Too Many Cooks...

Thai politics trawls even deeper levels of inanity as the Constitutional Court sacks the Prime Minister - for the apparently unconstitutional act of appearing on a TV cookery show. Given the guy has a track record for Tiananmen Square-style massacres of his own people (see 6 Oct 1976), it seems somewhat ironic to be impeached for such a trivial offence. Still, it got cheers from the crowds who've been occupying his offices for the last few weeks. And what exactly are they doing there? The more you hear their demands, the more you wonder. They style themselves the 'People's Alliance for Democracy', but their manifesto is decidedly undemocratic: 'Western democracy can't work in Thailand, as voters can be bought - the only way is for us to decide on the people's behalf.'