This will do Thailand no good. The lesson of the past 15 years in that ever more Thais want a say in their country.Banishing the Shinawatras will not change that.The West should make clear to the generals that a constitution that bans Thailand's most successful party from power is a step backwards. If they still go ahead,military ties should be broken.The era of Thaksin may be ending;but the democracy that he so imperfectly represented is Thailand's only hope.
From the print edition:Leaders