February 9Feb 9 14 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:Kaosod English suggests the cause of the loss to PP was their ill-fated decision to support Anutin for four months. Back then many said it was a mistake.It may have been a mistake but what PP didn't know back then was a very convenient and extremely coincidental vote generating border conflict would be relit.
February 9Feb 9 3 hours ago, Hunz Kittisak said:With Anutin back will weed be legal again?it is still legal, expect some changes eventually ,
February 9Feb 9 1 hour ago, dinsdale said:thethaigerofficialA vote recount in Pathum Thani’s District 7 saw the People’s Party defeat Bhumjaithai following protests over obstructed CCTV cameras. Students at Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi demanded the review citing a lack of transparency.The new count, conducted at 5am, reversed the initial results and confirmed a victory for the opposition. Academic Jessada Denduangboripant publicised the outcome and questioned the initial tally.Observers are urging the Election Commission to examine other districts with similar procedural complaints. Legal action regarding the irregularities remains unconfirmed.https://www.instagram.com/p/DUhhfcAgYMj/Surprise surprise! 😀NB First time I often agree with your posts!
February 9Feb 9 5 hours ago, JimCM said:Please elaborate about personal security.he's busy digging his bunker and hoarding toilet paper at the moment
February 9Feb 9 6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:Last December Anutin dissolved the parliament because he did not wanted to be grilled... Now he will become the new PM again. Is the opposition now again willing to grill him about the same issues of last December of is that not possible??Who wanted this National Election at this time ? Even there had been major government transition in Aug-Sept 2025 ?It was the People's Party got it their way staging the Election in early 2026 and lost big time now.
February 9Feb 9 7 hours ago, ikke1959 said:Last December Anutin dissolved the parliament because he did not wanted to be grilled... Now he will become the new PM again. Is the opposition now again willing to grill him about the same issues of last December of is that not possible??If Anutin puts together a strong enough coalition then all bets are off as he can easily survive any no confidence motion. It’s just like trump wining the elections and criminal charges stood down
February 9Feb 9 1 hour ago, dinsdale said:It may have been a mistake but what PP didn't know back then was a very convenient and extremely coincidental vote generating border conflict would be relit.Was it the young lady previous PM lost her job mainly because of BORDER Conflict in June/July 2025 ? Eventually resulting in PM Anutin got the PM position just in Sept 2025 ? Was it the People's Party insisting on urgently dissolving the Parliament and got the very quick Election as the way they wanted it ?
February 9Feb 9 1 hour ago, ronnie50 said:Kaosod English suggests the cause of the loss to PP was their ill-fated decision to support Anutin for four months. Back then many said it was a mistake.Natthapong will have to accept that he made a wrong decision and resign to save the party. There is a lot of lessons to be learned and if the party do not self reflect on their mistakes, the party will follow the path of the Democrat Party and become a small player.
February 9Feb 9 10 minutes ago, sscc said:Was it the young lady previous PM lost her job mainly because of BORDER Conflict in June/July 2025 ?Eventually resulting in PM Anutin got the PM position just in Sept 2025 ?Was it the People's Party insisting on urgently dissolving the Parliament and got the very quick Election as the way they wanted it ?Correct. Certainly not the result they wanted though. The conflict definitely played well for Anutin though and I can't help wondering if his hawkish approach was somewhat deliberate with the election in mind rather than taking a conciliatory approach with Cambodia. Nationalism wins votes and what better way to gee up nationalist fever but a good old armed conflict with your neighbour.
February 9Feb 9 8 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:Natthapong will have to accept that he made a wrong decision and resign to save the party. There is a lot of lessons to be learned and if the party do not self reflect on their mistakes, the party will follow the path of the Democrat Party and become a small player.Not a chance. BKK is totally orange and Chiang Mai was flipped big time from PTP to PP. Not what I'd call a small player.
February 9Feb 9 4 hours ago, dinsdale said:Not the point really. The point is it happened. This election has a reek about it.I think you're chasing your tail with your vague conspiracy theorising. But even if there was a fix, is this a hitherto unknown happenstance here?
February 9Feb 9 1 hour ago, Hunz Kittisak said:If Anutin puts together a strong enough coalition then all bets are off as he can easily survive any no confidence motion.It’s just like trump wining the elections and criminal charges stood downNo seated Thai administration has ever needed deep intestinal fortitude to survive a no-confidence motion. But the opposition who float these and then opt to pitch soft ball questions at the incumbent during the censure debate does.
February 9Feb 9 45 minutes ago, dinsdale said:Not a chance. BKK is totally orange and Chiang Mai was flipped big time from PTP to PP. Not what I'd call a small player.Bangkok went totally orange (bar one) at the last election. What changed after that?Chiang Mai was Thaksin's home ground, but the PPP/TRT/PT heartland was, and still is Isaan.
