There was an insightful op-ed in the BKK Post during the week comparing Thailand’s political drama to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, its quite the read and rather spot on, see below for some snippets and a link to the full article

Our politics over the past 10 years has been one huge Shakespearean tragedy. A bitter feud between two rival camps which has resulted in many needless deaths on both sides. A politics fuelled by revenge that would put Hamlet to shame. And many once bright and aspiring leaders now have their lives in tatters for daring to pursue a life in Thai politics.
The Shinawatra clan faces a barrage of criminal court cases. Hundreds of political actors are doomed to eternal political exile. Meanwhile, the aspiring new generation of leaders like Abhisit Vejjajiva and Chaturon Chaisaeng have had their names, quite unfairly, dragged into Thailand’s brand of gutter politics.

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An amnesty bill has been declared unconstitutional when it’s for Thaksin but totally constitutional when it’s for the junta, by invoking the same law. Multi-billion dollar high-speed train projects have been quashed under the Pheu Thai government, but approved without the Constitutional Court raising an eyebrow, all by invoking the same law.

Source: Bangkok Post