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Pheu Thai to have slim chance of heading future govt: NIDA academic

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, now part of the opposition bloc, will likely have a slim chance of becoming core of a future government whilst the Bhumjaithai, core of the current coalition government, and the People’s, the largest opposition camp, may roughly have a 50:50 opportunity to head one following a general […]

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Pipat confident of Democrat MPs’ planned departure for Bhumjaithai

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME Minister-cum-Transport Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn today (Oct.7) rested assured of an upcoming phenomenon in which a number of Democrat MPs representing southern constituencies will depart for the Bhumjaithai to seek re-election under the tickets of the core of the current coalition government despite the likelihood of Abhisit Vejjajiva coming […]

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Abhisit won’t be able to stop Democrat MPs from departing

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA will likely be named Democrat leader again later this month but he could not do much to help restore the exponentially-ebbing popularity of the country’s oldest party or stop Democrat MPs from leaving for other camps during a run-up to a general election, speculated in the upcoming March, […]

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Potjaman urged to take helm of Pheu Thai

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters POTJAMAN NA POMBEJRA, former spouse of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, has been advised to take the helm of the previously ruling, currently opposition party in place of her daughter/court-deposed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in effort to keep all MPs of the neo-conservative camp from skipping over to […]

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Southern Ruam Thai Sang Chart MPs tipped to skip over to Bhumjaithai

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as an early part of preparations for renegade MPs to contest the next general election, a trio of elected lawmakers representing southern constituencies will likely depart an ultra-conservative party for another despite both being currently in government. Ruam Thai Sang Chart MP Supol Julsai is largely […]

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‘Thaksinism’ continues to stay in politics even with founder behind bars: Academic

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters “THAKSINISM” WILL likely keep its presence felt in Thailand’s political landscape albeit with diminished bargaining power despite its founder/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra being literally put behind bars, supposedly serving his one-year jail term, remarked a noted academic today (Sep.10). Though Thaksin was yesterday sent back to jail […]

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Thaksin says he’s coming back from Dubai on Monday?

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has informally confirmed that he is definitely coming back to Bangkok on the upcoming Monday after he had unexpectedly departed for Dubai on Thursday. Thaksin, father of former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, posted on his X page to say he is certainly returning […]

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Thaksin scrambles to get Prayut return as PM

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra was covertly scrambling to have former coup leader-turned-prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha named for prime minister again in a last-ditch effort to prolong his Pheu Thai-led coalition government, a partisan source said today (Sep.2). The mega-billionaire, power playing Thaksin has conjured another secret deal […]

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People’s dare Pheu Thai-attached caretaker PM to dissolve House now

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S TODAY (Sep. 1) dared the Pheu Thai-attached caretaker Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai to dissolve the House of Representatives now in order to call a general election without unnecessarily waiting for a decision of the largest opposition party to pick any partisan candidate for prime minister. People’s spokesperson/MP Parit […]

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Paetongtarn not visiting Constitutional Court on Judgment Day

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra is not going to visit the Constitutional Court on the upcoming Friday to hear an historic court verdict on an impeachment lawsuit which might probably warrant an ouster of her as head of government if judged guilty of perpetrating conduct in severe breach of ethics and […]

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