Best of friends or enemies?

Pheu Thai Party leader Cholnan Srikaew shakes hands with Move Forward Leader Pita Limjaroenrat after a meeting of the eight coalition parties at the MFP headquarters in Bangkok on July 2. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The Pheu Thai and the Move Forward parties will have an adversarial relationship right through to the next election and beyond, according to a political analyst.

Both parties have a knife behind their back, ready to stab one another.