農暦五月五日。端午節。今日も官邸で書類整理。一先ず仕事は自転車操業から多少前向きに。帰宅して晩に九龍城新三陽の粽を飰す。ピーター＝バラカン師が何かの記事で幼いころにラジオでStevie Wonderの“Music of my Mild”を聞いて衝撃を受け、とくに“Girl Blue”のことを熱く語つてゐて数年ぶりに、この曲を聴く。
▼英エコノミスト誌の最新号から記事二つ。天安門事件25周年で“The lessons of history”（こちら）。天安門事件での学生殺戮は明らかな誤謬、その後の経済発展、社会問題……
The party has proved unexpectedly adept at tackling a series of crises since 1989. But it will need to be even more agile if it is to remain in power for another 25 years.
とわかってはゐるのだが何がどう効果のある改善策なのか、が誰もわからず。またタイの政治的不隠定につき“In for the long haul”（こちら）は先週号に引き続き今回の政変と王室の絡みについて。不安定な政党政治より軍政の現実主義。
There is much speculation that Mr Thaksin is close to the king’s 61-year-old son and heir, Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. A martinet, he is immensely unpopular among Thais. The crown prince and his entourage sat out the coup at an English country hotel―not the first time he has taken his pleasures elsewhere as a political crisis unfolded at home.
The idea of Mr Thaksin being cosy with the crown prince horrifies Mr Suthep and probably the generals. As one analyst puts it, “they wanted to be in power to manage the succession.” It seems unlikely that the generals would actively seek another royal to succeed the king when the time comes. But, crucially, they will be in charge of the process, not Mr Thaksin. And so the junta is finishing off what the PDRC started.
