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    Of lords, ladies and gentlemen

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/09/2019

    » Congratulations are in order to former Bangkok Post journalist Natalie Bennett who has been made a House of Lords peer and is now named Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle. Natalie, or rather Lady Bennett, who had been the leader of the Green Party for several years, was given this title in former prime minister Theresa May's resignation honours list last week.

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    Boris battling Binface and Buckethead

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/12/2019

    » It is hard to get too excited by this week's UK election as it seems to have come down to a question of who is the least unpopular. This is not as simple as it sounds because they are all unpopular, so it could turn into quite an entertaining scrap.

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    The choice is yours, and best of luck

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/03/2019

    » There's an old dictum, "democracy is the right to make the wrong choice", and one suspects there are plenty of wrong choices available out there, but hopefully also a few good ones as we enter the final straight leading to March 24.

  • OPINION

    On handling the gentlemen of the press

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/01/2018

    » It is hardly a secret that the Thai prime minister is not exactly enamoured with the media. The press can admittedly at times be a pain in the posterior for those in power. It cannot be much fun having microphones shoved in your face after breakfast every morning by a scrum of journalists asking awkward questions about watches, submarines and elections.

  • OPINION

    From Lord Buckethead to 'Bus Pass Elvis'

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/06/2017

    » One of the few entertaining aspects of the recent British election is the variety of characters that run for office, invariably representing parties with daft names. It serves as a reminder that politics doesn't have to be a total bore. These eccentrics were particularly noticeable in the constituencies in which the "big names" were running. It was enough for BBC television anchor David Dimbleby to sniff that the election "seems to attract every, Tom, Dick and Harry".

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    Fire engines in the firing line again

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/07/2016

    » It looks like we might be at the start of another fire engine saga, something the unfortunate Thai public has become all too familiar with over the years.

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