And Thailand’s PM Merry go-round continues. Is this the end for the Shinawatras? How many more female family members can Thaksin throw to the wolves?

There’s enough analysis out there over the potential scenarios and who could be the next PM and/or the potential for the government being dissolved and new sham elections held. Sham elections? As anyone with half a brain knows, unless the constitution that was implemented by the military is changed to be more “democratic”, elections are a waste of time. At least with the previous constitution(s) the only way to throw out a PM was via riots, now a simple phone call (acting like a political novice), can get one banned.

So for the markets, same same, domestic demand is meh, tourism is recovering, FDI is so-so, there are several amazing companies that operate in Thailand are in the top 5 of their export markets but there isn’t much one can do versus a strong currency and Chyna. Let’s see what happens.

Someone clever mentioned to me that if Thailand simply changes the visa system to be more straightforward, Thailand could easily boom again. Impossible? I don’t think so, it took a number of years but remember those stupid immigration cards we used to fill in? Gone. Just takes a desire to do so. Let’s see.