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A right royal confusion
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 10/02/2019
» So a petite, 67-year-old woman stood against the tanks and the many-starred green shirts of the Royal Thai Army, and she whipped them. Public opinion agreed on that, and public opinion is how the nation's going to settle it on March 24.
The big issue: Wrecking ball
Alan Dawson, Published on 05/07/2015
» The website PainScience.com explained last week that a "perfect pain spot" is the Shins. They are “plenty sensitive if you press on them” but “Shins probably will suffer in silence”.
The big issue: Sparing country [redacted]
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 14/12/2014
» In 2002, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorism and US military pushback, the CIA opened a secret facility in central Thailand. The agency brought two high-level al-Qaeda operatives, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, to the site and launched a new programme of "enhanced interrogation" techniques on them including physical assault and waterboarding, distressing many US officials.
The big issue: After the honeymoon
Alan Dawson, Published on 29/06/2014
» Much was made last week of a couple of opinion polls that showed the coup authorities in general, no pun intended, and the head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in particular are pretty popular guys right now. "Guys" because a glass ceiling is part of the new administration.
The big issue: Tick-tock
Alan Dawson, Published on 04/05/2014
» For six months, it has been a death match, but politics has suddenly taken on the air of a death watch. In a matter of days, the actions of caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be judged by two bodies generally seen as critics or worse, and the top man at either one can literally throw her out of office as easy as snapping his fingers. Easier.
The Big Issue: The Men in Black
Alan Dawson, Published on 29/03/2014
» The most important question in politics is now pretty obvious to everyone. Does Suthep Thaugsuban or Jatuporn Prompan have the bigger one?
The Big Issue: What happens next?
Alan Dawson, Published on 22/03/2014
» Remember the election last month? No, of course you don't. That was a trick question. There was no election last month, a flat fact written in stone by six wise men after a Friday morning meeting.
The big issue: Kamnan Thep hits the streets
Alan Dawson, Published on 01/12/2013
» Anti-government leader Suthep Thaugsuban attracted a huge crowd last Sunday to his "million-man rally", the biggest political protest since the 2005 heyday of the pre-coup yellow shirts.
The big issue: A borderline case
Alan Dawson, Published on 17/11/2013
» Resolution Monday failed to live up to its billing, for which everyone can be thankful. But now comes Wild Wednesday.
The big issue: A city of two tales
Alan Dawson, Published on 10/11/2013
» If a film company held a script contest, this one would be rejected. The government faces major street protests, with one faction angry that the prime minister's brother will be forgiven many crimes, and another faction angry that the prime minister's main political opponent will be forgiven many crimes.