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One thing looks likely. Thaksin or not , the Phua Thai party will continue its slide downwards and is unlikely to recover from getting into bed with the military parties.

Seriously, in Thailand, unless it is a public holiday just turning up mid day will get you a room. I have traveled all over Thailand without booking and always got a room. This is not like the UK where if you don't book in advance you could end up sleeping in your car.

My meaning of detention center was a literall one. Once inside the gates no exit except when asylum is approved. The facilities inside should allow necessary creature comforts and outdoor recreation areas etc.

The UK welcomed genuine refugees and asylum seekers who fled war in Ukraine and arrived through regular channels with some kind of identifying paperwork. It should be made clear that anyone arriving illegally without documentation having paid people smugglers a large sum, will not be eligible for asylum and will either be deported to their own country or held in detention until circumstances permit that deportation. If they can prove some kind of persecution should they be forcibly returned then their case can be reviewed and asylum considered. This has zero to do with racism or Islamophobia but everything to do with respect and adherence to the countries laws.

Not really a cupboard as such. I used that for want of a better word. Two rows of breeze blocks , one either side , breeze blocks across the top and a net over the front. This because being on the outside of the house , at certain times of the year it would be a full sunlight which I felt could be dangerous. This way it is always in shade and gets ventilated so that if there were a leak from the valve it would dissipate on the outside rather than within the confines of the kitchen.

That was quick. Could be another home run for the anti democratic side . Just the sort of petty nit picking that is right up the constitutional courts alley. The new PP should use some of its recent donations to hire a crack team of lawyers to look for skeletons in the wardrobe of other parties. Seek and ye shall find , knock and it will be opened.

Quite probably

Bob will be around shortly. Best put the kettle on and make sure you have an ashtray.

In all our houses I have the gas cylinder outside the house in its own ventilated cupboard then run the pipe through the wall to the cooker on the inside. Most people in rural areas connect their own cylinders . Not rocket science.

I would like to put Bobs statement to the test with Salma Helek. And I would be thinking .....blimey , I've got my todgerr in Salma Helek !

Get one with removable cushions and removable covers so that you can wash them from time to time. Had ours ( from INDEX for 17,000 baht ) 13 years and it still looks presentable and got a few years left in it.

Were your flies undone by any chance ?

All along the front lines,from the far north to far south Ukrainian soldiers will be following the news and their moral will be soaring. On the other side of no man's land the Russian soldiers will also be following the news and listening to propaganda about how the Ukrainian incursion has been halted and thrown back with crippling losses. At the same time they will be thinking..WTF ? Are we fighting in Russia now ? Is this what winning means ?

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Nope. It is Russia that has been making the threats and trying to make good on them. Unfortunately, Putin forgot that the west is also sensitive about its security and has rained on his parade.

Indeed but Putin decided otherwise. And how has his two week military exercise furthered his stated aims ? More countries applying for NATO membership is how. Countries apply for NATO membership they are not annexed into it.

So what is the goal then. Been a long 2 weeks trying to achieve it.

Well, the Chinese and Russians at least have a herd instinct and like to flock together and avoid integration as much as possible. This is good because it means they are all in a few places and not spread out all over the country. Where I live I have yet to see or hear either. Even westerners are very thin on the ground .

Really cheap places may not be advertised on any website. A cheap , modern , detached property close to the city will likely prove impossible to find. However , a terraced 2 bedroom townhouse in a recently built moobahn might be had for around 5000 baht. For this price it might be very basic without air con , basic furniture or internet. But...you are in a house with a small front and back yard. To actually find a place like this might require several days footwork. If you don't have your own transport, rent some then using Google maps locate moobahns in the area you are focused on and visit them . You will eventually see signs on a gate saying...for rent ( hy chow ) .If you don't speak any Thai you must take a Thai speaker with you. They can ask around for you if anyone has a house to rent. All this is very time consuming but if you can't afford much then fancy places with all amenities will be beyond your budget. As a very long shot you could try to find a very local radio station and ask a DJ to ask on air for you.Again a Thai speaker will be needed to explain your situation. In the boonies a lot of these little radio stations are shoestring affairs on a tight budget. A lot of their revenue comes from plugging local folk remedies/medicine and adverts for local businesses. As I said, this is a long shot but it might just reach the ears of a compassionate local who will be pleased to help. Good luck and I hope your wife makes a full recovery. As an afterthought. If you have no time to do all this you could approach a WIN motorcycle stand, explain what you are looking for and offer a finders reward...enough to make them actually look. Leave them your phone number and keep your fingers crossed.

I'm not so sure. I think this person is a genuine, bona fide nutcase of his own volition. Not all loyal royalists are on someone's payroll. There are some real people out there who seriously believe royalty of any country are more than ordinary mortals. Once the seed of this belief germinates and becomes the focus of their respect and admiration, they are completely lost to logic, reasoning or intellectual persuasion. It is an article of faith with them and they will tolerate no contrary views. In other words, dangerous fanatics.

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Forming this new party will keep up the pressure on the dug in autocrats. Even if it again suffers the same fate as its predecessors , it is worth continuing the struggle and never giving up. The constitutional court has pulled this trick three times now and there will likely be a fourth since why change a winning strategy . However, in the end , as more incarnations are dissolved , it will become grotesquely obvious that the constitutional court is a long way from being unbiased . As it is now , this is already common knowledge to almost everyone , but for a small powerful minotity , it has not yet become a severe enough embarressment to give up the strategy . Nonetheless , in the end they will have to buckle under pressure or have another coup which if unsuccessfull will be their swansong.

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More likely , Here Today Gone Tomorrow party Those that have been instrumental in killing off any threat to their hegemony will just continue to repeat the methods they have used so successfully up until now. They are 100% bound to find some fault with any new incarnation of MFP so don't expect a third time lucky scenario. Only huge and prolonged protests in every province can hope to make a dent in the status quo.