Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra conceded last night that the popularity of upstart progressive party Move Forward prevailed in the election in a post-mortem of the second-place showing of the movement he’s led directly or indirectly for over two decades.
Addressing fans in a livestream, the Clubhouse-loving fugitive Pheu Thai Party founder congratulated all newly elected lawmakers and the Move Forward Party for outperforming his team, which he insists remains in high spirits, and sought to dismiss fears he would broker a secret deal to form a competing government.
“We are going to learn from our mistakes, make improvements, and allow the older generation to step back a little in politics,” the exiled head of the Shinawatra dynasty said in a chat with starchitect Duangrit Bunnag and former journalist and government flack Teerat Ratanasevi. “Today we…
