Khun Thitinan is an optimist. Havin

Khun Thitinan is an optimist. Having removed Thaksin from the political scene (or so they thought), his opponents lost the opportunity they had then to completely reshape Thailand's political landscape....
Judging by the behaviour of the "Democrats" and other groupings over the last few days, there is no evidence that the will is there for them to do so now. It will surely not be long before "The Manager"...
and others, some on these pages, begin once again to excoriate the "undeserving and uneducated phrai".


An excellent analytical piece, Knun Thitinan. You said that the politial landscape at the moment is ripe for a third-party alternative. I couldn't agree more, but the problem is the way a political party alternative. I couldn't agree more, but the problem is the way a political party being set up in Thailand is just like someone's setting up a private company instead of a genuine political institutionsthat most countries with mature democracy have. Case in point, hasn't Thaksin mentioned in his recent interview that he would set up two more alternative parties in the region that Pheu Thai popularitymay be in the wane?