Mobile Wrongtone...

You may recall my post of a couple of days ago mentioning the political scrapes of Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra. No? Okay then, in a nutshell it goes like this (deep breath) - scandal followed swiftly by resignation calls prompting the dissolving of Parliament and announcement of a snap election which is being boycotted by the two main opposition parties who know that despite his unpopularity Thaksin would probably still win. *phew*

I bring all this back to your attention because a related incident caused some embarrasment for a TV interviewer in Thailand this week... Imagine the scene - you are interviewing the deputy leader of Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party, Sudarat Keyuraphan, when your phone goes off...

What? Well, yes, that is a little embarrassing, but not exactly mortifying is it. Unless your mobile ringtone happens to consist of a soundbite where media boss Sondhi Limthongkul is shouting "THAKSIN GET OUT!". Oops.

Apparently the deputy leader responded by icily offering to assist the owner in finding another ringtone.

In other news I note that Britain's own PM, Citizen Blair, fancies himself as a Trotsky-ite. Apparently it was a book on Trotsky that inspired him to enter politics and he feels that it left a deep impression on him. So deep, in fact, that it was completely hidden from view when he took over the Labour Party in 1994 and set about turning it into New Conservative. Erm, I mean New Labour. Maybe...

Cheers m'dears!