NanLaew

A tale of two grifters. Take your pick.

And you can't tell a patriot from a hole in the ground. Obviously.

Ooohh, look mum...more pearls!!!!

Good post with good information. It would appear that the two biggest weaknesses of the 1997 constitution are also the two biggest enablers of subsequent military, quasi-military and nominally conservative administrations. Creates a "parliamentary dictatorship" where the executive branch dominates both the legislature and independent agencies. ✅ The executive branch successfully "captured" these institutions (EC, NACC, SC), using them to sideline political opponents rather than for neutral checks on power. ✅ Last night, I watched "Breaking the Cycle" on Netflix, about Thanathorn and his Future Forward party's mercurial rise in popularity before it was all undermined by the "independent" manipulators of the constitution. His party came second in the 2019 election, but the murky legal interpretations of when does a loan become a contribution, drenched in legalese and double talk ended it for him and his party. The movie ends with his successor Pita and his party Move Forward on the cusp of being denied the same rights to governing and the premiership after winning the 2023 election, with more constitutional manipulation by the "independent" authorities killing the whole endeavour. Now, in 2026, and despite winning all Bangkok's constituencies, the People's Party face much the same fate.

So says an American who can't tell the difference.

I guess there can never be a Police Anti Corruption Committee as the Provincial graft dodgers have already snapped up the acronym.

When triggered, why does the MAGA collective go overboard on irrelevant or wildly incorrect assumptions, introduce arguments that clearly weren't infered, spout non sequiturs and generally go off at a tangent? Their steadily increasing desperation is palpable. Are the wheels coming off?

What did your last manservant die of?

You can lead by correctly commenting that the visa-exempt entitlement may be reduced. From what's been discussed, tourist visas aren't on their radar.

You did? Where?

Toasted dick you mean. Look out Kristi! The bus is coming!!!

Notice how the homophobic MAGA fan boys are increasingly clutching their pearls on behalf of the switch hitters?

Using a UK license to drive in the UK when you are no longer resident in the UK is an offence. I am not sure using it as a secondary ID and proof of UK domicile for a foreign visa application is proscribed. Put it this way, the Thai embassy, and others, aren't going to check it's validity or status with the DVLA.

There's no doubt that the same data that convinced former PM Srettha will be used to convince Anutin. There's nothing wrong with the data itself. Data is harmless. It's the subsequent decision making that's questionable.

Out of stock at HomePro.

Doggy. She pitches, he catches Now you're getting the "hang" of it.

Unusual to see a hotel named in the media. A quick search indicates the Dream Hotel is over on Pratumnak, whereas the OP says Pattaya Sai Song. Unless there are two Dream hotels?

On a 60-day visa-exempt entry no doubt.

Is it possible that Noem is simply hopelessly incompetent?

The no-trick pony strikes again. But I digress. What's that about Farage?

True, but with Labour's enduring parliamentary majority, the alternatives are Streeting or Rayner. Or Rayner then Streeting or vice versa. The UK has already experienced the revolving door of the unelected and the incompetent at #10 and the manifold benefits of that s__tshow. So good idea, sack Starmer and let's do it all over again.

An increase in the amount of Chinese nationals using safe entry services?

You're free to offer a more appropriate suggestion as to who the ne'er-do-wells are. I'm sure they're out there. Meanwhile, @smedly seems to have a clue. Cooking or Muay Thai?

Correct, it wouldn't.

The illegal workers, like the three Chinese nabbed after crossing over from Cambodia who were headed for work in Bangkok. No passports or ID but it must be dead easy to find a job here, being Chinese.