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Promises, promises
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 19/08/2018
» The general prime minister is off to the South this week. The trip to Chumphon has been planned for a while, so the irony is coincidental.
Life without populism
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 06/05/2018
» Once upon a time in a land very, very far away with a "government by the people, for the people" there was a plan to fix recalcitrant taxi drivers and make them pick up passengers, politely, and then to reward the drivers with a fare increase. And that plan was carried out in the faraway country, and passengers were happy to reward deserving, hard-working, uncomplaining taxi drivers.
A rough landing
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 13/08/2017
» The media treatment of the Don Mueang immigration mess made it seem like a new and unexpected event. As in Casablanca, officials were shocked -- shocked -- to find gambolling in the arrivals hall.