On a chilly recent evening in Thailand’s rural heartland, veteran politician Chalerm Yoobamrung, a senior People’s Power party member, delivered a simple message to 5,000 villagers listening politely at a low-key election rally.
In a fiery speech, Mr Chalerm said that supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra – the former prime minister ousted in last year’s military coup – should vote for the PPP in parliamentary elections on December 23 so that they could help bring the exiled populist home.
