Abhisit the Bullshit Merchant

Some people deal in stocks and shares, others like Thailand's illegitimate Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, deal in bullshit. He's made a political career on the stuff, always looking for that photo opportunity with someone famous or influencial, in the vain hope that it will add legitimacy to his sadly disunited government.

Abhisit has had to wait a whole ten years for his chance to rule over his Thai subjects, during which time nobody has ever voted for him, not even when he became "Prime Minister". A bit of political arse licking et voilá, Abhisit made it to the very top of the ape tree.

Abhisit is the ideal Prime Minister for Thailand, not only is he an empty suit, but the Thai king chose him. Ideal, in fact. The army too, love this stuck up Eton "educated" English toff. That's because he's a puppet, with no ideas of his own and little or no credibility as a leader.

So the question on everyone's lips is, when will Adhisit finally quit talking shit and call an election? Answer: When he's sure he can win. In other words, never. Oh, sure, recently he was pontificating about the possibilty of holding general elections, but it was only more of the usual political bullshit.

It's not that Abhisit and his cockroach party don't have "good" ideas (they recently proposed increasing the penalty for lese majeste from 15 years to 25 years) it's just that elections don't always produce the "right" results. Anyway, in Abhisit's Thailand, legitimacy doesn't come from a mandate from the people.

No, Abhisit is the product of old style Thai politics. His premiership is the result of the traditional wheeling and dealing, the army re-shuffles (it's my turn to mount a coup!), and those "desperado" attempts to catch the Thai king's eye. Democracy? Don't be silly.

But things are changing in Thailand. Abhisit's arch rival, Thaksin Shinawatra, is now just across the Thai border. Closer than ever to his red shirt supporters. Despite all the propaganda, it's clear that many Thai people would gladly vote for Thaksin in a general election and welcome him back as Thailand's only legitimate Prime Minister.

For Thailand's royalist elite, Thaksin's triumphant return to political power is a nightmare scenario, but as more Thai people learn the sordid truth about their leaders, the possibly of democratic change in Thailand edges closer with each day that passes.

Abhisit's days as the Thai army's puppet are numbered. Not even the stock market now believes the bullshit merchants running the government. Which is why at the slightest rumour about the Thai king's health, shares plunge. What Thailand needs is change. It's time for Abhishit to either call an election, or pack his bags and piss off back to Newcastle.

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