THAILAND ELECTIONS HAVE 'FEW SUPPORTERS' - BBC NEWS

The Thai government will seek the army's help to hold elections in February which the opposition is planning to boycott. In a national broadcast, the Deputy Prime Minister said he will ask the army chief to provide security for the polls. On Thursday the government rejected a call by the election commission to postpone the vote, after a policeman was shot dead during political violence in the capital. The BBC's Jonathan Head is in Bangkok - where he says the election has few supporters.