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  1. mfd101
    Yes, not easy for me to stir my b/f into action on this one. The whole issue keeps moving to the right ...
  2. mfd101
    If you compare the tight control exercised in 'Western' democracies over party members of Parliament, it's hard to think that the Thai model - every man (and even an occasional woman) for himself according to short-term convenience - is a model to follow.
  3. mfd101
    The majority of the world's population happens not to include the elderly and the unhealthy. But who cares about them? Clearly not you.
  4. mfd101
    OK, thanks for that. That's useful. I had been waiting patiently for the multi-valents to arrive in Thailand but clearly that's now passé. I guess we can all now await XBB.1.5 some time in the future, probably next year (noting that roll-out in the UK is coming in 'the fall' ie late this year).
  5. mfd101
    Yes, I saw that. But what's happened to the much-trumpeted multi-valents? My recollection is that 6 months ago - in US & Aus at any rate - the multi-valents were all the go. Are they now finished (ie no supply)? or still being worked on? or no good at all?
  6. mfd101
    And in any case, if MFP does vote for Srettha as PM, they should make it clear to PTP that they're expecting some pretty weighty policy quid quo pros down the track, failure of which will have clear consequences at the next election. Question: I assume that any move to 'abolish' MFP would remove only those MFP members who were elected on the party vote (as opposed to individually in each electorate)?
  7. mfd101
    Not clear (at least to me) that what's being recommended in the release is or isn't a multi-variant dose ...
  8. mfd101
    My b/f just wants money. More! more! more! On his birthday I give him a good spanking then we head off to a local restaurant for dinner.
  9. mfd101
    Taxi drivers with principles are our future!
  10. mfd101
    Better hurry! Mightn't be too many future opportunities.
  11. mfd101
    And please don't arrive in a Rolls Royce with the flag flying.
  12. mfd101
    So, cut in half but not dismembered.
  13. mfd101
    Yuck.
  14. mfd101
    PTP following the Democrats down the gentle slope to the swamp. Very unhealthy down there. Won't last long. Like the Democrats they'll find it difficult to raise enough interest to hold a meeting ...
  15. mfd101
    The slow slide of PTP towards cynicism, corruption & electoral irrelevance is gathering pace.
  16. mfd101
    They may have been but were always (in my understanding) organizationally separate. The Reds were particularly strong in Isaan (not surprisingly given the benefits Thaksin had given to the rural poor), but Isaan split its votes in May last between PTP & MFP.
  17. mfd101
    There were Red Shirt demonstrations against Pheu Thai's moves last week in Chiang Mai. Basically saying: We (Reds) are with MFP. One up for the books.
  18. mfd101
    He was in deep sleep when the explosion went off.
  19. mfd101
    I'll believe it when I see 1 or 2 million on the streets.
  20. mfd101
    Well, good luck with that. Can't wait for the next election, which may be closer than currently scheduled. That's when the Thai people will show what they're made of, one way or the other.
  21. mfd101
    It's already developing - AUKUS to supply Aus with nuclear-powered subs & share other high-tech weapons, and the Group of 4 (can't remember their name) of US, India, Japan & Aus. India coming out of its shell at last, because of the Chinese threat - not just in the Himalayas but with Chinese naval bases abuilding in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and (already) in Djibouti. Who do all of those surround?
  22. mfd101
    Japan & Korea not much use in the Sth China Sea. China's weakness there - as indeed Japan's & Korea's - is that a very large proportion of its 2-way trade passes via the SCS. And it would be very easy for the US to choke off the straits round Malaysia/Singapore. Whence also China's moves to build up relations in Central Asia, displacing the ever-weaker Russia.
  23. mfd101
    Actually the problem is that neither the Philippines nor the other countries round the Sth China Sea (notably Vietnam & Indonesia) are armed either physically or psychologically to resist the continuing Chinese encroachment. The new Philippine regime at least show signs of understanding the problem. Doing anything useful - like sinking a Chinese ship or two - might take some time.
  24. mfd101
    Hope he doesn't oversleep and miss the vote!
  25. mfd101
    Well, he's presumably got lots of merit to make (ie beans to spill). One announcement per day or even per week should shake the criminal foundations of the is country.

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