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Khun Abhisit was the best thing that ever happened to Thailand. Such a shame his premiership occurred during the GFC, otherwise many things could've occurred differently. Additionally as most of you should know, a lot of policies in politics take quite a few years to filter through to the people; many of his policies would have helped the rural population of Thailand........ had they been given the opportunity to.

'His' policies just mirrored those of the previous Thaksin and Thaksin proxy governments.

Took a while for the Democrats to actually wake up and see that populist policy was the only way forward to compete in an election.

The damage was done in the 90's for the Dems though, people still remember the corruption in their ranks and their 'Bitter Medicine' policies, and a lot of the same players are still around (Suthep, Chuan etc) thus rendering them pretty much unelectable. It's also a major reason why Thaksin's populist policies were such a welcome change, especially in the North and NE, where people endured hard times under the corrupt Dems in the 90's.

Maybe they didn't use lethal force to evict the yellow shirts out of the airport because they were peacefully protesting without machine guns and grenade launchers.

And they were not invading hospitals and using there children as shields.

They initially took the airport by force.

The protesters turned up later, once the area was secured by the paramilitary element of the yellow shirts who were armed.

I know, because I was at the airport when the takeover began.

If you recall live fire was used early on by the Army, they lied about it, saying only blanks were used, then it was pointed out that M16's cannot cycle blank ammunition without muzzle suppressors and their story fell apart.

I hope he had the correct non-immigrant business visa and work permit for undertaking this work.

I also hope he didn't contravene any Thai laws about foreigners working in the tourism industry.

http://www.nationmul...n-30171540.html

Abhisit set the TRCT up and now he doesn't like its findings? Now there's double standards for you.

Will the jailed PAD members also be transferred?

Have any PAD leaders been jailed?

If you change it back to the "members" that PoorSucker posted, there's at least 84 that I know of.

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So no leaders then?

Arisman is a 'leader', not a 'member'. As is Jatuporn.

Good time to invest in high end Karaoke Bars in Pnom Penh...as these companies will not be the last to go once the Cambodians get their pitch right.

+1

Phnom Penh is heaving at the moment. Not a seat in a restaurant on the Riverfront without a tourist's bottom on.

If you are in Cambodia TGM and other Thai made meat products are 50-70% cheaper than in Thailand.

In Phnom Penh Bayon Market is a good place to start. Packs of pepperoni, salamis, bacon and hot dog sausages as well as other Thai made meats upwards of 150thb per Kilo.

13 Coins used to operate a dual pricing policy for foreigners thus I have never been in there for over 15 years.

Problem with burgers in Thailand ain't the meat, it's the buns.

No good bread buns available here.

I paid something like 700thb for one of the worst meals I have ever eaten in Thailand. That was back in 2008.

Horrible hotel in a horrible location with horrible food. Yuk.

However it is a well known fact that the number of corrupt in this government is higher but it seems 15 million people are perfectly fine with that, or refuse to believe the facts.

So you will be able to provide evidence to corroborate these 'facts'?

Thanks in advance.

Phnom Penh is similar to what Bangkok was like 20 years ago. Sihanoukville is what Patong/Pattaya used to be like.

If you are looking for it, it's still there, just not in Thailand.

To date, Thailand hasn't need a massive bail out like some EU nations, nor has it suffered a near financial system collapse as did the USA.

Thailand's little economic engine is chugging along. The black choking fumes only seem to blow into the faces of farangs.

Erm, Thailand triggered a financial crisis in Asia in 1997/98.

^ Excellent post and exactly why it is a cultural flaw or even a flawed cultural model depending on how you view it.

Will the jailed PAD members also be transferred?

Have any PAD leaders been jailed?

educate Thai people to think properly and value morals over money.

Impossible given that they are raised to worship money.

There's a reason those Buddhas are gold.

Sanyo have also announced they will not be reopening their factory in Ayutthaya.

Very sad when the common denominator between you and the next guy is money.

Welcome to Thailand!

Oh dear. Comments like that really make you look foolish. I'm sure the Thais were just shaking in fear at you bad farang thugs. LOL

Not shaking in fear but like I said it would have got messy. 6 big lads all rig pigs and ex military.

You mean like this ?

What does that say in Thai? I'll smash up your bars at 3am in the morning using hired Police thugs and steal anything of value?

I liked Soi 11 too.

I would love to see some statistics in real terms of how much money Thailand is losing year by year with it`s every dwindling tourist industry.

Here are some statistics that show that you don't know what you're talking about. "Dwindling tourist industry" my arse!

2011 19,500,000 +22.00%

2010 15,936,400 +12.63%

2009 14,149,841 -2.98%

2008 14,584,220 +0.8%

2007 14,464,228 +4.65%

2006 13,821,802 +20.01%

2005 11,516,936 -1.15%

2004 11,650,703

If you believe those stats, in particular the last 5 years then I suggest you do not have a clue what you are talking about!

19.5 million people came here this year!

Oh ma sides!

Why did he lie about using live ammunition?

Pfft. As if our esteemed Eton educated and Oxford graduated politicians could do any better.

They should concentrate on turning around the B5Billion loss they have accrued this year, instead of trumpeting junkets like this one in the media.