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Another constitutional change the Thaksinites want to undo is one that legitimised all the coupmakers' actions including the creation of a powerful panel to investigate corruption allegations against Mr Thaksin.

To imagine, as some do, that the red shirts will all go home to tend their fields is wishful thinking, argues Chris Baker, a historian and biographer of Mr Thaksin.

"Thaksin thinks tonight and acts tomorrow," he says.In this section Some mother's son Thaksin's harvest Sodomy, the sequel In ruddy health Lone madmen without guns A nation's bouncers Troubled transition The elusive fruits of inclusive growth ReprintsSo do the red shirts, though not all its factions think alike, to the frustration of negotiators.

There was a foretaste of this in late July when Thaksin fans armed with clubs and axes attacked a demonstration by his opponents in the north-eastern city of Udon Thani, injuring around a dozen.

The establishment, led by the monarchist Democrats, regards the red-shirt movement as an unwashed rabble in the sway of Mr Thaksin.

But the constitutional court's case is the more threatening: it could bring down the entire government, and the judgment will not require the approval of the senate.The constitutional court was established only after the 2006 coup against Mr Thaksin.

Mr Prem, who is 94, leads an ultra-royalist faction of Thai society that disapproves of both the crown prince and Mr Thaksin.

Then, they polled second to the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party PPPP), whose court-ordered dissolution in December ushered in the Democrats.In this section Fading colours The knock on the door False start Regrettable facts Hello again, God of Plague Comrades-in-arms Kim family saga: third and final act ReprintsBut an improved Democrat showing seems a tall order.

It is the fifth consecutive victory for a pro-Thaksin party and is a sharp rebuke to the governing elites.

Thus, pressed on who might join her cabinet, she refused to say that the Pheu Thai foot-soldiers, the militantly pro-Thaksin "red shirts", would automatically be rewarded for their loyalty and support with cabinet posts.

But an anti-Thaksin street-protest movement, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), insisted that it would not give up until it forced the resignation of the pro-Thaksin government, led by the prime minister, Samak Sundaravej.