Brian Hull

It seems that Thailand has at last got a government with some balls to confront the Burmese military thugs and support the freedom fighters. I hope they will also condemn Putin's murderous invasion of Ukraine and once again we will see Thailand respectfully treated as one of the responsible countries of the world.

The new government should annul their appointments as they were made by an illegal government of self-appointed usurpers. Let us see true democracy in Thailand and get rid of the dinosaurs.

As the military backed senators were appointed by an illegitimate self-appointed government, surely their appointments are not legitimate. Hopefully the new government will sack them all.

Another hare-brained idea from Bangkok's decision makers. Let us hope that the new government will do a dramatic purge of all their departments, replacing the deadheads with competent professionals.

The whizkids in the Thai bureaucracy must be the World Champion Gold Medal winners for making simple matters complicated. Why don't they just include the 300 baht Tourism Tax into the visa fee, not as a separate item, and nobody would know or care. It's less than US$9. They are real muddle-heads. Prophetic words from "The King and I" musical "I often have confusion in concluding things that I concluded long ago".

My hope from a new government is a drastic overhaul of the Immigration Department and its dog's breakfast of rules and requirements, and of the Police Department to get the foot-soldiers off their bums and out actually doing something about controlling the traffic instead of blaming other factors for Thailand's disgraceful road safety record.

The first thing the ne government should do is sack the boofheads of the Immigration Department and completely overhaul it. It is forever changing the rules which are always complicated and don't make much sense anyhow. It seems hell-bent on making things difficult for tourists and retirees alike. Compare this dogs' breakfast to Cambodia's where you pay $300 for a 12 months multiple entry visa with no financial requirements or bank deposits, and you are left in peace for a year.

Another sign of declining standards. What is Pattaya coming to? If it's allowed to continue, next they'll have naked women in GoGo bars.

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In a real democracy, which are few, the military are responsible to a democratically elected government and to do its act on its orders. In a pseudo-democracy such as Thailand's, it's the other way around - the government does the bidding of the military. There should not be even one seat in parliament reserved for the military, the clergy, hereditary rulers, or any other group. True democracy exists in only a handful of countries. Even the USA is regarded as a "deficient democracy" on the World index.

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Vote Big Joke for Prime MInister. He's what Thailand needs.

Vote BigJoke #1 for PM - and that's no joke.

Let us pray that one of the parties recruits Big Joke and puts him up for PM. He is exactly what Thailand needs.

BIG JOKE FOR PM?

I would like to see Big Joke stand for PM at the next General Election. He is exactly what Thailand needs if it wants to be a serious player in the 21st Century.

If overthrowing a democratically elected government and taking power for yourself isn't criminal, I don't know what is.

Unfortunately, with all its attractions, the guts to stand up for what is right and wrong is not one of Thailand's qualities. It's a nation of sheep, not tigers. Making merit at the temple and praying to Buddha isn't going to help rid Ukraine of Putin's murderous invaders. Talk of diplomacy under the circumstances is absolutely ridiculous. The facts are that without provocation or justification or even a declaration of war, Russia invaded Ukraine and has killed thousands, displaced millions, and devastated its towns and cities. There are 150,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine while there are NO Ukrainian soldiers in Russia. Russia is attacking Ukrainian civilian areas on a daily basis with missiles and artillery fired from Russian soil but Ukraine is not firing back. There is nothing to negotiate until such time as the Russians have been completely expelled from Ukraine. And then the negotiations should be about how much time should the war criminal, Putin, spend in gaol, and how many roubles is Russia going to pay to Ukraine for reparations.