HONG KONG - Only days after divorcing his wife Potjaman, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to the Kingdom in an attempt to claim a new seat of power, a coveted bar stool at the entrance of Nana Entertainment Plaza.

The seat has reportedly been occupied and defended by fellow divorcee James Brisdale of Newcastle, England for the last 6 weeks.

Providing sightlines both up and down the soi and also into the Entertainment Plaza itself, the stool is considered the single best place for divorcees to scope hookers while contemplating their failed love lives.

Newcastle’s Brisdale said he would consider giving the former prime minister of Thailand his stool if Thaksin would pick up his tab occasionally, an offer Thaksin wants to negotiate.

Thaksin’s lawyer says that if the deal does go through Thaksin would occupy the bar stool for the foreseeable future, looking glum and watching life pass by on the soi.

“Khun Thaksin is hoping for a simple life now,” said his close friend Chalerm Yoobamrung who shared dinner with him in Hong Kong. “Like many middle-aged men, he is looking forward to a break. It’s been a tough couple years. He lost his job, his wife, but he is going to the right place. I am sure the girls at Nana Plaza will take pity on him and fuck some life back into him,” said Chalerm.