Fighting talk as besieged Thai loyalists try to rally

#KingKeepFighting was the hashtag used by the embattled Thai prime minister’s operations centre at the weekend on a Twitter post with pictures of a walkabout by King Maha Vajiralongkorn (above).

Faced by protesters’ calls on Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to quit and the monarchy’s biggest challenge in decades, the royalist establishment is showing signs of attempting to mobilise a counterattack...