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And now the cancer may be coming back, holding hands with the watch collector

So they need their arch enemies to join too to have a majority in Parliament - The Democrats, Pravit's party, Prayuth's party. Yes, Pheu Thai, join with those military backed parties you swore you would never join. If you had an ounce of democratic backbone you would follow MF into the Opposition and let the military backed minority government fail at the first hurdle..But you can't, your owner wants to come back to Thailand so you'll work with the junta parties. What a weasley and sorry bunch PT are. Pass the sick bag, Alice

Where's the twist in this story that the headline proclaims?

He didn't say nobody, he said they .They being the elite who don't want MF because of its reformist agenda.

Too late bignok. The jumping, or rather pole vaulting, began at the words death and Koh Tao..

The Democrats stopped believing in democracy a long tine ago.

Many didn't even turn up.

The 112 issue is just an excuse to oppose him. The real reason the elite oppose him is his reforms: Reduce the size of the army, number of generals Cancel conscription Reduce the civil service End monopolies, I,e in the alcohol sector Reduce privileges for the elite Increase taxes on the rich

He disclosed the shares to the NAAC years ago.

They always refer to the security of the nation. The standard: 'patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel'.

Not so. The existing MPs have 60 days to join a new party, as FF MPs joined MF when FF was dissolved.

PT's leader is already starting to quote, ' the country must come first, it needs a PM to solve its problems'. Translation - ' We are abandoning MF and our ideals in search of riches and glory at the government trough.'

No use with the junta appointed senators still having a vote in selection of the PM.

If Pheu Thai betray the democratic alliance and join Pravit and Bhumjaithai to form a government, I'm not sure what sort of reception Thaksin would get if he returned. Apart from the junta supporters who will always hate him and despise him further for his willingness to abandon allies, he will have alienated many of his former supporters. Sure, they'll be die-hard red shirt grannies who'll still adore him but others?

That's true. They're out of a job next May or June.

Regarding coups and judicial intervention to cripple parties, I think the situation now is different to when Thaksin's parties were dissolved. At that time a large part of the middle class rallied to the conservative forces, the Democrat Party was still significant, and Thaksin himself was seen as a threat to the traditional order and the reverence surrounding its pinnacle. But now a large percentage of the middle class support MF. The obvious manoeuvres of the establishment to remove MF's rightful claim to power are angering white collar workers who see MF as the one and only party to take Thailand forward. I'm not sure a coup or 'fixing' Parliament will work this time

It would be a minority government, every bill destined to fail unless PT joined them as well. But that would disgust many PT supporters and some of their MPs who vowed never to work with the military backed parties again.

I love the 'dark country' mournful violin sound. So atmospheric. Reminds me of Charles Frazier's classic ' Cold Mountain.'

The 'who will accept you?' means amongst the privileged senators, elite, who is going to accept a reduction of their benefits.. Talk about 112 is an excuse to reject MF

A senior figure at one of the Thai banks posted this on his Facebook page: The rejection of MF is not about loyalty. It's because you want to reduce the army, reduce the number of generals and civil servants. Scrap some laws, reduce power, reduce monopolies, reduce all personal privileges. The only thing you're going to increase are taxes on the rich Who can accept you?

I concur, PT and MF must stick together. If the senators refuse to approve of Settha, their bias will be seen to be intolerable. If PT break away and form an alliance with Bhumjaithai and Pravit, they deserve to be hammered at the next election. Thaksin, where do you stand on this? (on the fence).