Thaksin Sinawatra DOESN'T have a stake in Liverpool. He did try to buy 30% or so, but the negotiation broke down. I don't understand why you brought up the issue in the first place. Thaksin is a democratic leader, who happens to be very rich. But, his money has not much to do with his POLITICAL success. He is a shrewd politician who works for the betterment of Thai people. Money can buy you few MoPs when needed but not a political success if thats not your goal. King and Nepalese people uniting against a common threat would be an excellent scenario if all of us could trust him and his intentions. Many people don't and rightly so. Politics aside, in the last two years, do you know by how much the royal budget increased? King is already rich, and he knows and he has seen the poverty in our country. Why increase Royal budget then? The reason is: King believes that he is above people, and he truly believes that he has a historic if not divine right to rule our nation. That is why I doubt his intentions, and that is why there is so much hues and cries. I could be wrong but I don't believe I am wrong, and that is why people like me oppose his moves. By the way, I think our politicians are corrupted and visionless people, but since I believe in democracy, I would rather support a corrupted visionless politicians than a corrupted and autocratic King, who I believe is equally visionless.