A poll to end all coups?


Bad odds: Sudarat Keyuraphan (left), leader of the Pheu Thai party, taking a selfie with a supporter as Thailand heads into its first general election since the military coup almost five years ago. – Bloomberg

IF the Thai polls are a 750m race, Phalang Pracharat (military junta proxy party) starts at 250m while Pheu Thai (Thaksin Shinawatra’s party) starts at 0m.

Today, Thais go to the polls five years after the military seized power to oust an elected government.

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