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Decline and fall
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 04/02/2018
» It now becomes pretty predictable, until the moment of push comes to shove-them-out. The form of the actual end game remains unknown but the beginning has ended, and the end has begun.
I'm asking the questions here
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 12/11/2017
» Well, that changed quickly. Instead of reporters and the political class shouting questions at an absolutely livid general prime minister, there was Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha doing the asking, serenely calm as a midnight millpond while the media squirmed and the political classes went apoplectic.
First they came for the net idols
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 11/06/2017
» The always interesting National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) made a new power play last week. It will go a long way to negate the constitution's already somewhat nominal "liberty to express opinion ... by any means".
The Big Issue: How horrid
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 09/10/2016
» Last month, taxpayers wrote a cheque for 3.3 billion baht when Russia delivered two VIP long-range Sukhoi Superjet 100s. The junta tried to claim they were "transport planes", because carrying important people and their aides is transport, right?
The big issue: The secret plan
Alan Dawson, Published on 17/04/2016
» It could be the least-welcome support ever for the general prime minister and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
The big issue: The Tweet
Alan Dawson, Published on 13/12/2015
» It took one hour and 19 minutes for United States Ambassador Glyn Davies to annoy the super-patriots and ultra-royalists when he told journalists on Nov 25 his government detests the detention of protesters and lese majeste convicts. A week later, United Kingdom Ambassador Mark Kent beat that time by an hour, 18 minutes and 55 seconds.
The big issue: Frogs in a pot
Alan Dawson, Published on 16/08/2015
» The head of the Constitution Drafting Committee suddenly realised he had forgotten something. At a mere 130 pages, 61,000 words, 315 sections, the charter really needed some meat on its bones.
The big issue: Consensus on the constitution
Alan Dawson, Published on 08/03/2015
» There were signs last week that questions are growing and doubts are rising about the 20th attempt to write a supreme law.
The big issue: Almost six months and what?
Alan Dawson, Published on 09/11/2014
» Martial law and rule by the generals hits a milestone in two weeks — six months under the men in green and still many more questions than answers about where Thailand may be in a year, two years and 10 years down the road.
The big issue: Are we graft-busting yet?
Alan Dawson, Published on 30/11/2014
» The charges allege that Thailand's most admired crime fighter, former Central Investigation Bureau chief Pongpat Chayapan, used his influence and a gang of insiders to run a massive corruption-and-violence operation. They allege the gang made so much money they literally could not spend it, and had to hoard it.