Red Forever

Bad luck Australia . No, what am I saying? Ha ha ha...

You missed out the "I'm not racist but" bit .

Because "this criminal" made the lives of the majority of Thais better. Can't make an omelette without....

Please show evidence of international observers overseeing the elections of Mugabe, Putin and Hun Sen. To compare Mr T's electoral success with those dictators is disingenuous. But hey, red meat for the Thaksin hate mob on here.

Crikes, looks like Pattaya is becoming nearly as bad as Phuket.

Yes he said at one of his rallies to the ding a lings that "I love the poorly educated". Says it all dunnit?

Ahem..the civil servants (middle managers) who implemented the rice scheme got years in the slammer because they were the ones ripping off the farmers and, ultimately, the government. Okay it was on her watch that this happened but the resulting coup has damaged Thailand more.

So irrelevant that he's got you excited.

That's exactly what Thais had under Thaksin and Yingluk.

Well this topic has certainly brought out the usual Brit bashing bigotry. Sad.

The OP's statement may or may not be true but one fact is that the UK is now a secular society. In the 2021 census 53% stated that they had no religious beliefs. Add on the Don't Knows and it's a healthy outlook.

Anyone taking advice from that snake oil salesman deserve all they get.

I don't recall Mr T giving a definite date to return. Yes, he said that he wanted to return this month but no date was mentioned. Welcome home on August 10th Mr Thaksin.

Stop being so precious. The word by which you're so offended is a corruption of "Franceman" coming from the locals description of the Frenchmen who occupied much the territory surrounding Siam. This area was called French Indo China.

Go easy on them Razz. Coming from a country with no history and having given the world Rupert Murdoch they need the occasional reason to crow. Sandpaper eh? Tut tut.

Even if you know the person there's no guarantee that it's not a scammer who's hacked your friend's account. Almost monthly I'll get a message from a friend saying "if you get a friend request from me, ignore it. I've been hacked".

A crass headline to describe a potentially fatal incident. Oh how smart the writer must consider themself.

Dunno if this is the right place to post but here's a heads up to a scam doing the rounds now. My partner took a call on her phone while I was reading the world news. I heard her shouting which is unusual for her but took no notice. Then she said "darling I need your bank book" which, without thinking, I gave her. Still engrossed in the Guardian website I glanced across at her phone and saw a police officer talking to her on Line. Alarm bells rang and I used this phone to call my bank and block all movement on my account. I told her to hang up. I managed to glean that this police officer had told her that there was a warrant for her arrest in Chayupom on drugs charges. He had her name, address and ID card number. She's never been to that place. He suggested this problem could go away with a sweetener. We went straight to our local cop shop, explained the story and she was told that there was no warrant out for her. On return to the village we stopped at a shop and told of our experience. We found out that 3 other villagers had similar experiences and some had actually paid up. Needless to say the bogus cop had erased all evidence of his scam by now Beware folks.

Oh yeah? Millions of Thais voted for PT. None voted for the Military Junta. Spot the difference?

Could A.N. run a daily page titled "Today's thuggery in Phuket"? A nasty island run by crooked, entitled thugs.

No, the police have not pressed charges because there were no laws broken. Move along please.

Oh dear this won't please the resident Thaksin haters on here.

Seems that this "island paradise" is populated with violent, self entitled thugs. Phuket? Nah, I'll give it a miss.

I predicted that Tony wouldn't return this month. As he said, it's wiser to wait until the political situation is clearer. I was in Bangkok in 2010 when government troops massacred red shirt protesters, some taking refuge in a temple. Tony is very conscious of this and the thuggery 4 years later of Suthep and his yellow shirt goons which led to the overthrow of a democratically elected government and Prayut and the generals. Stay in Dubai for the time being Tony until it's clear what plans the generals have for Pita.

Ah the old "they're all the same" defence which is being rolled out by the dwindling number of Tory apologists as they see, one by one, their flag waving patriots drummed out of Parliament for sleaze, lying, cronyism, bullying and assault. No. They (cross party MPs in UK anyway) are different.