Yingluck Shinawatra, the 'puppet' hanging by a thread in Thailand
Thai leader Yingluck Shinawatra is on the brink - but it's the fear that her brother Thaksin is still pulling the strings that is driving the protesters
Mention the name of Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's prime minister, to any of the hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying Bangkok's Ministry of Finance and a torrent of abuse follows.
"Yingluck has no brain," said Sunthon Kem, a 69-year-old retired lawyer.
"You can see that from her manner. She's not a real prime minister. She's just a puppet of her brother.''
The people have to run the country … We don’t want any more politicians
Sunthon was one of an estimated 1,000 people who stormed the ministry compound on Monday and stayed the night.
It is part of a campaign to force Yingluck and the ruling Puea Thai party from power. About 100,000 people staged an anti-government demonstration in central Bangkok.
But Sunthon's comments are mild compared with the vitriol protesters reserve for Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck's older brother. Thaksin, who was prime minister until he was overthrown in a military coup in 2006, fled into exile two years later to avoid corruption charges.
Most Thais believe it is he rather than his sister - the prime minister since August 2011 - who actually runs the country from his homes in London, Dubai and Hong Kong.