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...best weapon is evidently Thaksin's name. Anyone attending the party's rallies could be forgiven for thinking that the deposed PM is running for office. A recent Samak rally in Yasothon province in Isaan attracts thousands of people, many of them trucked in from surrounding villages. A stall sells books and pamphlets attacking the former PM's political and military foes, plus a VCD featuring an emotional Thaksin called One Year Missing. "I cried when I watched it," says the old woman selling them. The two candidates whom Samak has come to support are all but forgotten. Instead...
...Keeping the military in its barracks and out of politics will be one challenge for Thailand's next PM. So will healing the country. Suriyasai Katasila, secretary general of the Campaign for Popular Democracy, has accused the PPP of drawing up an "enemies list," something that the party's deputy secretary general Noppadon Pattama denies. "Let bygones be bygones," he says. "We should not fail the Thai people by arguing and quarreling." Noppadon says his party has adopted "a less confrontational style." If so, nobody has told PPP pit bull Chalerm Yubamrung, who has publicly vowed to "execute" Thaksin...
...want to go back as Prime Minister. It's too much already," Thaksin told Reuters on Dec. 7. "My wife will divorce me if I go back to politics." So Thaksin will never be PM again? "Nothing can be ruled out," smiles PPP executive Noppadon, who doubles as Thaksin's spokesman and legal adviser. "He is still young and very energetic." Back on the campaign trail in northeast Thailand, a PPP candidate is urging his audience to send a message to Thaksin. "Please clap loudly so that England can hear you," he says. It's a safe bet that England...
...Australians wanted a change and Kevin Rudd campaigned brilliantly, offering a low-risk "me too" alternative but with sharp differences from unpopular Howard policies, particularly industrial relations, where his campaign was helped by a multimillion-dollar campaign by the trade union movement. Howard will be remembered as an outstanding PM who ultimately outstayed his welcome. Good luck, Mr. Howard, and thank you for your service. Nick White, Brisbane...
...Your article on Australia's Kevin07 election was thought-provoking. Just one question remains: After Sir Robert Menzies' reign as the longest-serving Australian PM, the Liberal Party tried a series of leaders without electoral success. John Howard was the country's second-longest-serving PM. Now that his heir apparent Peter Costello has declined to stand as opposition leader, will we see history repeating itself? Murray Hunter, Waitakere city, new zealand...