Thailand's Thaksin: Agenda in Tatters

'Grand compromise' was never going to happen

Hoping for the best

Thai political godfather Thaksin Shinawatra’s unwieldy 11-party coalition, cobbled together in what was called a “grand coalition, is surviving for now, but political analysts expect political infighting among the lesser parties to reduce its shelf life to perhaps six months. His ambitious government agenda has largely come to a stop …