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I think the military parties don't play much of a rule, it is Thaksin vs. whoever controls MFP

?? I am sure MF has a few senators and BJ...I think it was Anutin who explained that no one will take the 100 Millions they didn't offer for the votes (saying 100 is not enough....how about 120...) with BJ MFP would not need the senators at all. But shopping around a few Senators a few Democrats maybe 1-2 people from the military who discover their love for MFP a few BJ and they are over the needed amount. That looks like a easy win for me....

yes you are right: the best way to control is tax everyone poor and than hand out money to these who behave. And the handouts make it look like the are personal gifts from the politicians to help. If the poor can make money themself, keep it and save it and become middle class they would think they can control their life themself and get critical on politicians....no one wants that....beside maybe the founding fathers of the USA centuries ago

They need only 60 votes, and they may have a few senators and than it is said that they offer 100 Millions per vote for BJ and Dem MPs. I can't see how he doesn't get the votes. But my wife also thinks that Pita can't get PM....

you could not elect Pita....you vote for the parliament which than elects a PM....28% of the Thais may want Pita but they did not elect him....Who gets it is question of negotiations and bribery and the unelected Senate

No I didn't know....just saw how PTP claimed it for themself on TV a while ago....(not recently).

That exactly is the point where you are wrong. Different than in sports, the third could get the gold medal the second the silver and the first gets nothing. Which would be a coalition of the 2nd and 3rd party with the 3rd making the prime minister. We had that a couple of years ago in Austria. A coalition of weaker parties against the strongest is common. Also a compromise PM happens. A PM that was not even on the ballot or from a very minor party. The big point is getting the 50% in parliament. All other winner looser is just nice for the TV show

yes disproportinally hurt the poor --> 100% agree. First and easiest thing to do should be to cancel all the taxes that disproportinally hurt the poor. But no one want to even talk about that.

every single MP who sit in the parliament won his seat....It is nice to have but meaningless....you need the votes in parliament and that a coalition can only win. And that depends on negotiations, bribery, promises...not who was first second or third.

of course...recall when PTP said first that they don't need the speaker because he want to make the health minister.....Because the health minister is big money. The same thing why Prayut wanted to do that himself instead of let Anutin pocket everything. Nothing to do with helping people...it is about money......one promise that every day is Christmas if you give them their votes, the other give you 1000 Baht now for the vote and the 3rd has some tanks in the garage....

It isn't a "winner takes it all system" like in USA. And having the most votes doesn't mean much if you are <50% and can't form a coalition. In Europe often they call some 5% party that got 9% as the winner of the election and the 40% party that only got 33% this time the big looser. (Which is stupid). With + 5% you aren't a loser. Prayut is a loser. MFP is the strongest party and the biggest winner. If the others make some weird coalition without them (unlikely but mathematically possible)...they still lost at the end.

And if there is a solar storm...like it was some 100+ years ago, what we do till the problem is fixed...if only for a week it doesn't work.....

There is still red shirts talking about the speaker...If MFP get the speaker but half the PTP doesn't vote him it will still look bad. But if he gets all the votes it will show that the coalition is very stable. I can't imagine that the MFP doesn't get the speaker, but who knows in Thailand....

with more votes, even if less than you hoped for you did not lose..... Prayut lost MFP, PTP, BJT won but Thailand has no "winner takes it all" system so even that is not very relevant. The >50% in parliament makes the win. (and the weird senators unfortunately)

The test will be the vote in parliament...before everything is just theory....lets wait for the 4th (it is on the 4th or?)

they gained 5% in compare to last time...when Prayuth got most votes...So they won but won less than....You can't call that loosing.

But didn't work so well in Europe...than you have private companies who want to maximize profit. As long as there is a surplus in generation that works well, but if there is a shortage it gets way more expensive than a state monopoly.

And in a country where a big part of the electric is used for airconditions it makes perfect sense....a shopping mall with solar, produces the electric when they need it. That works way better than in say Germany which needs the electric in the dark winter.....

my paper money worked perfect, and would work complete without electric.....that is actually the problem all the conspiration theorists warned against.

cash is king...

seems they are excellent loosers and good negotiators...And since when is a party that got 5% more votes than last time a looser?

The costs are significant.....transportation is a significant part of product costs...as there are several transportations on everything.

Weren't there flights from Russia before the war? Maybe they got less?

You make the upgrades so you can pocket 10% corruption not to help some farangs....There would be no profit in using existing things.

no they'll be fired....and some industry will be moved to Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia.... Government mandated salaries above the value of the work leads to unemployment. If there is full employment the salaries increase on themself...for many years in China they increased 10% every year. Of course government would need to reduce cheap labor from Myanmar and Cambodia so there is a shortage in Thailand. If you want that the poor people can buy more than reduce the taxes that hit the poor people most. And stop the mismanagement for the electric (but here government has done something for the poor.....in a stupid way but they did something).