February 9Feb 9 19 minutes ago, NanLaew said:Bangkok went totally orange (bar one) at the last election. What changed after that?Chiang Mai was Thaksin's home ground, but the PPP/TRT/PT heartland was, and still is Isaan.No argument from me that Issan is PTP heartland (that's my home) but this time round not as much. PTP 43 seats, BJT 63 seats out of the 133 districts.
February 9Feb 9 6 minutes ago, dinsdale said:No argument from me that Issan is PTP heartland (that's my home) but this time round not as much. PTP 43 seats, BJT 63 seats out of the 133 districts.How did the oranges do in Isaan?
February 9Feb 9 20 minutes ago, NanLaew said:How did the oranges do in Isaan?1 seat in Udon Thani, 2 in Khon Kaen and 3 in Korat.
February 9Feb 9 Ok, I know this is the Ganja party and it's good to know that ganja will now freely flow in Thailand. What about his stand on immigration? Is the DTV going to last and do they have adverse opinion about the DTV? I switched to DTV from a Non-O and hope it lasts. One naturalized Thai American whiner keeps on making YouTube videos about how the DTV has upset his apple cart. Anybody care to opine.
February 10Feb 10 On 2/9/2026 at 4:13 AM, Jim Waldron said:That said, no party governs alone here. So, as ever, coalitions will decide the real outcome. Even if BJT are the eventual winners, they’ll still have to compromise with others.Let's be clear about this. All elected leaders serve at the pleasure of the military commanders, who really govern Thailand. I'll start taking an interest in Thailand's General Elections when that hold is broken. Until then, it's just a circus. I understand why my girlfriend and all her Thai neighbours had absolutely no interest in wasting their Sunday at the tolling booths.
February 10Feb 10 44 minutes ago, JensenZ said:Let's be clear about this. All elected leaders serve at the pleasure of the military commanders, who really govern Thailand. I'll start taking an interest in Thailand's General Elections when that hold is broken. Until then, it's just a circus.I understand why my girlfriend and all her Thai neighbours had absolutely no interest in wasting their Sunday at the tolling booths.No worse than in our own countries.
February 10Feb 10 On 2/9/2026 at 7:41 AM, JimHuaHin said:By hook or by crook, the status quo has been maintained, yet again, for now.I know my Thai friends working as government officials, including those in the military, are not happy with the result.Thailand's recent "declines" seem set to continue.For some of us, the question arises, move into a gated community, or move to another country - the increased cost of living and increasing risk to personal security are likely to be a growing concern.I think you might be getting Thailand confused with the Philippines, there is very little risk to our personal safety here and the crime rate is incredibly low as it pertains to Thais perpetuating crimes against foreigners. The female scam artists and the roads are our biggest risk here. As long as you're smart enough to avoid them, and drive very carefully, I feel infinitely safer here than I do in Los Angeles or New York. Or even in Rural America for that matter.
February 10Feb 10 On 2/9/2026 at 4:13 AM, Jim Waldron said:I don’t think many would have predicted the BJT to have performed so well. Conversely, I can’t believe the People’s Party fared so poorly.I believe the result is largely due to the border dispute with Cambodia. National pride seems to have pushed Thais toward their conservative security blanket rather than taking a risk with the more progressive options.I'd venture that your observation is right on the mark. 🎯
February 10Feb 10 35 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:I think you might be getting Thailand confused with the Philippines, there is very little risk to our personal safety here and the crime rate is incredibly low as it pertains to Thais perpetuating crimes against foreigners."Move to a gated community, or move to another country"? My guess is that people who make comments like this are already living in gated communities, and as such, believe that the "outside world" beyond the walls and gate guards is a very, very scary place.Like you spidermike007, when I hear comments like this I just have to shake my head. I've lived in both the PI and Thailand and Thailand is by far a safer place to reside. My entire stay in Thailand has been living in Thai communities. Safer here than most of the cities I used to live in while in the US.
February 10Feb 10 3 hours ago, BritManToo said:No worse than in our own countries.It's worse, by far, but that doesn't make it good in our own countries. I've never experienced living under direct military junta rule in my home country for just over 5 years. Although this was the latest major junta, Thailand has a long history of alternating between military coups and civilian governments. As long as this can occur, elections are a sham.That's why I'm not interested in the general elections. It doesn't mean I don't like living in Thailand. I wasn't particularly interested in the Australian elections either, which is another kind of circus.
