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MF supporters booing PT leaders when they arrived at MF HQ for negotiations yesterday

An article well worth reading. Yesterday's heckling of PT leaders was utterly stupid

Same here, Thai politics was in a slumber during the junta years but now it's woken up!

Oh dear, h90. I thought you were well up on Thai politics. I remember your anti -Thaksin posts from way back and cheered them! Wan Noor is the leader of the southern muslim party, Pracharat, ( spelling maybe wrong), part of the proposed coalition. He has been House Speaker before

Get the latest twist in the never ending saga! PT might propose Wan Noor as a compromise for House Speaker tomorrow.

And PT have said repeatedly they are opposed to forming an alliance with the military backed parties which leaves them in bed with PT, but as described by Dr Chalanon, the nominal leader, it's an arranged marriage, forced on them by pro democracy voters, over 24 million. Plus some smaller parties. Really PT would like to join Bhumjaithai and Pravit, but ' ell, we promised the voters we wouldn't!'

It wasn't about Pita. The rumour was about persuading MPs to vote for a watch keeper as PM.

Anuthin was referring to monetary rewards to vote for a PM from the minority parties

I think the 'they' in your fourth line refers to those backing the military parties, not MF

MF may see it as the best deal they can get, Pit's fate rests with the senators, if they reject him then Settha or Pravit will be PM. I think PT will vote for their own tomorrow as House Speaker, the man with an unsavoury background, Suchart Tancharern.

Nothing to do with it, lots of native speakers trip up over the word too.

I don't know why so many people have problems spelling lose, losing and loser. They lost to MF for gawd's sake. They boasted how they would win by a landslide but they got.nearly four and a half million less votes than MF That is called losing. The dark horse, the underdog won and now the loser is smarting.

They lost to MF 14 million plus votes to 10 million

Settha is new to politics, as such his opinion is worthless, as is the good doctor supposedly the leader of PT. The only opinion that counts in PT is Thaksin and he's desperate to return before he expires.

Thaksin controlling his underlings from abroad. 'I've gotta come back, gotta come back. Vote for Pravit as PM!'

In Dubai

Ask Jim, he's convinced Thaksin is coming back on his birthday

No, no! He's looking at his watch to see if it's time to wake up.

A coup can be bloodless because the population don't fight back but it's a seizure of power by use of force. That is violence.

I wouldn't assume he has 188 MPs on his side. A minority government wouldn't survive long before being forced to call an election. Then those MPs who voted for him may fear for their seats. I can't see the Democrats and many Bhumjaithai MPs going along with this. Unless PT changed sides

From Wikipedia - The 250-person Senate is composed of 194 members selected by the ruling junta. Fifty senators represent 10 professional and social groups: bureaucrats, teachers, judges, farmers, and private companies. A shortlist of 200 were proposed to the NCPO which made the final selection of fifty. The remaining six Senate positions are reserved for the supreme commander of the Armed Forces, the defence permanent secretary, the national police chief, and the heads of the army, navy, and air force, who are all senators ex officio.[4] As of 2020, military or police officers make up the Senate

Meanwhile, some conservatives are getting in a tizz about the three finger salute of Thai volleyball players yesterday. Chill out bros, it's just a signal between players, ( they lost 3-0). 555

You've been taking too much of Anuthin's devil's lettuce

I thought Thaksin didn't have any friends.

Because no one wanted to get shot. Should Yingluck have challenged Prayuth to some arm wrestling? If I come round to your house with a gun and tell you to do everything I say, am I committing a serious crime? Yes, I'm clearly threatening violence, perhaps death If I come round to your house empty handed and tell you to do everything I say, am I committing a serious crime? No, I'm being a pain in the backside and perhaps mentally ill. A coup is a violent act because it threatens injury or death if resisted..