Coup!!

Some of you may have noticed that our old home of Thailand has been taken over by the military.

I have been in touch with friends and associates who are still there who assure me that there is nothing to worry about. Business continues.



Fortunately, this was achieved with the support of The King and therefore the people. In addition it removes Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was (in my opinion) working for himself rather than the people.



Unfortunately, it is the first coup in 15 years and it is no way to deal with political issues in a democracy.



Why the opposition boycotted the last election when they had a fine chance to remove him then, I don't know.

Maybe someone could help me with that one.



The military will be appointing a new PM next week and there will be fresh elections in 2007.
Although this is not ideal, I am sure that the issues will be resolved peacefully.


Meanwhile, we watch and wait to see what happens...


Photo: Darren Whiteside of Reuters