what could this mean for thaksina shinawatra, who just tha ksina shinawatra, who just arrived thaksinanawatra, who just arrived in the country and was jailed for eight years?- arrived in the country and was jailed for eight years? well, he is obviously hoping _ jailed for eight years? well, he is obviously hoping there _ jailed for eight years? well, he is obviously hoping there will- jailed for eight years? well, he is obviously hoping there will be - obviously hoping there will be leniency, he would not have come back if they had not been some kind of understanding. none of us know the details but those prison sentences which have hung over him for many years have always be the reason he did not come back before, and so we assume that some kind of deal is there and i think that underscores the difficult position that he and his party have got themselves into, by coming back, mr thaksin needs leniency, he needs his party to have control of key ministries, particularlyjustice, to ensure that leniency, but that means his party cannot upset their conservative allies to much, they cannot

mr strettha is not familiar to many but a name that many of our viewers will know is that of thaksina shinawatrainteresting, he is in prison right now, i think he knew that was going to happen. it has always been clear that to come back he would have to accept even though he has challenged in the past the prison sentences passed on him for things he did when he was in power but there has been a lot of negotiation and he has a rich man who lives in a great deal of comfort, he would not have come back here if he thought he was going to spend long in prison. but in some ways he is a hostage because yes, his party is in government but it is in the coalition, his party is not as big as it used to be in the past and they are going to have to focus on keeping mr thaksin out of prison, the family fund the party, so how much can they possibly pursue the reforms that they have promised in the past, for example, to demand a better constitution, to demand limits on the military and politics, these are things which used to bdo to the heart of pheu thai supporters but the party is not going to be able to purs