In many ways, the metaphor of empire is seductive.

That's plausible.

Is this plausible?

It sounded plausible.

And then, because I'm looking for the upside here, I've got to have believable upside.

That is no longer believable.

Manufacturing plausible sounding objections to Ukrainian membership is easy.

Sound sensible?

This is very promising.

Sounds tricky?

Sound like your run of the mill?

Do you like the sound of it?

Sounds exciting.

It sounds great!

It sounds familiar.

This sounds fishy.

That sounds scary.

Sounds good to me.

That sounds fair.

It sounds easy.

That sounds awesome.

That sounds good!

It sounds simple.

It sounds interesting.

That sounds amazing.

That sounds amazing.

That sounds lovely.

That sounds promising.

That sounds serious.

This sounds good.

This sounds reasonable.

Sounds good!

It sounds good.

It sounds strange.

That sounds logical.

Does that sound convincing?

That sounds hopeful.

I suppose that makes sense.

It sounds great.

It sounds lovely.

It is Grizabella.

It is entirely plausible that Thaksin did help finance the protest. It is also likely that some radical hot heads wanted to overthrow the government by mob action.

But it is the balance of political forces that determines whether such a justification will be credible.

It is entirely plausible that Thaksin did help finance the protest.

This is very promising.