Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai announce deal to form government

[2baht]

54 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Woe are the Thai people.

Most of them, although some will benefit handsomely! (The chosen few) 

[2baht]

40 minutes ago, Robert Tyrrell said:

You got a lot to learn Thailand !!! 

No! They know it all! Just ask one!

[scottiejohn]

8 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

"Give it time"!

To totally ruin the Country!

[Bangkok Barry]

How is it that the Party that once represented the poor now links with billionaires and supporters of the army? And with barely a whimper from their supporters. 

[4MyEgo]

10 hours ago, DaddyWarbucks said:

If this means the continuing of legal weed, then I'm all for it.

If it means the return of Thaksin, then it will be chaos in the LOS.

So you would prefer Anutin's than Thaksin ?

 

That legal weed surely is doing your brain cells damage, so I suppose you should keep smoking it for Anutins sake.

[rabas]

If you liked Anutin's idiotic, corrupt, farang-phobic Covid vaccine disaster, you'll just love him as PM.

 

Add Thaksin and you get a government packed with corrupt Thai billionaires, Ugh!

 

[JimHuaHin]

Interesting - the red shirt party, which is really a yellowish shirt party, jumps into bed with the 'criminal'/marfia party (which has more connections to organised crime organisations in provincial Thailand than the "Godfather").

[AhFarangJa]

A nut in as prime minister............Add Big Joke into the pot, and it is probably time to look for a house in Cambodia, or Laos, because this Country will not be Farang friendly at all.

[Bday Prang]

2 hours ago, jcmj said:

Noooo. The thought of a farang hater Auntin is the worst thing that could happen to us. 

no it is not.  

[2baht]

16 minutes ago, rabas said:

Add Thaksin and you get a government packed with corrupt Thai billionaires, Ugh!

 

....and if they are not yet billionaires, they soon will be! Kaching kaching! 

[2baht]

45 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

To totally ruin the Country!

Only for the majority, but some will prosper beyond their wildest dreams!

[kimamey]

14 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

A nut in as prime minister............Add Big Joke into the pot, and it is probably time to look for a house in Cambodia, or Laos, because this Country will not be Farang friendly at all.

My laugh is for the first sentence.

 

The rest is not so funny

[ExpatOilWorker]

4 hours ago, recom273 said:

For sure this is the second to worse result, the first being Prawit becoming PM, but honestly, what is brewing? Nothing, from what I can see. Life will go on as per normal in Thailand, people will moan in the market as they have for the last however many years since Taksins departure, and that’s it. 

.....and 4 years from now Move Forward will win a landslide victory  and Pita will rule.

[Toolong]

'Oh, What fresh hell is this?'

 

A trigger is being pulled and he who pulls it does so with closed eyes.

[wazzupnow]

if this means the return of thaksin i am all for it

maybe it also means thailand will once again return to to be LOS (land of smiles)

and no longer be LOB (land of bull<deleted>)

anyway it will always be LOC ( land of corruption wich is fine by me)

anyone can use this to each and other advantage anyway

in other countries corruption is on higher levels ,here in thailand it starts at the lowest levels(our neighbourhood cop) issnt that so cute?

[Artisi]

3 hours ago, bbbbooboo said:

Hmm… this is as exciting as watching paint dry?

In comparison, watching paint dry is exciting. 

[crazykopite]

The good people of Thailand have been sold down the Chao Phraya River by these traitors 

Edited August 8, 2023 by crazykopite

[JonnyF]

While the background of this alliance is disgraceful, mired in backstabbing and completely undemocratic, my pragmatic side can't help but feel in reality this won't be so bad.

 

1.  Prayut/Prawit finally gone (or at least put on the back row).

2. Pheu Thai in government (my second choice behind MFP).

3. Weed to stay legal.

 

Not perfect by any means, but a long way from catastrophic.

[kingstonkid]

10 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

212 seats.. Anutin can be PM as he has 250 senators to support him together with his own party 79 is already  329. PPRP will vote for him too and Settha stays behind empty handed... Good move of Pheu Thai

The scary thing is that to paraphase and Alice Coper song 

 

if these words you speak are true Thais are all military government stew if they do not llisten to the ANUTIN

 

tHE VOTE IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING

 

It is a group of people not so much interested in helping the country but in helping themselves.

