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Yingluck will not resign - and her brother will return to face justice after the Olympics.

If she did resign and legged it just think what a wonderful PM Chalerm would be.

It hasn't been the same since the Louis Vuitton monk did a runner.

Any chance of a progress report from the DSI on that sensitive subject? I thought not.

The great health system, tens of thousands of social housing units, OTOP, the minimum wage, There are 4 massive reasons for a start.

The great health system

I honestly wish you that you never come in the situation to depend on the 30 Baht system.What you get is not even worth the 30 Baht.

And it costs more than 30 baht to collect the money. Brilliant idea. I suppose they borrowed the notion from Gordon Brown.

She is a Shinawatra. They are the epitome of stubbornness. The only thing that will force her to do what she doesn't want to do, is the threat of a wooden spike plunged into her heart.

Well its a very very high stakes game. They run the risk of the whole family becoming person non grata in Thailand. You reckon the kids are worth much more than flipping burgers anywhere else in the world?

They are networkers, facilitators and money changers. Not worth much once they are out of their own pond.

Persona non grata with whom? most the country love Thaksin and understand why his sister is looking after the shop. The country should no longer be dictated to but an oligarchy that has strutted around lording is over the ordinary people for far too long.

I can well understand why you are a Millwall supporter. You must feel really at home on the terraces at The Den.

She looks nervous to me.

Does she look nervous to you?

I've thought for some time that she looks like Nong Natt.

Is she really going to turn up for the censure? Mark will likely give her such a roasting tomorrow, her best tactic may be to not attend, and save whatever face left she has left (which isn't much!).

Well she can always utilise the other one.

The first two sentences of the OP are total codswallop. 'It seems' indeed. To whom? As Brit myself I aver that they do not poodle like follow recommendations, particularly from travel agents. I 'll wager that few returning Brits would steer their friends and acquaintances to LOS. Maybe those who want to get pissed and get a shag cheaply (my thoughts are that the two activities are mutually exclusive) may continue to come, but anybody with accounting skills would tell them to stay home or look for alternatives.

While cynical Falang expats love to wax philosophically and light fires about what the students learn in Thai public schools, there is a sense for many kids here that school provides a degree of normalcy for many students, in a politically (and "economically?") challenged state, particularly students too young to fully grasp the "well tempered" views of protesters, angry mobs and soldiers in the streets. Yes this is democracy in action. Yes, you can be critical of Thai curriculum all you want,(did anyone believe the tablet in every kitchen promises would happen and change things for the better?) but lets also be real about students lives beyond the realm of politics which there is more to life than arm chair hooligans who have nothing better to do than get drunk and sit on their <deleted> criticizing the place where they have chosen to spend their retirement dollars to exploit a cheaper lifestyle. Have you ever actually taught anything? Kids need consistency to learn and grow. Kids need to learn about the political process for certain, yet there is more to everyday life for kids than this, getting access to higher education (inside or outside the Kingdom) just like most spoiled foreigners have had. Thai public schools are far from perfect. You get what you don't pay for. So why don't you get off your butts and do something to help kids learn if you are content to be so critical in your new home?

Thank you for a very sensible post. Makes a nice change from the cynical, self-serving and negative posts on this topic. There are no doubt problems with the Thai education and I have seen them first hand. However, this is about the rights of children to go to and from school without fear of violence. Surely this should be a universal right.

Your stated opinion of those members who do not support 'the Education Official' detracts from the point you wished to make. The standard of your grammar leaves much to be desired also which acts as another distraction. IMO your post is a waste of electrons. Rather than persuading those who harbour an alternative opinion to yours to rethink the matter and come up with a different opinion all you have done is stoke their fires. A seat in the Thai Cabinet should be yours for the asking.

One thing is for sure, none of those Oxford attending Thai students will end up on Beach road, in Patong, Chaweng, Nana, Cowboy or any other such place. And how many of these students are the offspring of elite members of society that have stolen and lied their way to obscene wealth at the expense of others. Go to Oxford, become a token activist for a few years, return home, turn a blind eye and become part of the problem.

