Politics

PM Thaksin

I thought i'd escaped political bullshit when I left the UK. It seems however, that its just as bad in Thailand.

At the moment, there is a national problem with the PM Thaksin. Thaksin is an incredibly rich bloke to start with, he used to own the largest mobile company in Thailand. That was until he sold it to a Singapore based company for a cool $1.2 billion. The opposition went ape shit for several reasons;

1. Thaksins kids sold a load of shares a few days before the sale, thus making a load of dosh and avoiding an even bigger capital gains tax payment.

2. Selling a national icon to a foreign company is seen as treason. Why I dont know?

3. They did not get their share of the cash!!!

It seems to be only the middle class in Bangkok who are making a fuss, Most of the people and all of the rural territory support Taksin, he seems in my veiw to have done a OK job as a PM. This wont stop the vocal minority from causing loads of trouble under the pretext that the lower class dont know any better. Its not that they dont know better, its that they have more things to worry about. Like the UK, whoever is in power makes no difference to your everyday life.

I thought politicians wanted power to improve themselves and get more money, why else would you go into goverment?

There is a massive opposition rally on sunday, hopefully there are no flash points, last time there were this type of rallies ten years ago, scores of people died in the ensuing chaos.

I'll keep you informed.