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PT didn't win the election. Wait and see how big the crowd is, you might be surprised how many people don't like "daddy" running the show again.

Another misleading headline that states: "tests now mandatory", which is not true, yet... I took the test 30 years ago and passed but I have lost my licence card. Can I get a new one? Enforcing this could be very detrimental to tourism. I wonder what the percentage foreign nationals is in the cause of road accident figures?

Back 20 years when I used to ride to work every day, at the end of each month I would almost always encounter a police check point as I approached Bang Na on Sukhumvit Road. It was constructed in such a way that the inner two lanes were blocked by busses, lorries, taxis and cars and there is no U-turn for some distance. The scam was to "catch" motorcyclists in the outside lane with no excuse and pocket the fines. The sort of behavior by this cop is reminiscent of the scams we had to endure, which are often precluded by a "clamp down" of some type. Giving chase was unnecessary and potentially dangerous in this case. And before anyone askes, I ALWAYS wear a helmet.

"National Justice" she says, that's a laugh. Her father seems to have got away with mass murder among other things he was convicted for but spent less than an hour in prison. The elderly couple caught gathering mushrooms were locked up for two years or more and Red Bull heir who killed a policeman is still, as the local press say "in self imposed exile".

Two far left leaning publications that don't bother with foreign (non financial) trivial news stories.

I would suggest what is wrong with the article is the headline. The article points out the obsession Thai governments has to shoot itself in the foot with ill-considered schemes or proclamations, and the unthinkable loosing face by U-turning. There is some hope but the alternative venues for retirement look better every year. I have always resisted buying property here as it is a closed market to foreigners with high prices, short term leases or dodgy deals. The latest wealth threat to hit us is the Income Tax scheme, and the news on that is "no news" 18 month into the proposed change. Vietnam, Cambodia or the Philippines is fine by me if the Thai billionaires who run the country don't want us.

A misleading headline. I expect better from the POST.

"The Revenue Department of Thailand is gearing up to draft new legislation..." Here we go again, back on the roundabout of ifs, whens and buts.

Another hairbrained hub idea, just what Thailand needs.

So what we all knew has at last been confirmed. I expect the doctors will take the blame and a minimal suspension and the whole affair will mysteriously fade from view to become yet another Thai myth, like the 2,500 who died in the "war on drugs".

That's the whole point, anything compulsory tends to be a target for profiteering.

April 1st is next week!

It is interesting to note that some of them were "paying back" money they owed by doing this. Judging by the picture not one of them looks indigenous British. The UK government gives away UK passports these days like they are too hot to handle.

Another shot in the foot...

That's a different type of curry...