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Pheu Thai know full well that the implementation of their poorly disguised vote buying 10,000 baht gift is essential for their next election chances. If this is scuppered, so are they.

I thought it was Thaksin, not Settha, who decides which Pheu Thai employee is promoted/ demoted. Silly me, should have known it was Settha all along.

I thought Bob was going. ..... abroad.

The thing is she's the chairwoman of the national committee for promoting Songkran. Back in February she proudly announced to promote Thailand's soft power, this year Songkran would run for 21 days. Hence confusion amongst many regarding days of water fights. And then she does a runner to Hong Kong! A bit like announcing your birthday party at home, then going abroad a day before.

I reckon she forgot that Dad has come home. Or has he gone again?

Poor Paetongtarn, desperately trying to be Thaksin's spin doctor. ' Look! He's come home to play with his grandchildren.' Everyone can see through the double standards, the nonsense of the 'seriously ill' elderly, infirm patient released swimming, meeting all and sundry. Meanwhile Thaksin tries to promote her as some sort of super intelligent offspring Oh dear......

Like food, don't partake in the same offering too often. Once a month or less for the songs you love should keep them fresh. Put on Rory Gallagher's 'Crest of a Wave' yesterday. That slide and voice still soar as they did back in the the early 70s

Love this story. He thought, not unnaturally after reading that Songkran was running from April 1-21, that the action should have started already!

Thaksin is a dinosaur on his way to extinction. His pep talk to his employees at Pheu Thai was hilarious, claiming his daughter has super potential due to the wonderful DNA combination of Toni and Potjaman. 'Living in the past', as the great Jimi Hendrix said, before launching into a blistering version of 'Hey Joe', (Albert Hall if I remember correctly).

Simple, they want the Palestinians in Gaza to starve to death.

Endless butchery by the Israelis.

I found the price of galangal in our local Chinese supermarket to be outrageous, £2.50 for a tiny amount. The lemon grass wasn't much better.

I'd love to grow them in the UK, trouble is the owner of the house I stay in doesn't like greenhouses!

Lol, they're from my sister- in law's garden.

Wondering if it's okay to take a few bags ( less than 2 kilos) of dried lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves in my hold luggage on the plane back to Blighty. Need my weekly shot of lemon grass soup to be tasty and not cost a bomb when back home. Any useful advice would be much appreciated.

They should have liberated his camera, and sent him on his way with a couple of well placed flying Muay Thai kicks

No need to carry your passport. Just photocopy the first page and visa page, laminate it and carry it in your wallet. Alternatively, your Thai driving licence has your passport numbers on it.

His sister, not his daughter!

The song remains the same. In the 1950s, police chief, Phao Siriyanon, said: “There is nothing under the sun that the Thai police cannot do."

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