madmitch

I've seen a lot of stories here that could be April 1st spoofs and this is up there among the best!

I wonder if any of the EU leaders have asked about his stance on the Russian/Ukraine war in view of Thailand's position as an EU ally?

I think something is lost in translation here as that ain't a cruise ship!

Is it just me or do that pair look like Wallace and Gromit?

Phuket has many streets where you park on one side of the road on even dates, the other side on odd dates. It would be bit unfair to clamp if these rules are in place wouldn't it?

Tourism returns and the same old stories are cropping up!

Hasn't the Tourism Minister noticed that tourism has picked up very well in certain areas. I can't see many hotels in Phuket, for example, offering the big discounts they did to enter this scheme before, at least not until after Songkran,

I don't see why anyone want to be PM if the majority of sitting MPs don't provide any support but some are just power-crazed! Somehow anti-military parties will have to get 376 seats out of 500 if Thailand is to rid itself of the current shower and their first job would be to tear up the military-drafted constitution in the same way that Prayut/Prawit and co did with the last one.....until the next coup at which point there will be yet another.

Increase drunk drivers by up to ten times? I don't think so. Someone who is drink driving at 4am is just as likely to be drink-driving at 10pm, midnight or 2am. Those who actually obey the law are not suddenly going to start drink-driving just because the bars are open later.

Yep. He's an expert at asking the Government for more money!

Have I missed something here? Didn't the Government put up 600 million baht for this? So the Thai taxpayers are paying for what now appears to be a True exclusive? Whether or not True paid the balance, this doesn't sound right. Fortunately I'm in England right now where ITV and BBC are providing excellent coverage on free to air TV.

Don't know about Babs but I reckon Hattie would pass!

Bangla is what it is. Clean it up and it wouldn't be Bangla. Though give me the Bangla of 20 years ago any day.

It's the correct spelling in US English. I do wonder how many people will lost their licences as tallying up the points will involve quite a lot of paperwork for the BIB, time better spent collecting fines in cash.

Your last paragraph demonstrates the Government hypocrisy where small potential scale brewers have been prevented from setting up as the Government is apparently concerned about lack of quality control.

Is Thailand the only country in the world where marijuana is legal and vape is illegal?

Why do I only ever learn about new covid subvariants from the Thailand news? Has the fearmongering stopped in the rest of the world?

If I remember rightly, didn't Prayut himself decribe it as "Thai-style democracy"?

It is not a soaring baht, it's a weakening dollar - no surprise considering the gains the dollar has made this year! All major currencies have made gains against the dollar during this time. In the past month the baht is weaker against the GBP and almost the same against the Euro. It does appear that Thai financiers only seem to think there are only two currencies in the world!

I like your thinking, for as soon as big breweries take over small ones, the product quality usually diminishes. It's happened so many times in the UK, especially with "real ale", but now it's happening with "craft beer" as well. But when you look at the figures involved, then it's no surprise independents sell out. Beavertown, Camden and Meantime have all been taken over by the big boys and now their products are found all over the country and the entrepreneurs have seven or eight figure bank balances. However, there are plenty of small brewers that are small enough not to attract the attention of the corporates and long may that continue. I hope Thailand wakes up to this soon, though it'll probably be under the next Government. But it is difficult to stop

The list of tourist spots visited is ridiculous. More tourists visit Chachoengsao than Phuket?

This should have been sorted many months ago. If they do manage to raise the cash from the private sector, expect pop up ads every minute or so as they won't give money for nothing. And probably Thai only commentary from the comfort of a studio in Bangkok.

No joke. This happens. Not regularly, and it's at random. The officers even open bottles and sniff them to make sure you're selling the right stuff, though I'm not quite sure how they know! Of course word gets round when they're on the way so people are prepared! GF was once fined when they found a bottle of wine underneath our small guesthouse bar counter which belonged to a Swedish guest.

Prices everywhere will be significantly higher than they've been for the previous two years where prices were reduced just to get a few customers through the doors. I have looked and I reckon most hotels are still below the 2019 price.

$8 isn't much if you're booking a five star hotel but it is if you're booking a smaller hotel. Let him put 300 baht on his prices and let other hotels decide whether or not to follow suit.