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‘Uncle SMS’ death inspires hypocrisy, indifference among politicians

By Siam Voices Sat, May 12, 2012 9:30AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut The death of Ampon Tangnoppakul on Monday, known as “Ah Kong” (grandpa) or “Uncle SMS” and imprisoned under the lèse majesté law for allegedly sending inflammatory text messages against the monarchy, has sparked widespread outcry, condemnation and anger — domestic and international alike. However, one group of people that have been very...

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Nida Poll shows improvement in approval ratings for Yingluck; decline for government

By Bangkok Pundit Fri, May 04, 2012 9:00AM UTC Comments Off

There is a new NIDA Poll which surveyed 1,245 people nationwide which was released April 18. The title of the poll is “Satisfaction with the government and the Prime Minister, 2nd poll, Performance of the government and the Prime Minister between January-March 2012 ” (“ความพึงพอใจต่อผลงานรัฐบาล และนายกรัฐมนตรี” ครั้งที่ 2 ในการปฏิบัติภารกิจของรัฐบาลและนายกรัฐมนตรีระหว่างเดือน มกราคม – มีนาคม 2555). NIDA notes that they...

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E-san poll on Yingluck government performance

By Bangkok Pundit Thu, Apr 19, 2012 11:37PM UTC View Comments

E-san poll is not a poll that BP usually blogs on and hence you may wonder how accurate are their polls. Two months before the 2011 election, they surveyed voters in all 20 provinces in the Northeast on which party people would vote for in the July 3, 2011 election. The result was Puea Thai, 63.9%; Democrats, 20.7%; and...

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ABAC Poll: Yingluck increases lead over Abhisit to more than 20 points

By Bangkok Pundit Thu, Mar 08, 2012 11:41PM UTC View Comments

The first ABAC Poll in September showed Yingluck with a 25 point lead over Abhisit. ABAC didn’t conduct another poll until January which showed the lead had dropped to 20 points – see BP’s post about that poll here. In February though, ABAC did another poll. The poll surveyed 2,585 people between February 15-18 (yes, am a...

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ABAC Poll: Yingluck supports drops, but maintains 20 point lead over Abhisit; 50% no confidence in either

By Bangkok Pundit Mon, Feb 06, 2012 9:00AM UTC Comments Off

It is a few weeks old, but last month ABAC had a poll that surveyed 4,689 people between December 1, 2011 and January 18, 2012 in 17 provinces, namely Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakarn, Chachoensao, Subhan Buri, Nan, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Amnat Charoen, Srisaket, Loei, Sakon Nakorn, Udon Thani, Nakhon Ratachasima, Surat Thani, Yala,...

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