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I assume, because she is PM now she controls the information.

I'm don't use it and so I don't keep up to date on the legal implications. I did have a quick look and it seems there's not a problem on domestic flights so long as the HC limit of 0.2% isn't exceeded. I have read that the airport doesn't have the facilities, or the legal right to check the content. Given the constant change regarding cannabis that might change. There's probably a good chance it won't be checked anyway. On international flights it seems a bit vague. It may well be banned by airlines as they wouldn't want to have it found on a stop over in a country where it's banned. There's always the possibility of an emergency landing as well. It was probably easier to inform the UK authorities and be seen to cooperate on crime.

Well I wouldn't think they'd do them all and even then only if needed. I would say that its highly unlikely they will ever need to , and as I said it would take some time to achieve. Any conflict would probably be over long before they'd even sorted out the contracts.

It probably makes sense. They're more likely to be used in that context than combat. They may be able to be reconfigured if necessary, although not that quickly.

It might be this. https://aseannow.com/topic/1330491-thaksin-plans-electoral-changes-to-counter-move-forwards-rise/

Wasn't there something similar a few months back? I think it was the Army that time.

Don't forget the seamen. Logically the Navy should probably deal with that.

What? The Royal Thai Air force.

I don't know all the details but it's likely that they're are pictures and fingerprints available. It's a bit difficult to throw away your face and fingers. I'm guessing the police and immigration have variuos methods to tackle these issues. They might get away with it but I don't think it's as easy as the right wing press likes to suggest.

Will that work though?

Obviously doesn't have the same meaning here. Cue a lawsuit for undermining Thai moral values.

What you say is true, but aren't convicted felons prevented from taking part in running the country? Thaksin, as far as I know is additionally prevented from engaging in politics as part of his release from 'prison'.

Three months seems to be the magic time span. Chalerm Yubamrung used it lot of I remember.

I'm not sure that would help much. I doubt they'd get asylum for being part of a drug gang on an Interpol red list. They'd still get kicked out. It would make a good story for the Daily Express or Mail, GB News ect.

You're right it is a stretch, but so was the reasoning for disbanding the Move Forward Party.

I've seen plenty of adults do it but never children and rarely teenagers. Presumably the rot hadn't set in at that age.

I don't know, and to be honest I hadn't noticed. If I had to guess I'd say the picture was taken and published before all the legal avenues had been finished, meaning he was still at the stage of being innocent until proven guilty. It's still obvious that he's handcuffed, but then again bodies of suicide victims hung by rope and genitalia are obvious even when pixilated, but they still do it. Of course this doesn't seem to happen to everyone who's arrested and cuffed but he might be important, and or wealthy enough to not have the cuffs shown. Plus of course, "this is Thailand".

Well it could be a financial one. Having said that when I first met my now wife I was only coming here for a few weeks a year.

The thing is it's not a new idea as it says in the OP. It also mentions it in regards to Prayut and PT in the last election. Then there's the problem of getting people to fill in tax returns, which they don't seem keen to do, plus ensuring the the tax office can cope with the extra paperwork. Possibly a good idea, from current and previous politicians and governments, but nobody has done anything about it yet. Anyone can suggest things. I could suggest it, or a universal basic income. Or maybe starting by making sure that high wealth individuals pay slightly more tax and the all the tax they owe by closing loopholes. Increase competition and the ability for smaller Thai companies to grow by controlling monopolies. There are several ideas that I've put forward and I have others. They've all been thought of and proposed by other people. I've not actually done anything about them nor do I know how to overcome the possible difficulties in implementing them. Does that make me a possibility as a future politician. Of course it doesn't. Then again it seems you don't have to be a politician to give statements like this anyway.

That hospital he was in must be bad, his health didn't improve until shortly after he left. Dubai medical health care doesn't appear to be much better as his wide ranging health issues only seemed to be discovered once he was in prison.

I don't like these sort of places either, but my stepdaughter in particular loves them. At least with HotPot I knew what to expect. The one we used a lot in Mahasarakham closed a while back which surprised me as it was always busy. Certainly there seems to more customers than the Japanese place that is there now.

The Canadian parent company of Circle K. Its only an offer at this point though. https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/business/7-eleven-circle-k-takeover-bid/index.html

I appreciate sarcasm, although sometimes it's difficult to be sure if it's sarcasm or stupidity. In your case I was confident it was sarcasm, which is why I replied with sarcasm.

That's true but it looks as if they may have been driving too fast to stop within the distance they could see.

And makes Trump look like he always has. Unfortunately doesn't do much for the government of Thailand either.