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Thaksin vies for top spot with PM
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/01/2025
» You can call Thaksin Shinawatra a former prime minister and de facto leader of the Pheu Thai Party and, lately, also de facto prime minister, as you wish -- because none of those names are wrong. It would, however, be fiercely denied by the guardians of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who insist she is still in charge of the government and running the country.
PM must step out boldly
News, Editorial, Published on 30/12/2024
» The annual tradition of giving nicknames to the prime minister and cabinet members by Government House correspondents appears like innocuous satire, but the sobriquets often reflect -- and above all -- affect the public perception of the leadership.
Is it the end of populism, or just a pause?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/06/2023
» We're going to miss the populist "big beasts" now that they're gone. Who will now tell us that "Voting Conservative will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3"? (Boris Johnson) Who will describe Barack Obama as "handsome, young and also suntanned"? (Silvio Berlusconi)
Travel puff
News, Published on 17/10/2022
» Re: "Airline sees weak October spending," (Business, Oct 15) and "Tourism's October boom," (BP, Oct 15).
Control-deny-delete
News, Postbag, Published on 07/08/2022
» Re: "US shoots itself in the foot over Taiwan", (Opinion, Aug 5).
Warning: It's blowing a hoolie out there
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/04/2022
» Part of the ceiling of our small carport was blown off by a freak gusting wind recently. No great drama but this minor incident served as a reminder of just how powerful the wind can be, even an insignificant "Bangkok gust". I am truly thankful not to have experienced tornadoes like those in the US which must be terrifying.
Fatal love triangle, teen stab and run, jealous geezer
News, Mae Moo, Published on 28/11/2021
» Teen keeps man in spares
Flag carrier cuts costs by 44.8 billion baht
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 02/11/2021
» Thai Airways International (THAI) has managed to cut costs by more than 44.8 billion baht this year and made a large portion of revenue from cargo transport, according to Piyasvasti Amranand, member of a THAI panel overseeing a court-monitored debt rehabilitation plan.
'Mr Double' runs out of puff, sex sting nets drug lord
News, Mae Moo, Published on 31/10/2021
» A young man filmed arguing with a sex worker after his adventures in bed ended prematurely has a colourful past, says a city businessman who linked him to the theft of his high-price motorbike.
Gang brought to heel, noisy neighbour menace, feng shui upset
News, Mae Moo, Published on 03/10/2021
» Reign of terror comes to end