From politics for ten years. The move could also have major implications for southeast asias second largest economy and impact investor confidence. Mr srettha spoke shortly after the ruling. Translation i respect the verdict of the Constitutional Court. I reiterate that for almost one year i have been in this role i have tried with good intentions to lead the country with honesty. Lets speak to our South East asia correspondent, jonathan head, whos in bangkok. He almost expressed a sense of shock at that ruling, is that the general feeling in thailand, are people surprised by this decision by the court . ,. , court . They are, even though the court . They are, even though the court has an court . They are, even though the court has an extraordinary court . They are, even though the court has an extraordinary track. Court has an extraordinary track record. All those Prime Ministers you mentioned, it has dissolved more than 13 parties and this is a court many argue is more powerful than
And banned its former leader from politics for ten years. The move could also have major implications for southeast asias second largest economy and impact investor confidence. Mr srettha spoke shortly after the ruling. Translation i respect the verdict of the constitutional court. I reiterate that for almost one year i have been in this role, i have tried with good intentions to lead the country with honesty. Our south East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head told me the Courts Decison on Mr Srettha came to a suprise by the people. They are, even though, of course, the court has an extraordinary track record. All those Prime Ministers you mentioned, it has actually dissolved more than 13 parties and this is a court many argue is more powerful than any elected government in the country. For all that, the whole business about this petition against Mr Srettha was not taken that seriously. I mean, thailands politics are not famous for their ethics, all sorts of colourful and pretty disreputa
Welcome to The Beat the weekend, lets get to the headlines. Busy week in politics comes to a close, three weeks since the news broke that Kamala Harris was entering the president ial race when Joe Biden exited, driving headlines that shifted from the democratic Panic And Infighting to sheer party exuberance. Her campaign achieving a lot these past three weeks, reshaping the race in contrast between the familiar and unpopular Donald Trump, who often looks like he is doing political equivalent of Airing Reruns from seasons past. Contrast between that and this newer face for many voters, especially the nonnews junkies, Kamala Harris. Even though the reruns seem lower energy, he is holding fewer rallies in previous campaigns, less than half the rallies he did in the summer of 16. Democrats are all in on the race with harris with the donations and manes and big crowds, trump seems stuck in the matchup that is over, fixating on the history of his duel with biden. He addressed Reporters Yeste
Another week of shows. We are grateful. The beat starts now. Happy friday. Have a great weekend. This busy week in politics draws to a close. We are heading into a weekend marking three weeks since that news broke that Kamala Harris was entering the president ial race when Joe Biden exited, driving headlines that shifted from all that democratic Panic And Infighting to a sheer party exuberance. Her campaign has been achieving lot, reshaping the race into Ray Contrast between the familiar and unpopular Donald Trump who looks like he is doing the political equivalent of Airing Reruns from seasons past, a contrast between that and this newer face for many voters, especially the nonnews junkies, Kamala Harris. Donald trumps reruns seem lower energy. Fewer rallies, less than half that he did in the summer of 16. Democrats are in on this new race, embracing harris with the donations and memes and big crowds, trump seems struck in the matchup thats now over. Fixating on the history of his due
Think its a big factor anymore, really. That issue is very much subdued. A panicked Donald Trump tries to force his way back into the spotlight in the laziest way possible, frankly, in a work from home hot Mess Press Conference following more than two weeks of getting completely upstaged by the energy of the harris campaign. But the weird old guy is still getting owned by regular folks. He comes to michigan, he talks about hes going to bring back the auto industry. Let me tell you something. Donald trump doesnt know [ bleep ] about the auto industry. And he doesnt give a damn about the Working Class in this country. And as that man, Uaw President Shawn Fain meets today with the Harris Walz Ticket, were going to expose just how bad Trump And Project 2025, yes its still a thing, would be for working men and women in america. But we begin tonight with a lesson in how to and how not to run a president ial campaign. First, the house to. Just look to the harris walz campaign. In short order,