kimamey

Thanks for that, you've really brightened my morning. Having said that I've taken my medication so my blood pressure isn't high now. Or at least it wasn't until I read your post.

He even said himself that he thought he'd only spend days in prison.

It works ok for me and I'm not using a VPN. Your post suggests there's a video which do sometimes get blocked, but there's none when I click on the link.

If prisoners aren't allowed cellphones in prison, why does being so I'll you need an emergency transfer by helicopter to hospital, change that? You might be allowed to call family, but not to conduct politics. That's assuming that story is true of course.

Well I think several people on here suggested something along these lines was going to happen some time ago. The only people he's 2 steps ahead of are those who aren't all that bright.

There seem to be a lot of de facto bosses around. It makes it all seem a bit shady. Aren't there rules about convicted criminals becoming what I suppose could be called the de facto PM?

Or used the internet

Yes this makes the USA look like they're on steroids. In the UK, even in 2010 when the Tories didn't get a majority I think it only took 6 or 7 days although a hung parliament had been predicted as a possibility. Normally, unless the previous government wins again it's a case of the old one out the back door and the new one in the front The main difference here is the number of coalition parties and therefore the number of parties demanding ministerial jobs. You would have thought though that much of that work will have been done during the negotiations. Having said that organisational skills don't seem too prevalent here.

There will always be some who just vote based on Thaksin. It's like Trump, he said himself he could shoot someone and still get votes. Hopefully they lose enough votes to lose power.

He needed a medical appointment before he came here but was fine to go to Cambodia, where he looked OK. Seemed alright when he got here but now he's got lots of medical conditions and needs airlifting to hospital. Just as well he doesn't need to rely on travel insurance as I think they'd smell a rat.

The House of Lords would work much better if PMs didn't just use it to reward friends. The Thai Senate might also work if it wasn't biased. It's often the people rather than the system that's the problem.

I think that was the deal. It was a while ago so I may be wrong. Amnesty for Thaksin in exchange for amnesty for Abhisit and Suthep. I think they refused an amnesty as they said they didn't need it. They already had immunity under the emergency decree they invoked during the Red Shirt protests. That decree was pushed through with little parliamentary scrutiny by Thaksin himself. Abhisit and Suthep turned that down as well.

She also insisted he was coming back earlier, 10th I think, and got a bit stroppy when it was suggested he wouldn't, which he didn't.

I think there were differences in flu cases in the UK. I can't remember the details but I think that lockdowns, social distancing and mask wearing caused a drop in cases, but that also meant that there was a drop in immunity that normally builds up. That then caused an increase in flu and other diseases transmitted by close contact as we got back to normal. Not a surprise but just needs a bit of care until we get back to normal

He said that he made the pledge on the expectation that the Pheu Thai party would win a landslide victory, So arrogance then.

When they are in vehicles I'd agree but not so sure about the UK. Driving when I go back is one of the great pleasures.

There are often references to reliable sources.

"conveniences" How many toilets does one man need for goodness sake?

There's a stop sign as well.

I think stopping a train is a bit more complicated and slow than stopping a motor vehicle.

If its a passenger train why should they suffer? It could seriously affect the train driver as well.

It seems to boil down to poor timing so often here. They usually look when pulling out onto a road, but only as they are doing it, so it's too late. They indicate when changing lanes, but only as they are doing it or after, so it's too late. They look when they pull away from the side of the road, but only as they're doing it, so it's too late. Off topic but a new roundabout is being built to replace some traffic lights here in Mahasarakham. That should be fun, since most Thai drivers don't seem to know how they work.

I don't have any answers for you I'm afraid. It's not something I've thought of too be honest. I'm 70 next year and my wife is 54 in a couple of months so I suppose I should think about it. My wife being younger by 15 years is an advantage I guess. I've had prostate cancer which involved having it removed as it was getting close to breaking out of the prostate. It came as a surprise when I found out. My 95 year old mother in the UK has some form of dementia so it may be I'm at greater risk. We may end up moving to the UK, although my wife has her mother who is 80 this year to think about as well. At the moment she lives with us which I'm coming to think is a bad idea, especially as we don't know anyone else in the same situation. I'm lucky in that my wife is a government worker so I get health care as her husband which saves the issue of high health insurance. If I became wheelchair bound then I'd definitely try to move to the UK as I can't see that being much fun here. I was in Khon Kaen last weekend and there were ramps and some tactile paving, but only on the main road so I don't know how much help it would be. My first wife was in a wheelchair before she died so I notice the lack of provision here and I think there was a Thai man who was trying to promote this problem.

Don't forget he was able to go to Cambodia without any problems.

I think that's the case with a lot of these instances in Thailand, including the 2010 protests. In that case, PT when in power decided that the army wasn't to blame as they'd been ordered to shoot protesters. Robert Amsterdam the red shirt's lawyer brought in an ex US military guy to look at the evidence, and he concluded the army was operating outside its rules of engagement. I've not heard from him since. There's an argument that much of that was due to the army coming under fire from the black shirts, but without an unbiased inquiry well never know. I think Abhisit tried to set one up but but there wasn't much cooperation from the army. I've just been looking at the Human Rights Watch report. Not all of it as its very long and covers the period before that as well. It's a very interesting read and nobody comes out of it very well.