I have to say that the whole Ridout saga is quite absurd but what makes it worse are the double standards that so many people are eager to apply to the government and opposition, while professing to care about Singapore. And I don't mean some frothing lunatics from
The problem with media in Singapore isn't that journalists aren't free to write what they want but that they're just a bunch of lazy hacks who don't know how to do basic fact-finding. And the city-state makes it pretty easy to find
Sometimes I'm wondering what do people actually expect if Singaporean opposition ever took power. Two biggest topics - rightly or not - are costs of life and costs of housing. Now, setting aside the fact that they are objectively not high compared to other cities, I would like
When Pritam Singh suggested mandatory English testing for new citizens of Singapore, little did we know that the inspiration must have come from within his own party. Every few weeks now it turns out another one of its MPs tries to convince us all that what he said means something
Remember Jamus Lim proposing wealth taxes of up to 2% for Singapore? Well, this is what has just happened in Norway, after the government bumped the local wealth tax rate by 0.1%. Norway is one of the few countries which is taxing wealth, at a combined rate of 1%
Something remarkable has happened, proving that maybe change in Singaporean politics is possible after all! Workers' Party Leon Perera condemned "flashy soundbites that smear our opponents, that the media then viralise" - adding that he doesn't want his kids to grow up in a "
How easy is it to get Singaporean citizenship? Well, contrary to the popular belief, SG is no USA nor Europe. And I think it is important to understand just how heinous the spin about verifying English proficiency for all new citizens is. I assume, of course, that Pritam Singh understands
A few weeks ago, Pritam Singh proposed that all new citizens in Singapore should pass an English proficiency test and I have to say this proposal has given me mixed feelings - mostly of surprise and disgust. Not that it is not (or may not) be a valid topic of
Shamelessness is a word I use often a lot because I can't help but wonder where are its limits among the people who attack Singapore and all the people who built it. Where is the limit beyond which one would say - OK, that's just wrong,
After being caught lying under oath what should disgraced people do? Bow their heads in shame and apologise to everybody, before disappearing out of view for all eternity. Alas, this is rarely the case among those of poor morals. They would rather continue shamelessly gaslighting everyone. If you lied once
Dear Jamus Lim: why do you lie? How do you get up in the morning and look in the mirror knowing that you're about to start another day shamelessly misleading millions of Singaporeans, going as far as abusing your parliamentary privilege to spew outright falsehoods, only to play
So, Pritam Singh chose to grandstand again, this time preaching about the dangers of division of the country into two Singapores. To fight it he urges more wealth redistribution! And then he chose to circulate what I'm sure his party colleague would call "folksy wisdom", that