February 10Feb 10 6 hours ago, kingstonkid said:The government will be BJT Klatham and a bunch of small parties.I tend to agree. PP is going to be heavily hit when the NACC finalises the court case so best not to partner with them, and PT is politically dying so why would Anutin throw them a lifeline? Klatham is definitely aligned right wind conservative - and like BJT and Anutin they were aligned with the Prayat Group/s. Looks to me like PP will have to see what happens after the NACC court case, and PT might be willing to form a coalition in Opposition. Quite frankly that would be the best for Thailand - all the centre right wing parties combine into one big one, and the centre left parties all do the same. Most western Democracies are 2 Party systems - works far better than the small coalitions of conflicting and scheming Parties who are forever screwing each other over, and disbanding and reforming.
February 10Feb 10 On 2/9/2026 at 5:33 AM, smedly said:the foreign haterlets see, my guess is he will utter a few words and completely destroy tourism in Thailandhope I'm wrongHe only hates farang. The Chinese are still welcome. No more farangs kee nok.
February 10Feb 10 On 2/8/2026 at 9:13 PM, Jim Waldron said:Well! What an unexpected outcome.I’ve been around Thailand for half a century now, and this election is a real surprise.I don’t think many would have predicted the BJT to have performed so well. Conversely, I can’t believe the People’s Party fared so poorly.I believe the result is largely due to the border dispute with Cambodia. National pride seems to have pushed Thais toward their conservative security blanket rather than taking a risk with the more progressive options.That said, no party governs alone here. So, as ever, coalitions will decide the real outcome. Even if BJT are the eventual winners, they’ll still have to compromise with others.Regardless, it looks like Anutin is in a strong position to become the next PM, but the next few weeks of bargaining will tell us where things truly land (and assuming there are no legal challenges).Even though the final result is still uncertain, I suspect the elite are quite content with how things have turned out!A very succinct analysis and one that I agree with totally.It will be interesting to see where the PP goes from here as I am sure they expected much better resultsI do feel the war with Cambodia was very muc against then politically and was used by their conservative opponents cleaverly Contact : Legal Lifeline jeremy[at]divorcelifeline.co.uktony[at]divorcelifeline.co.uk More details on Legal Lifeline
February 10Feb 10 Nattaphong, the leader of PP, was very foolish to hand governance of Thailand to Anuthin back in October. Didn't he know that Newin Chidchorp, the true owner of Bhumjaithai , is a veteran mastermind of handling Interior Ministry officials and all political 'business'? To hand the keys of power to Bhumjaithai was extreme naivety, and what happened? Within weeks , 60 MPS had defected from ailing parties to join what they clearly saw as the likely winner of the election. It was if the PP leadership didn't understand constituency politics. Many people vote for an MP who they trust will get things done for them, get a good slice of the national budget for their province. The ban yai phenomena, it's how politics works for most of Thailand. PP need to lick their wounds, change the leadership, rethink their strategy. They are right on many issues in trying to reform Thailand, they have won the hearts of the young so all is not lost, though I fear Pita will be banned from politics for life. Still, another 4 years and Thanathorn, the true leader of Future Forward/Move Forward, The People's Party will be back, having served his 10 year ban!Turning to Anuthin and an interview with Time magazine. Here is an extract regarding the economy- Anutin hopes that his resounding mandate can at least provide a modicum of stability while he enacts his pro-business agenda. He advocates creating new jobs by promoting industries from emerging global growth sectors, such as electric vehicles, medical and wellness services, bio-technology, and the digital economy.But economists warn more structural reform is required to truly arrest Thailand’s economic tailspin. This includes breaking up the monopolies—family-linked conglomerates dominate key sectors such as energy, retail, telecommunications, and food, with the top 5% of companies controlling over 85% of total revenue—something Anutin told TIME he is determined to tackle. But with such action against the interests of his elite backers, only time will tell whether he will truly walk the talk. “Structural reform is never painless—but postponing it is far more costly,” he says.What Anutin’s Election Means for Thailand and the World | TIMEI don't see how a party backed by the elite, can even attempt to break up the monopolies in the Thai economy!Regarding new jobs, with his sizeable majority, Anuthin will be able to hang on to the important portfolios regarding the economy, presumably handing them over to capable technocrats as he did in his government's three month tenure. That was an astute move.
February 10Feb 10 On 2/9/2026 at 8:32 AM, dinsdale said:Nationalism is a good vote generator.Yes it's a great substitute for progressiveness.
February 10Feb 10 On 2/8/2026 at 10:33 PM, smedly said:the foreign haterlets see, my guess is he will utter a few words and completely destroy tourism in Thailandhope I'm wrongHe lived in the USA for 8 years.Education: He attended secondary school at Worcester Academy in Massachusetts (1984–1985) before earning a Bachelor of Engineering from Hofstra University in New York in 1989.Early Career: Following his graduation, he worked as a production engineer at Mitsubishi Corporation in New York City before returning to Thailand to join his family's construction business.Anutin often cites this eight-year period as highly influential to his personal development and his pragmatic approach to international relations.anuthin pm of thailand did he live in the us for 8 years? - Google Search
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