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For a long time now, I've noticed that thai visa and following that, aseannow, have been slow, up to 24 hours behind current news. 6 people dead in a prominent Bangkok hotel. Nothing here in the news.

I was so in love with Hayley Mills as a kid.

Regarding alcohol on the trains, it was wonderful in the past sitting in the buffet car, windows wide open to the night sky, eating lemon grass soup with shrimp and sipping a Sing or Leo as the train rocked along to morlam blaring out some speaker. But there is a downside. Drunk people talk louder and don't know when to stop or consider other people, so quiet carriages that at present are only disturbed by snorers by 10.00 pm, could soon have unpleasant confrontations if drinking is again allowed on trains. One solution could be drinkers only carriages where passengers could imbibe to their hearts' content, rolling and tumbling all night long. Naturally these carriages would have to be at the end of the train.

I disagree. MF know dissolution is very much on the cards and possible life time bans for the 40 plus MPs who backed the proposed changes to the 112 law. But they have a back up party, to be led by Parit ( Abhisit's nephew if I recall right.). So, imo, they are telling the public, these are our proposals, this is what we stand for, reform of Thailand. If you, the public feel the same way, vote for us the next time.

Going back more than 10 years, the trains were in a bad way, frequently arriving late. But over the last decade I've noticed the night train to Udon/ Nong Khai invariably arrives on time. It's a comfortable sleep too with pillows,sheets and a blanket, £25 for second class sleeper. I disagree with air-con though for the whole train. Open windows are great when passing through the countryside. You see so much more on a train compared to a highway where there's nothing but garages and shop houses next to the road.

Glastonbury time again. One of the mainstays of free festivals of yore.

Joyful stuff

Move Forward's preparation for the upcoming Constitutional Court case.

Under that logic, no foreigner should be deported from Thailand to face charges in their home country.

Thaksin attempting to revive old style politics and bring back the clans under Pheu Thai.

Must have wandered down the middle of the road.

29 years ago today. Should still be here.

Huw Lloyd Langton taking the converted away.

The sooner he takes up his green card and heads to California, the better. He may be a decent man, and clever with figures, but politically he has feet of clay. No understanding or empathy for the public, faced with a high cost of living and a crumbling NHS.

Fighters against fascism and authoritarianism embrace .