PM appointed Thailand’s “COVID Czar” in sole charge of handling the pandemic

[PETERTHEEATER]

6 hours ago, 10baht said:

mask?  ????

Not needed. He's holding his breath! Those who have young children will recognise the pose. The face will turn red, limbs and body tremble then.........BOOM!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Twinkle, twinkle Little Czar, how I wonder what you are.......,

[Harveyboy]

6 hours ago, mrfill said:

Czar

Kaiser

Caesar

 

Take your pick from the synonyms - But note that the Ides of March have already passed for this year.

 

I expect a sassy new hat to appear soon. Perhaps even a laurel wreath - that would be very fetching.

and how about a new watch to go with the hat

[Harveyboy]

5 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Twinkle, twinkle Little Czar, how I wonder what you are.......,

i think we all know what he is   but would be deleted eh

[Thingamabob]

Takeover almost complete. Worrying times....

[Ketyo]

If you look into his eyes... you can see that he was a buffalo in his last life.

[trainman34014]

3 minutes ago, Ketyo said:

If you look into his eyes... you can see that he was a buffalo in his last life.

But this time he is a poisonous Snake !

[Zack61]

Game set match. 

[Burma Bill]

PM appointed Thailand’s “COVID Czar”

Well I never!! Having just been fined 6,000 baht for not wearing a face-mask is he a suitable candidate????

 

[VBF]

8 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Don't forget, Canute failed in his bid ???? 

In this case, isn't Canute something of a spelling mistake?  ???? (Already suggested by @colinneiland others)

 

Reading the OP, when I got to ".....concentration of powers with the prime minister is to ensure efficiency....." I almost lost the will to live!

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, issan101 said:

God help us

The problem is... he thinks he is.

[sambum]

A bit off topic but why don't they put him in sole charge of Immigration and he can compile a handbook to be issued to all Immigration Officers/Offices so they are all "singing from the same hymnsheet"?

[dave moir]

8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Perfect.. If he fails than we can get rid of his man, because he will be the man who is the only man responsible for the Covid crisis.. Can't wait because he will fail

It's ok he'll just order others to sort it!????????????

[Jiggo]

Look at my medals, and never saw active service, total Walter Mitty......

[BusyB]

9 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Don't forget, Canute failed in his bid ???? 

Canute actually wanted to show he was nothing special and could NOT turn back the waves ...

[connda]

I wonder how he'll pass the buck when everything goes pear-shaped?
 

[MisguidedPangolin]

11 hours ago, AndyFoxy said:

Cool......now we know who we can blame.

I was wondering if this is the explanation.

Things have gone from good to really, really bad. It doesn't take a genius to see where things are heading from here. A bizarre move giving one person complete power over an upcoming complete and inevitable disaster seems like a potential scapegoat setup. Of course he'd be too powerhungry to refuse any opportunity to hold more power, and that lust would blind him to any potential plans, even if it was a case of taking responsibility for impending doom.

Or it could simply be an opportunistic power grab which will bring no trouble that a typical Thai denial of responsibility, or denial of reality will be able to avoid.

May goodness itself help Thailand, because I can't see anything else doing so in a hurry.

[kwilco]

one has to worry about a national leader who when faced with national problems thinks he is the only person capable of solving them.

[kwilco]

10 hours ago, colinneil said:

King Canute he is not.

mmmmmm ... King Canute failed.... he did this to demonstrate to his sycophantic follows that he was NOT all powerful, I don't see any of signs this with Prayuth. However, it remains to be seen if he fails, if he will admit failure.

 

[AndyFoxy]

1 hour ago, MisguidedPangolin said:

I was wondering if this is the explanation.

Things have gone from good to really, really bad. It doesn't take a genius to see where things are heading from here. A bizarre move giving one person complete power over an upcoming complete and inevitable disaster seems like a potential scapegoat setup. Of course he'd be too powerhungry to refuse any opportunity to hold more power, and that lust would blind him to any potential plans, even if it was a case of taking responsibility for impending doom.



 

Interesting point.

[Raphael Hythlodaeus]

5 hours ago, clivebaxter said:

He can't even enforce that, try and get a ticket for 80 baht today!

Precisely my point.

[Enoon]

11 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Don't forget, Canute failed in his bid ???? 

 

Not at all.

 

Contrary to popular misconception the purpose of the exercise was for Canute  to demonstrate the limits of his secular power.

 

He succeeded:

 

King Canute and the tide - Wikipedia

"Then the king leapt backwards, saying: 'Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name, but He whom heaven, earth, and sea obey by eternal laws.'" He then hung his gold crown on a crucifix, and never wore it again "to the honour of God the almighty King"

 

<Deleted> the Great - Wikipedia

"also known as Canute, was King of England, Denmark and Norway, often referred to together as the North Sea Empire during his rule."

 

"the most effective king in Anglo-Saxon history".

 

 

 

 

 

[natway09]

A lot of rhetoric from most of you guys on here, but I would hate to have to make most of the decisions this guy has had to make in the last 3 years,

Many, many countries have done a lot worse

 

[malthebluff]

It's so sad that a beautiful country like Thailand is going  down faster then the submarines they bought. Time for my retirement plan b I think 

[Maestro]

Removed an incomprehensible post ('D' word)

[Puccini]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

...The laws include the Communicable Disease Act, the Drugs Act...

Does this mean that henceforth and for the duration of the limited period of as yet unspecified duration, the prime minister will authorise the importation and use of Covid-19 vaccines, including vaccines that have not yet been approved by the Thai FDA?

[faraday]

13 minutes ago, purrboat said:

know this goes over all your little heads but the more vaccinated the more cases and deaths.

How did that work with all the other successful vaccines?

 

[Dogmatix]

There was another czar who ended up badly as a result of his use of absolute power.  Maybe Prayut can ask his buddy Putin about that.  Thais are usually rather shaky on history.

[anchadian]

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[Damrongsak]

Someone get that man a Power Rangers outfit.