I think that there is a certain amount of truth in this. The idealistic young vote with their hearts. The more mature and wiser vote with their brains. Not too dissimilar to choosing a Thai lady for a partner.

Good on them.

Here, here! Good also to see that there are some young, politically aware Thai students willing to protest. Given they are at Oxford Uni. a bastion of privilege, they are obviously from very privileged backgrounds. I wonder what party they support in Thailand?

Would you care to enumerate the privileges that accrue to an Oxford graduate? If you are bright enough, they'll accept you. You don't buy, or cheat, your way in.

I wonder how many Thai students there are at Oxford University and how many went to Thai schools first.

There are quite a lot of Thai students at Oxford. I met one a couple of years ago, studying accounting, and he said there quite some hundreds (although he didn't quote a figure).

When we were walking around there, I could hear Thai being spoken quite a lot.

Not sure how reliable your student friend was given that there is no way to study accounting at Oxford University, no course being on offer.

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Oxford University does not offer an undergraduate degree in Accounting. However, students interested in accounting might like to consider taking a Mathematics course or other course at Oxford before training in accountancy later on.

More misinformation from the Reds. A degree in anything from Oxford has a certain kudos, unlike Stoke on Trent Polytechnic.

The worst job that Dudley Moore ever had was picking lobsters out of Jane Mansfield's rear end. ( A wonderful irreverent sketch with Peter Cook).

I've been in retirement now for yonks so I only do those things that please me. The horror of fighting off the attentions and demands of Jill St. John, Juliet Prowse, Nicole Kidman and many others is now but a distant and fading nightmare.

The OP shows that the planning for the design of Swampy and the decision to close DM were way off beam.

O)f course tax cuts won't worry the rich. Few of them pay taxes anyway.

Marry your caddy? Are you mad? You'd lose a good caddy and end up living with what? What are the odds on her wanting to take up the game? (For the benefit of pervs I mean Golf)

They mostly said they wish they were coming as well and what a great time I was bound to have.

Same for me, but that was before it became common knowledge that the place is crawling with beautiful young hookers who will satisfy a man for the price of a pack of cigarettes. I think they became a little suspicious when it came out.

before it became common knowledge that the place is crawling with beautiful young hookers who will satisfy a man for the price of a pack of cigarettes.

Jeez oh gramps, its 2013 not 1973.

A pack of cigarettes, SMS about 38 baht per pack, Krungthip about 60 baht, LM about 70 baht, Marlboro about 90 baht.

Look forward to hearing of anyplace in Thailand that is crawling with beautiful young hookers willing to satisfy a man for that price.

Rgs2001uk never stated where he was to buy the packet of cigarettes. Maybe he means the price of a packet of 50 cigarettes in Australia,

Or KIng Power.

Bank clarifies why it has no money to pay farmers

So, money really doesn't grow on trees.

So much for the oft heard mantra that Buddha will provide.

It looks like Chalerm missed the memo that he WASN'T in charge if the security of the protests.

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Are you sure that's the only thing he missed?

How many Thai cops does it take to make a statement? Have they nothing better to do? Obviously not.

Mr Prapas said defective rails have been removed in the maintenance. However he noted that SRT's locomotives are quite old and some spare parts are no longer produced.

Some railways in North America are running locomotives from the 1950s. The reason they still run is maintenance, something it seems the Thais have some difficulty with. The oldest locos on SRT are from the 1960s.

Mr Prapas should research the railway preservation societies in the UK. Some are running steam locomotives built in the 19th century. The likelihood of obtaining replacement parts is non existent so they manufacture what they need as the occasion arises. Maybe Thai engineers were too busy fighting and killing each other to find the time to khow to follow suit?

Off topic post removed. How Thaksin can be brought into this topic, I'll be buggered if I know.

Best not to find out then. Being buggered can be painful I understand although some PFP Thai ladies manage it a few times per day.

My wife's daughter suffered a fractured skull some 5 years ago yet she still doesn't wear a helmet. On two occasions I have provided a chain and lock so that the wreck of a motor bike she and her latest 'husband' use doesn't get stolen. It gets lost after 48 hours. I've given up and certainly wont be reaching into my pocket when the inevitable happens.