I lived in Thailand for long enough to learn that the politics of the country is absolutely mad. I don’t find much time to blog about what’s happening in Thailand because I’m not there at the moment and I don’t have much to add to the discussion. There are more than enough Thailand blogs offering commentary and analysis. Every now …

I'm thinking about consistency here. On July 3, Thaksin had his request to travel to the UK and China denied. He was out on bail and had not been charged. Pojaman, on the other hand, has been sentenced to three years in jail for tax evasion. Thaksin and Pojaman are due in court on September 16 to give evidence in …

The Supreme Court has just blocked Thaksin's request to visit China and the UK. Is this justifiable given that he has not been found guilty in a court of law of any of the charges brought against him ?

Pastrygate has been sharing the limelight with the censure debate. The whole debacle raises many issues and is one of the oddest stories of the year so far. Three of Thaksin’s lawyers were jailed on Wednesday for six months for trying to give a court official 2 million baht contained in a “pastry” box. The alleged bribe attempt happened on …

This title is obviously a joke, but the way things at Man City look at the moment, they may as well employ a bunch of clowns to play for them next season. The whole situation has turned from Man City potentially becoming the next Real Madrid or Chelsea, to the team looking like the jokes of the footballing world. After …

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