WHO WILL BE THAILAND’S NEXT PRIME MINISTER?
Here is a brief preview of five people with the best chance of taking office after today’s general election:
Prayut Chan-O-Cha Current Prime Minster | 65
Ex-army chief who led the coup in 2014 that toppled Yingluck Shinawatra
Abhisit Vejjajiva Former prime minster | 54
He is an Oxfordeducated head of the Democrat Party
Sudarat Keyuraphan Candidate of Pheu Thai party | 57
Her party is linked to Shinawatra clan. She served in Thaksin’s cabinet
Anutin Charnvirakul Marijuana advocate | 52
Son of a construction tycoon. His party could play a role of a coalition partner
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit Athletic billionaire | 40
Has a rockstar appeal among millennials
london — Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked sinking Prime Minister Theresa May’s premiership.
Marchers set off in central London with banners proclaiming “the best deal is no Brexit” and “we demand a People’s Vote” in what organisers said could be the biggest anti-Brexit protest yet.
After three years of tortuous debate, it is still uncertain how, when or even if Brexit will happen as May tries to plot a way out of the crisis.
May hinted on Friday that she might not bring her twice-defeated EU divorce deal back to parliament next week, leaving her Brexit strategy in meltdown. The Times and The
Daily Telegraph reported that pressure was growing on May to resign.
“I would feel differently if this was a well managed process and the government was taking sensible decisions. But it is complete chaos,” Gareth Rae, 59, who travelled from Bristol to attend the demonstration, said.
“The country will be divided whatever happens and it is worse to be divided on a lie.”
Pro-EU protesters gathered for a “Put it to the people march” at Marble Arch on the edge of Hyde Park around midday, before marching past the prime minister’s office in Downing Street and finish outside parliament. While there was no official estimate of the numbers, campaign organisers said hundreds of thousands of people were in the crowd as it began to march.
Organisers were confident that the size of the crowd would exceed a similar rally held in October, when supporters said about 700,000 people turned up.
Phoebe Poole, 18, who was holding a placard saying “never gonna give EU up” in reference to a song by 1980s popstar Rick Astley, wasn’t old enough to vote in the 2016 referendum.
“We have come here today because we feel like our future has been stolen from us. It is our generation that is going to have to live with the consequences of this disaster,” she said.
“It is going to make it harder to get a job. You are already seeing a lot of large companies leaving. I am worried about the future.”
Two hundred coaches from around Britain were booked to take people to London for the march. One coach left the Scottish Highlands on Friday evening, and another left from Cornwall on England’s western tip early on Saturday morning.
A petition to cancel Brexit altogether gained 4 million signatures in just 3 days after May told the public “I am on your side” over Brexit and urged lawmakers to get behind her deal.
In the June 23, 2016 referendum, 17.4 million voters, or 52 per cent, backed Brexit while 16.1 million, or 48 per cent, backed staying in the bloc.