Tropicalevo

The opposition should go for the throat on this one, but the People's Party will probably have to try and do it alone. Deals are being done with the rest of the opposition. So sad for the people of Thailand.

That is meaningless. You cannot spend poker chips at the 7/11.

Until Chinese tourists die of course. At the moment, they are fighting the kidnappings.

Totally agree. That is why they could get them released - if Hamas knew where they were. My own view is that Hamas do not know. The way that Hamas spread the hostages around and bouncing them from one group to another and the fact that they have not been released under the terms of the ceasefire, would suggest that Hamas either do not know, or that they are in such a state that Hamas do not want Israel to know.

Whilst I am not a fan of Qatar's record on Human Rights, I thank anyone who helps to release the hostages or remains of those who were killed, raped or taken by the murdering Hamas along with their 'pro Palestinian' supporters.

The vultures are circling?

Another poor victim of unrequited love.

But it does nothing to solve the man's problems. Symptom is fixed but not the cause.

The unfortunate Burmese have little choice. With conscription in place, the military government has stopped all legal visa avenues for the Burmese to leave the country. Then, Thailand's very poor record with the way that it treats refugees, illegal crossings are now the only option.

In my experience, after riding motorbikes in Thailand for 25 years, NO ONE gives way to motorbikes. Vans, trucks, car, lorries all expect the bike to give way. Even when the bike has right of way. I even get aggressive horn beeping when I do not stop and let vehicles out of a side road when I am on the main road. They try to edge out, I do not stop and they get angry! Wow!

So not illegal yet?

CP Foods v local farmers. No prizes for guessing who will win this one. ($$$'s).

Totally agree. One negative side effect will also be the increase in basic costs for Thai people. If you think that the manufacturers and producers of the goods will not pass on the increased costs - think again. Thais in restaurants will still put salt on their food. I am on a salt free/sugar free diet and I really notice the difference when I eat out.

They actually do not care about most Thai people - until election time and then just buy the votes.

And the farce rumbles on. Do rich retired people still file tax returns?

Absolutely horrific. It is sad to see the comments about riding motorbikes, wearing helmets and so on, but most Thai folk at this level are living hand to mouth. There is no spare cash for 'safety'. I have stopped buying motorcycle helmets for the staff - they just go and sell them the next day.

Has anyone out there heard if the four Thai fishermen that were arrested back in November have been released yet? There were promises from the illegal military that they would be released in December, then again, they were to be released on January 4th, but according to the last press that I read, they were still in gaol. Thailand should keep this lot in gaol until the four Thai fishermen are released. This from an article in the Bangkok Post on 8th Feb

And the lies just cascade from the PM's mouth. I am sure that this is just a 'do as you are told or we will penalise you financially'

Some first time visitors arrived at Samui airport and tried to book BOLT to bring them to their accommodation. Bolt driver asked them to leave the airport and walk to the 7/11 at the entrance to the airport access road. For some reason, that is not clear, the BOLT driver never turned up. After waiting for75 minutes, the guests called us and asked us to send a taxi. The taxi people that we use said that they could cover the transfer, but to ask the guests to walk back into the airport arrivals area. When we asked the taxi people why they could not pick up at the 7/11, the reply was that area was only for BOLT and GRAB cars. Usual transfer time to our location - 15 minutes. Today, one and three quarter hours. Has anyone else come across this little conundrum before?

China was probably hoping that more than 5 would die in the inhumane conditions. https://apnews.com/article/uyghur-china-deportation-thailand-xinjiang-human-rights-d6f813654cf40ce464bc19203a226de0

That will never happen. Years ago we used to have a weekly newspaper here on Samui. Every week, they published the number of accidents along with fatalities and injury counts. 'Someone in authority' ordered them to stop printing the numbers. You can guess why. The paper was closed down some time later. This was all about 15 years ago, or more. The average death rate back then was reckoned to be one per day but I suspect that was a slight exaggeration.

Not really a crime wave. Just a small percentage.

And the lies just keep on a'coming.

300 billion baht is a pretty good bribe for 40 refugees.

Yellow bellied coward Anutin. Own up. You are on record as saying exactly what you think about foreigners.