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Thai voters go to polls as coup-leader, 'democratic front' face off


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3 minutes ago, GarryP said:

I hope you are right about manchild not being around in 18 months. 

I still need to get my head around how he could ever rule the country if there is no true majority in MP's. I understand that for the PM vote the senators count. But how would they be able to make laws with a minority of MP's ? 

 

What i understood and could be wrong.. is that it first gets voted on by MP's and then goes to the senate for a second vote. (that is what i thought how laws were made in Thailand)

 

I could be wrong.. but if I am not.. how could a minority party then ever rule ?

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39 minutes ago, robblok said:

I am pleased though to see that there is a steady decline in PTP votes. After so many years under the army even with the resentment building up (according to members here) they still preformed worse then before. 48% OF votes to now under 35% of votes. Quite a drop.

Still a PTP win though. Your reasoning sounds so DJT after he had his ass handed to him in the House.

 

I would put more import on the flailing of the also-ran Democrats.

 

There's no doubt that Future Forward caught deserved attention but they won't get any party list seats so come the official big review in May, not a whole lot of bums on seats for them. Actually early days for everyone WRT the EC's deliberations.

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4 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

So what do you reckon he'll do with all these broke, foreign pensioners then?

What I am thinking for a foreign-positive party is; able for same gender to marry (for thais too), scrapping the 800K rule, abandon the 90 days report, let foreigners invest in future in Thailand for Thailand and not just only Thais, access support to foreign disabled peoples (and PWD card) which is very advised by the UN,..

 

human rights.. not only Thais.

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37 minutes ago, wildewillie89 said:

Why is the junta popularity such a surprise to people? I don't know how many times I have said on here Thailand is heading to an 'aging population' status. That is exactly where the junta policies hit, the elderly or those heading in that direction. 

The amount of TV members saying every person in Thailand hates the junta was silly and lacked analytical thinking. Maybe if you didn't just focus on women that were the age of your granddaughter you would have realised the older folks were going junta. 

The other point is that polls don't mean all that much. Especially when you have a situation like this in Thailand. You may be criticised for speaking out that you support the junta by the younger folk so you just keep that quiet until you get to the privacy of the ballot box...a bit like many did with Trump. 

Oh, the horrors of ridicule! I'm sure they're all sitting around waiting for readjustment camps, so the inhumane and unconstitutional ridicule can stop.

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11 minutes ago, wildewillie89 said:

... Maybe if you didn't just focus on women that were the age of your granddaughter you would have realised the older folks were going junta. ...

Wazup there willie? Those ED drugs losin' their efficacy for ya?

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13 minutes ago, wildewillie89 said:

You may be criticised for speaking out that you support the junta by the younger folk so you just keep that quiet until you get to the privacy of the ballot box...a bit like many did with Trump. 

Not just Trump. I worked in the US for years and never, ever met a man that admitted he voted either for Clinton or Dubya (twice).

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13 minutes ago, robblok said:

????  future forward has nothing to do with Thaksin.. if that is how you want to count a make a victory out of a huge loss for the PTP so be it. 

Geez you really are ill informed aren't you.

After Thai Raksa Chart were disbanded Thaksin tweeted

 

Chin up and keep moving forward! We learn from past experiences but live for today and the future. Cheer up! Life must go on!
 
Future Forward has plenty to do with Thaksin, that's why garbage like the below was produced.
 

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19 minutes ago, Eligius said:

I think a Thanathorn-led Government would show a lot more humanity, respect and compassion towards foreigners living in Thailand - as well, of course, as to Thais in general. I could well imagine Thanathorn scrapping the disgraceful 90-day Reporting (which treats us all like criminals who need to be constantly watched and monitored) ...

Don't feed the unicorns.

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13 minutes ago, donim said:

What I am thinking for a foreign-positive party is; able for same gender to marry (for thais too), scrapping the 800K rule, abandon the 90 days report, let foreigners invest in future in Thailand for Thailand and not just only Thais, access support to foreign disabled peoples (and PWD card) which is very advised by the UN,..

 

human rights.. not only Thais.

I give up. What's the collective noun for a whole bunch of unicorns?

 

Now repeat in Thai?

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20 minutes ago, robblok said:

????  future forward has nothing to do with Thaksin.. if that is how you want to count a make a victory out of a huge loss for the PTP so be it. 

I don't want to count anything, don't give a f%$# about the election.

But the Thai people sitting around me are counting it that way.

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3 minutes ago, bergan said:

That your take from this is that the Future Forward party is linked to Thaksin makes the mind boggle.

It is indeed linked to Thaksin, not as a proxy party but as a pro-democracy / anti military party.

You gotta slay the biggest dragons first.

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Just now, pornprong said:

It is indeed linked to Thaksin, not as a proxy party but as a pro-democracy / anti military party.

You gotta slay the biggest dragons first.

I agree with your second sentence, how many times has Thaksin contributed to democracy being back to square one and the country not moving forward again? Right, nothing to see here. Move along!

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1 minute ago, pornprong said:

It is indeed linked to Thaksin, not as a proxy party but as a pro-democracy / anti military party.

You gotta slay the biggest dragons first.

Having a shared basic ideology sounds much more honest and much less nonsensical than claiming they're 'linked'. no?

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58 minutes ago, Grafting Ken said:

Just like I said weeks ago... all this bs on here from People who know nothing... the Prayut is popular, he has done the best job for this country and get ready for another 20 years of his rule... once again it's not your country or your buisness so if you don't like it pack your bags and go home to your own stinking immigrant filled country!


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Prayut has done well learning on the job and kept the country stable and tackled corruption like nobody before him. People need to respect the decisions of the Thai people and stop the frigging rigging nonsense.

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3 minutes ago, pornprong said:

It is indeed linked to Thaksin, not as a proxy party but as a pro-democracy / anti military party.

You gotta slay the biggest dragons first.

 

If you call that linked then you and I have a different idea of linked. But I do agree they are both pro democracy but that does not mean you can ad those votes to those of the PTP and say look the PTP is still popluar while in fact that together with the democrats they were the biggest losers if you compare it with 2011. 

 

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3 minutes ago, madmen said:

Prayut has done well learning on the job and kept the country stable and tackled corruption like nobody before him. People need to respect the decisions of the Thai people and stop the frigging rigging nonsense.

I think someone else should have respected the decisions of the Thai people first, instead of rigging the outcome of the election regardless of what the Thai people votes for.

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1 minute ago, brommers said:

Laughing my tits off! Was watching BBC World News & as soon as they started to cover the election the signal was cut. A great way to engender confidence in the "free & fair" election. Not.

pay for your subscription  on time ? ????

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2 minutes ago, sup3r1or said:

Well from what it looks, the military is winning it. They are ahead right now and it is almost the end. I am sure no cheating. 

Definitely no cheating from the militarists' side. No lying of any kind. They would NEVER, EVER do such a thing, would they?

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