Another option for Johnson at lock could be to promote Sale's 20-year-old James Gaskell to the elite squad next month, after his call-up to the Saxons.
During an hourlong interview in Korn's colonial-style bungalow in central Bangkok (his workplace and an ersatz meeting hall for the opposition), he was at pains to explain how he wants to promote investment in Thailand yet take Thaksin, and even Temasek, to task over the Shin sale.