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I must admit something: yes, the new EBRC boundaries were the reason why WP left Marine Parade post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 11, 2025

I must admit something: yes, the new EBRC boundaries were the reason why WP left Marine Parade

Boundaries matter, though not in the way you're being told.

The GE battle in Tampines was so important that it is going to influence future elections post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 10, 2025

The GE battle in Tampines was so important that it is going to influence future elections

General Election 2025
Politics
Workers’ Party
People’s Action Party
PAP’s 4G leadership transition started poorly but ended better than any before it post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 9, 2025

PAP’s 4G leadership transition started poorly but ended better than any before it

General Election 2025
People’s Action Party
Politics
The real reason opposition parties hate the EBRC and shifting boundaries: it forces them to work post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 7, 2025

The real reason opposition parties hate the EBRC and shifting boundaries: it forces them to work

General Election 2025
Singapore Opposition
Virtue signalling has (very nearly) sunk the Workers’ Party post image
By Michael Petraeus
Dec 4, 2021

Virtue signalling has (very nearly) sunk the Workers’ Party

So far, I have not commented on Raeesah Khan's recent resignation as, frankly speaking, I didn't think it was all that important. It was just a logical conclusion to the recent scandal, which - ultimately - would not change many minds about Singapore's politics.

Politics Singapore Opposition Workers’ Party
Why do left-wingers make things up? post image
By Michael Petraeus
Nov 2, 2021

Why do left-wingers make things up?

So, Singapore has its own Jussie Smollett now. If you're not familiar with American politics, Jussie Smollett is a young, black American actor who claimed in 2019 that he was assaulted by men in masks, telling him "it's a MAGA country", etc. It later

Politics Singapore Opposition Workers’ Party
Jamus Lim misquotes the Nobel Prize winner post image
By Michael Petraeus
Oct 13, 2021

Jamus Lim misquotes the Nobel Prize winner

Despite David Card's rebuttals, his findings on minimum wage continue to be peddled by left-wing economists and politicians as dogma.

Workers’ Party Singapore Opposition Politics Economy Jobs
LKY SPP professor suggests wealth tax for Singapore. It’s a terrible idea. post image
By Michael Petraeus
Sep 15, 2021

LKY SPP professor suggests wealth tax for Singapore. It’s a terrible idea.

Lee Kuan Yew would not be pleased.

Economy National Budget
Indians in Singapore by the numbers post image
By Michael Petraeus
Sep 3, 2021

Indians in Singapore by the numbers

If not through CECA are they "stealing" jobs in other ways?

Society Immigration
How many Indians are employed in Singapore through CECA? post image
By Michael Petraeus
Sep 2, 2021

How many Indians are employed in Singapore through CECA?

Ten thousand? Hundred thousand? A million? No.

Economy Society Immigration
Would Malaysia stand a chance in a war with Singapore? post image
By Michael Petraeus
Aug 24, 2021

Would Malaysia stand a chance in a war with Singapore?

Probably not, what makes its occasional provocations against the city-state (like the latest video published during Singaporean NDP) even more comical.

International Affairs Malaysia
How BBC is fabricating news stories about Singapore post image
By Michael Petraeus
Aug 13, 2021

How BBC is fabricating news stories about Singapore

The way one of the world's largest broadcasting organizations is fishing for news is dubious at best...

Politics Media
Understanding decisions about Dover forest (Analysis + Map) post image
By Michael Petraeus
Aug 11, 2021

Understanding decisions about Dover forest (Analysis + Map)

Factors other than the environment are no less - and often more - important.

Housing Society
How Marxism is breeding intolerance - and racism - in Singapore post image
By Michael Petraeus
Aug 10, 2021

How Marxism is breeding intolerance - and racism - in Singapore

Brought to you by the country's "loving critic".

Politics Society
Handling of the Dover “forest” HDB development has been world-class post image
By Michael Petraeus
Aug 4, 2021

Handling of the Dover “forest” HDB development has been world-class

Years of planning, environmental studies and public feedback have led to a compromise which, however, will never satisfy the complainers...

Housing Society
Can the PAP claw back opposition wards by leaving them? Maybe, but there’s one problem... post image
By Michael Petraeus
Jul 30, 2021

Can the PAP claw back opposition wards by leaving them? Maybe, but there’s one problem...

Logically speaking it makes sense to leave the Workers' Party to bear full responsibility for TC affairs and have voters see the results. But politics rarely depends on logic...

People’s Action Party Politics
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