 

PT is desperate to get their lord and savior backon ground a free man that like the ugly girl they will kiss anyone.

 

BJT has shown that in order for Anutin to stay relevant they will make any deals that they can with whoever they can.

 

The now question is how long willl Anutin and his momney backers stay and when will they pull the plug to start the next coup attempts.

 

Will Sretha be able to get the votes considering the hate that the militry has for Thaksin and Yingluck.  Add to that the fact that you have a man that is under investigation for major tax crimes running for PM.

 

Imagine if they vote a tax cheat or manipulator in as PM after refusing Pita and putting him through courts.

 

The streets are not going to be very quiet and Thaksin better stay away for at least a year to make sure that Anutin does not stab him in the back.

 

 

 

Edited August 8, 2023 by kingstonkid

[lordgrinz]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I can't imagine the average Thai being happy with this. But the level of apathy we are seeing is surprising. I assumed millions would be in the streets. Goes to show you how little I know. With this coalition, more of the same. Nothing changes, no reform, no progress. Thailand continues it's backwards slide. 

 

Woe are the Thai people. A very sad result. 

They've been programmed from birth to be obedient slaves to the state, they don't subscribe to the phrase "respect is earned, not given".

[ThailandRyan]

3 hours ago, jcmj said:

Noooo. The thought of a farang hater Auntin is the worst thing that could happen to us. 

True and it will have a chilling effect on expats.

[smedly]

pt have sold their soul to the devil, good luck forming a government

 

 

what a circus, thai politics are a laughing stock for the world

[smedly]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Together the parties have 212 House seats and are inviting more parties to join their coalition.

555

[Sydebolle]

Good luck, Thailand, good luck!

Missing is Thammanat, the miracle traveller converting flour into illegal powders mid-air, then Chalerm "the boozer" with his three lovely sons is not shown yet as well. Glad to see Phiphat, Saksayam and the rest of the flock - in essence nothing has changed except the increase in disappointment of voters. Wondering now, how well, if at all, this might go down those 14.4 million who were ....... short changed, again? 

[klauskunkel]

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Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai announce deal to form government

Pheu Thai: "... and this time we really mean it..."

[smedly]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

What a bleeding mess.. smiles all around yet they they screwed the majority voter.

once they have a functioning government and a pm all will change - this is just to get in the door - no matter what happens the junta parties got the boot by the people, i fully expect a coup before the end of the year

[KhaoNiaw]

19 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

Good luck, Thailand, good luck!

Missing is Thammanat, the miracle traveller converting flour into illegal powders mid-air, 

He's not missing. He's been very much in the thick of the activity over the last couple of weeks. 

[sambum]

13 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

212 seats.. Anutin can be PM as he has 250 senators to support him together with his own party 79 is already  329. PPRP will vote for him too and Settha stays behind empty handed... Good move of Pheu Thai

"Anutin can be PM as he has 250 senators to support him....."

 

Absolutely disgusting that such a situation should be there in the first place - regardless of who is in power.

That would be bad news for expats as Anutin has already made his feelings clear about farangs in general.

How he can work with TAT who want to see as many tourists here as possible is unclear - unless they would rather have the convoys of Chinese tour buses again, which is a possibility as TAT are obsessed with numbers - it doesn't seem to matter to them how much money they spend. Surely an expat who lives here all year round and puts app 500k per annum into the economy, puts more into the system than a bus load of penny pinching "vultures" frequenting all you can eat buffets that are included in the tour price?

 

This "news" about Anutin coupled with the recent comments made by "Big Joke" implying that the amount of money to be deposited in a Thai bank by retirees may be increased in order to deter criminals is a big joke in itself, and comments by other officials saying they want to make Thailand an attractive and safe place for people to retire to flies in the face of what Anutin and BIg Joke seem to be advocating! 

Yes, folks, welcome to "even more amazing" Thailand where almost 3 months after an Election, they still haven't been able to form a Government!

(a·maz·ing -adjective - causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing.)

 

 

[Hall]

Mister cheese head got his dream forfilled,  no surprise however...

[anchadian]

Phalang Pracharath Party leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said Tuesday morning he has yet to receive an invitation to join the Pheu Thai-led coalition. Asked if he's interested, Prawit said "I haven't say yes."

 

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1688745827576283136