What happened in Thailand and Phuket?

UK holidaymakers warned to avoid travel to Thailand http://www.asap.co.uk/news/uk-holidaymakers-warned-to-avoid-travel-to-thailand-5633553.html There is some disagreement in Thailand about what kind of government to have. The majority of people in Thailand are poor and don't have much education. And some well-off people in Bangkok don't want to have a democratic government that has been elected by the poor and uneducated majority. They are trying to depose the government by closing down important roads, airports, and government buildings through demonstrations and occupations. The army and the police are sympathetic to the demonstrators. Perhaps because these people pay more taxes than the poor majority pays. And basically there is a breakdown of law and order in Thailand. It's not safe to go there now because some criminals can take advantage of the disorder to commit more crimes. And there is potential for violence between government supporters and government opponents. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12070465

Read the Phuket Gazette online to be bang up to date, it is very very safe, not one foreigner has been injured in the slightest. The unfounded fear means there are fewer foreigners and bargaining is easy - high season with cheap prices - I am in Phuket now and it is fabulous.