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madmitch

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  1. 9 hours ago, smedly said:

    OMG, how about the people actually electing you and not just the party you are connected too - win your individual seat - oh that's right you don't need too, as long as you are a member of the various parties on offer you can appoint whoever you like as long as you are a member of  the partys that formed  a coalition .....corrupt as ## and more important .........not even close to democracy - win a seat voted for by the people and become an MP..............not in Thailand, I feel sorry for the Thai people when they think they have democracy because they vote - why do you end up with these same people you didn't vote for running the country ??????? 

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

  2. 44 minutes ago, Purdey said:

    Local beer has been allowed for a long time but not at large scale. The only way the government can make this work is (1) to forbid large companies from buying small companies even if the small companies are going to go bankrupt (2) forbid small companies selling out to large companies just because they got an offer larger than their value. 

    Won't happen. Small breweries will sell if the price is right. 

    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

  3. 22 minutes ago, roger101 said:

    555 You must be joking.

    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.

  4. 21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

    The Bill to liberalise liquor production would help boost local economies and tourism, distribute income to rural areas, broaden the tax base and put an end to Thailand’s liquor business oligopoly.

    Unfortunately it's those final eight words that Prayut and co are more concerned about. They've done nothing at all to help small businesses in the past eight years and the big guns have got bigger and stronger.

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