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It is clearly effecting the larger chains like Sizzler too. In Khon Kaen, they hiked the weekday price of unlimited Salad bar, including soup, fruit and dessert from 139 baht to 199 baht, so have lost many customers. Earlier this week they had an offer, buy one meal get the second for 1 baht!! You couldn't get into the place unless you were prepared to wait for a couple of hours! Apart from weekends, restaurants n Central Plaza Khon Kaen are really quiet.

I always admire someone who is prepared to stand up for his or her principles, even if it means a jail sentence. Everyone should have the right to refuse to do Military Service especially those who stand for Peace. My father was a Conscientious Objector in World War II. He was , as I am a Pacifist, and was imprisoned for his beliefs, before being released to do work on the land. Following the war, he was ridiculed, scorned, spat on, and generally seen as a persona non grata. In his work as a bank clerk he was overlooked for promotion due to his beliefs, whilst ex-servicemen, with far less experience or qualifications were advanced beyond their capabilities. So it takes a brave person to stand up for their beliefs, as in addition to imprisonment, they risk being shunned by society.

A digital wallet is no good for the elderly who do not possess a smartphone, or those people in Isaan who live more than 4 km from shops that will accept the scheme! My 90 year old father-in-law fits both of those categories so it will be useless for him.

Good to see they have got a Police General in charge of education. That should sort the shambolic education system out!

In UK, the new Government takes over the day after an election. This is all a nonsense. I am sure that Sretta has his Cabinet already worked out and ready to go to the king to swear allegiance. Why does the secretariat need to check eligibilty, surely if they are eligible to be MPs they don't need any other qualifications, or do they?

His daughter says he is returning to Don Muang Airport. But maybe be all a scam. If I were Thaksin, I would return to the Isaan heartland at Khon Kaen or Udon Thani Airports, claiming an emergency landing, which would catch everybody off guard and he would be welcomed by his old red shirt comrades.

When the doors of the pictured bus are opened, the stickers will be virtually impossible to read. Imagine all the frustrated passengers waiting to get on a bus as the first passengers stop by the opened doors to read those miniscule stickers!!

There appears to be no urgency with regard to a rudderless country! Most democratic countries would have taken action one way or another by now in order to get the country moving again!

Surely less holidays would be more beneficial for Thailand's productivity! In any event, the majority of people other than Government employees do not get these additional holidays!

That says it all! MPs are clearly not people. Not sure what that makes Senators!