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On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me a coup against my arch enemy.
On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me a farcical referendum, a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent me to Samak Sundaravej. A farcical referendum, a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me one in three MPs and Samak Sundaravej. A farcical referendum, a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me PAD attacking, one in three MPs and Samak Sundaravej. A farcical referendum, a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me some right royal backing, PAD attacking, one in three MPs and Samak Sundaravej. A farcical referendum, a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me a cook-show PM sacking, right royal backing, PAD attacking, one in three MPs and Somchai Wongsawat. A farcical referendum, a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me an airport occupation, a cook-show PM sacking, right royal backing, PAD attacking, one in three MPs and Somchai Wongsawat. A farcical referendum, a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me PPP’s destruction, an airport occupation, a cook-show PM sacking, right royal backing, PAD attacking, one in three MPs and my new best friend Newin. A farcical referendum, a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me 80 MP’s seduction, PPP’s destruction, an airport occupation, a cook-show PM sacking, right royal backing, PAD attacking, 243 MPs and my new best friend Newin. A farcical referendum, a brand new constitution, a party dissolution and a coup against my arch enemy.
(Rest assured, with practice this can be sung. Here is the music!)
Christmas is Coming!
The Geese are getting fat!
Please put your all your wages in the ex-cop beggar’s hat!
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Ha ha. This is hilarious. And it can be sung (well, kind of).
I like it. Thank you.
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I see an album in this, Andrew. There’s a carol for everyone…
… for Sondhi and Chamlong:
“O Suvan’bhumi, O Suvan’bhumi, How are thy planes so dormant! Not only in high season time, But specially when the airport’s mine…”
… for the PAD toughs:
“O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to beat the cops again; Come and behold them, Run from their vehicles; O come, let us assault them, O come, let us assault them…”
… and the whole family:
“O star of wonder, star of light, Star with Royal Beauty bright… King forever, ceasing never, Over us all to reign.” (No changes to that one)
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Who is Abhisit’s true love? Abhisit’s true love is Abhisit!
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Very nicely done, Andrew!
I think the main objective of the ‘hidden power’ is not so much to install Abhisit and the Democrats in Govt House as to eliminate Thaksin once and for all from politics. It’s only that the Democrats present the only viable alternative. Let’s see how the Democrat-led government fare in this volatile situation.
What seems to be emerging is that the fight is becoming one between genuine democracy and the force struggling to maintain the status quo. It certainly started with the more personal conflict, but now it has become broader and involves more abstract principles. The Democrats will only destroy themselves if they are aligned too much with the other side and are too dependent on them.
I see this as a momentous historical change in Thailand. Thaksin of course has a big role to play in this, but he is only a character in the show, and now the show does not revolve around him any more. I have overheard a lot of people in the markets talk with a lot of interest and concern about politics. They are increasingly taking the matter into their own hands, realizing that power really belongs to them. We have to take a long term perspective. Note these events in 2005-2008 and come back again in five or six years.
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[…] of 2007. Abhisit’s action has highlighted the fact that he owes his prime-ministership to the un-democratic chain of events set in place by the coup of September […]
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