• OPINION

  A breakdown of Brexit

  News, Postbag, Published on 21/06/2016

  » On Thursday, the British will be making the most important decision of their lifetime in the EU referendum.

• OPINION

  Bad flood dreams

  News, Postbag, Published on 20/05/2017

  » Not surprisingly the better part of Bangkok flooded during the heavy rain in the early morning of May 16 and it looks like the BMA once again was caught off guard. We live in the Bang Na area just opposite Central City and since the last rainy season ended all the equipment used to pump out water has just been left without any sign of regular maintenance. Suddenly required, the BMA will have to get hold of technicians, required spares, operators, etc.

• OPINION

  Kingpins remain untouched

  News, Postbag, Published on 20/05/2018

  » A <i>Bangkok Post</i> report this week showed 36 foreign nationals and one Thai were detained during tourist police-led raids on 104 locations across the country in the early hours of Thursday.

• OPINION

  Revamp the military

  News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2019

  » Let's briefly consider local geopolitics and the Thai military. Thailand needs China like it needs another coup. However, China needs Thailand for a variety of reasons. The US has had a longstanding favourable relationship with Thailand and is its most powerful ally.

• OPINION

  Just the way it is...

  News, Postbag, Published on 27/05/2019

  » The headline on the March 26 Sunday editorial, "Politicians must put public first", caught my eye. "The interruption gave the impression that some politicians are still self-serving, rather than serving both their voters and their country. This is unfortunate." It may indeed be unfortunate, but self-serving politicians are a Thai political reality, a way of life, and no amount of rhetoric, public or private, will ever bring this practice to an end.

• OPINION

  The glue doesn't stick

  News, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2019

  » The excuse that the "skewed scales must have been due to poor glueing during its making" offered by the director of the Chumpholphonphisai School in explanation for the controversial Wai Kru flower arrangements as reported in the Bangkok Post's June 15 edition, is priceless.

• OPINION

  Outlook still bleak

  News, Postbag, Published on 15/12/2020

  » Andy Cule's Dec 13 letter asks the reasonable question as to why vaccinated tourists would need to quarantine when coming to Thailand. Unfortunately, the vaccines have only been found to be effective in stopping symptoms of the virus, but have not been tested to see if they prevent infection and therefore the ability to infect others.

• OPINION

  Devil always wins

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/06/2021

  » Re: "Suu Kyi's sedition trial set to begin", (BP, June 16).

• OPINION

  Giving us a break?

  Oped, Published on 26/06/2021

  » There were five PostBag letters on June 24. Not one of them was from Felix Qui, Burin Kantabutra, Kuldeep Nagi or Eric Bahrt. Was it because they didn't write any or because the PostBag Editor finally decided to give readers a break from those guys?

• OPINION

  Let pupils design uniforms

  News, Postbag, Published on 06/11/2022

  » Re: "Casual dress allowed at college exams," (BP, Nov 5).

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