thailand the choice of the PM is very important. If it is another general, then you'll get the ex-military generals as Senators.

I'm glad you asked that. I was wondering what about this story I didn't understand. Yes, he's a motor cycle taxi driver isn't he. 37 baht for a shock absorber?

He's at every single F1 event. Easy to spot and easy to arrest. I guess the Interpol red notice is still in translation, or at least that was the excuse about 8 years ago.

Hahahaha, can't keep a good man down in Thailand can you. He's being treated better than Kamnan Po.