Is it time to become a Thaksin Twitter follower?

Fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s publicity machine keeps him constantly on the front page.

And once again the Bangkok Post dutifully falls into line and does its part in making sure that although he has gone, he has not been forgotten.

Today we learn from the Post’s reporters, who unquestionably are avid Facebook and Twitter fans, that Thaksin

divorced his wife Khunying Potjaman at the Thai consulte in Hong Kong in November last year to protect his family.

According to the Post, he told his Facebook audience

… in my heart I still feel married and only divorced to save my wife and her family the shame and trials of actions against myself.

Unbeknown to Thaksin and oblivious to the shame, his ex-wife and family are working tirelessly to promote his new Puea Thai party, while at the same time distancing themselves from direct involvement in the red shirts’ pardon petition to His Majesty The King.

If people really want to know about this Thaksin ‘heartspeak’ nonsense let them read his page on Facebook or his Twitter tweets or perhaps join his other 13,359 Twitter followers.

But, please can ‘the newspaper you can trust’ spare us from this “news”?

On second thought, I might just make enquiries about following him on Twitter. If his previous form in garnishing support is anything to go by I may well receive some personal pecuniary benefit by also being a Thaksin Twitter follower.