Thaksin appeals for support amid deepening crisis

The largest opposition party, the Democrat Party, has shunned Thaksin's offers for dialogue.

"I don't know what we would talk about," Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters. "I don't think it's necessary."

"There is no way out of the crisis unless the prime minister accepts that the key part of the problem is his own legitimacy," Abhisit said.