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THAILAND’S first election since the 2014 military coup descended into chaos yesterday after the Electoral Commission (EC) delayed announcing preliminary results amid complaints over irregularities and inaccurate data.
Initial reports pointed to victory for the pro-military Palang Pracha Rath Party which would have allowed it to form a government under the current prime minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha.
The EC announced after polls closed on Sunday that the PPRP had won 7.6 million of the popular vote with 90 per cent of the ballots counted, half a million more than Pheu Thai – a party linked to former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra.
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
RAMZY BAROUD assesses the notable shift of US public opinion away from a carte blanche for Israel’s actions in the Middle East
Morning Star Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON analyses polling for the Senedd election — and it’s bad news for Welsh Labour
