You may join them by sending your letters to webeditors@nationgroup.com. Readers are allowed to use pseudonyms but your real name must accompany the letter. We present with some selected feedback:

Thanks for your coverage of the turbulent events over the past months. My deep respect for that. You did a great job. Of course in most cases you took the side of the PAD, but being an independent newspaper does not mean to avoid taking up a position. Being critical of a corrupt leader is not against democratic rules. In fact, I would like to see some European news¬papers acting as bravely as you did during the heavy storms of the past.

For many journalists it's easier (and more pleasant for their ego) to make friends with politicians than to keep a critical distance.

That your website is free of charge shows that for you it's the news that count. Without you it would have been much more diffi¬cult for outsiders to follow Thailand's struggle for democracy over the past months. I wish for you and the whole country that the future will bring reconciliation. The resistance from many Thais which forced Thaksin out of office should be a role model for other countries - Italy for example, which is facing similar rule under Silvio Berlusconi (until Sunday's election?). Not to mention the world's dictator George W Bush. In this light, Thai democracy works as well (or badly) as in Western countries - although they practised it a few hundred years before.

Serhat Uenaldi

Germany

What else you can say? Whatever Thaksin did, there must be something to criticise in a bad way. We know that you are one of those losers. Hey, guys! Think about your country more than your own benefits, sometime,  guys!

Chutikarn J

It seems that your foreign readers are in general as ignorant as The Nation itself. There are a lots of comments about Thaksin, there is never any positive note. The Nation seems to be very worried that Thaksin will still wield influence. Maybe The Nation should make clear that Sanan Kajornprasart is a dangerous convicted kingmaker still stirring up trouble. He is not mentioned.

Chamlong Srimuang and Sondhi Limthongkul have a lot of demands but no solutions. Abhisit Vejjajiva surfaced because he lacks weight. And now there seems to be a movement towards changing the Bt30 scheme. Maybe the poor should ask what the real cost is for their health when it comes to Bangkok pollution.

On top of that nobody seems to give a damn about the cost of infra¬structure projects in Bangkok. Let's start there! We cut a highway and we have found all the money we really need. The Nation and all other newspapers are really in need of an unbiased competitor. Maybe that is why they were so upset when Paiboon Damrongchaitham wanted to buy a newspaper.

I urge Thaksin to buy a good newspaper, the other English one maybe, and put the facts straight. Thaksin is a smart man, and that is why lots of Bangkokians are jeal¬ous. He will be able to get himself a great political adviser and polit¬ical marketing specialists in London or the US. With a bit of money even the notsosmart masses in Bangkok will understand that they cannot do without major¬ity rule.

Thailand has lost its face. It is no better than 100 years ago. The minority decides who will rule the country!

Robert

I am really sad to experience the latest development in your coun¬try. I have been for many years an admirer of Thaksin Shinawatra's government and was really happy to see him take over the first time around as the country prime min¬ister since in my view the country needed a new government after many years of widespread political corruption. However, over the past couple of years I have started to be more and more concerned about the strong indications of systemat¬ic abuse of power and Thaksin's lack of judgement and touch with reality.

During the past couple of years corruption in Thailand has been on the rise again. This is a fact but I will not spend time on it here as I think most people know and have been reading about it for a long time. However, the fact that Thaksin through his personal and family interests and dealings has been able to create a situation that divides the people in Thailand is very serious and more serious is that he does not acknowledge this situation. The fact that Thaksin does not recognise the damage to the country of this situation that he alone has created is really serious and shows that he does not put the interest of Thais above his own political ambition. I hope Thaksin will quickly draw the conclusion by himself or by advice from others that his resignation is overdue and if he has any conscience left and once again can think about the best for the country, he should leave office now.

SH Pedersen

Norway