Thaksin on the run and his world is shrinking fast

THAKSIN Shinawatra, now a full-fledged convict on the run, might have sensed that the revocation of his UK visa was coming. It was surely a setback to his plan to seek asylum in England, while scheming to seek a return to political power back home. The harsher blow was more to his king-sized ego. The revocation must have eroded his confidence by a considerable degree. He can no longer return to live in his plush mansion in Surrey and enjoy the hospitality of Britain, selected as his place of refuge. He has also made his wife suffer because she too is barred from entering Britain.