Former Thai Prime Minister flees to England

I like the summary posted on the Big Mango Blog by Smitty:

Wow folks. What a crazy turn of events – seems Thaksin is calling it a day. I have been feeling for some time that he would pack it in and realize that his insistence on staying in the country would just mean the country would continue to falter. Based on the latest court action it seems that the guilt was starting to pile up and the Olympics was the perfect get out of Thailand free card. My guess is this was all brokered and agreed upon with the Royalty and the current government since if they wanted him to stay they would have never let him go. Personally – I think this is good for the country and may allow some form of reform to set in without most of the government time being spent on defending corrupt practices and botched elections. But hell – what do I know but I don’t think he will be back for some time.

Saves me from having to write a long-winded opinion.