Purdey

Now Srettha has been booted out from the top position, and the stock market tumbled, it is up to his replacement to decide what to do. Most rich Thais are descended from Chinese so I don't see the decision being urgent.

I can't see the Pheu Thai (and Thaksin) allowing Anutin to take the reigns but, really, who is qualified?

Interesting. I remember being a writer and editor of a government publication called "Thailand into the 90s" on the cusp of the new decade. The proud whispers about a dual track system were echoed back and forth across the editorial board table with some excitement. Then someone said that the same story had been discussed a decade before and nothing happened. Now, it's here! Snore....

I was under the impression Thailand has among the worst education systems in Asia, certainly with terrible PISA scores. It takes a generation to really turn education around but the government is doing nothing. Schools with no electricity? Yes. Schools with no electricity but with PCs that wont run? Yes. If a foreign tech company were to establish a base here with BOI privileges, all the staff will be foreigners. How will that help the country improve?.

She was a prosecutor. I am sure she can give and take with the best of them.

What to do? (a) Don't copy Don because he is the only one who had this brilliant idea. It's his idea, no one else's. Na na na na. (b) keep the single mothers with two children in the service sector on minimum wage while squeezing tax money out of them (c) ensure those on minimum wage are the only ones who get a tax benefit (d) admit that Harris is a lefty, Putin-luvin' liberal and this is what they do.

So, I guess that's more poor Thai workers suddenly unemployed while the management scarper.

I don't answer calls from numbers that are not in my address book. Friends asked whether I might be missing an important call, but I say, if the person knows my mobile number they can sms or drop me an email so I know who it is.

Pustules. What an evocative word. As Thais rarely shake hands, this might slow its spread. Good it's not lethal. Pus-tules.

There used to be rumours that Chalerm has a lot of criminal evidence about politicians and policemen that he keeps in a safe as "pressure" not to do anything rash to him or his family. Rather believable.

I quite like photographs of structures in black and white. This one is good.

Again... shock,,,horror! No compensation there, but thanks for the info.

OMG! Shock! Horror! No compensation there either, I suspect.

If I remember correctly, the Spanish Flu killed 50 million and no one punished the Spanish. No consequences at all.

I just guess she has been travelling the country to meet people non-stop and has put interviews with the media on hold while she meets citizens. This could mean she isn't a self-centred narcissist who needs to see herself constantly on TV always, or that she is missing an opportunity to get a wider audience.

Prisons and schools make money by cutting down on the meat provided to prisoners and students and keeping the price difference. Not sure what is the purpose of consecutive sentences. If the court wanted him dead they could just as well have given him a life sentence without parole.

Not sure how Hunza got to a high position in a largely white country if people thought he was racist.

Is Brunei still in ASEAN? Won't they get upset at not being mentioned?

Beginning to sound like the Biden Briefcase Affair. Expect it to evaporate likewise.

One of the principles of capitalism is supply and demand. The Chinese are able to supply at a price the Thais demand. How can it be stopped by government interference? Isn't that communism?

It is sad to see people discussing climate change without understanding the basics. 1. Climate change is measured by taking the temperatures marked since collecting data started 100+ years ago. 2. Climate change is the average temperature globally over time. 3. It is not the temperature of Thailand alone, or any single country or city. 4. It is not about the weather in any month or season. Having said that find a graph of global temperature change over the past century and note that it continues to rise on average.

Interesting that this comes right after engineers pointed out mistakes in their aircraft construction.

I love the intense and rational debates on ASEAN Now.

Next election has to be a clean sweep for the new party. People are really upset by the treatment Move Forward received. I do wish they would propose laws that won't get them dissolved.

You can avoid getting vaccinated by chaining up the dog for a few days (not forgetting to feed it) to see if it starts frothing at the mouth. I got bitten and had the rabies vaccination many years ago. 1. Went to Chulalongkorn Hospital and bought the vaccine over the counter. You need several injections. I think it was six but don't quote me. 2. Get a local doctor to inject it. He can keep the vials in his fridge for you.