peter48

May we send our deepest heartfelt sympathies to the family. He was young & in Thailand & for many of us with younger sons or daughters of this age not long out of university it is a deeply sad loss. Both ordinary Thais & Brits & other farangs will deeply feel your loss at this time.

For those who knew Thailand back in the earlier 2000s this was a great leader who looked outwards to the world. He lifted Thailand higher & brought in the tourists and ex pats who like me bought into property. far more Brits came regularly as over 50bht to £ was typical. But for lower income Thais he was hightly popular with universal health care and other socio-economic reforms. Later we saw Thailand wellbeing fall & European tourism stall as like now quiet and lacking the dynamism of those happier Thaksin years. The LOS changed & there were less smiles.