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Let’s talk about foreign interference in Singapore again post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 30, 2025

Let’s talk about foreign interference in Singapore again

Who's really trying to interfere?

Media
Society
Politics
Bertha Henson has yet again decided to show why she’s out of a job post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 30, 2025

Bertha Henson has yet again decided to show why she’s out of a job

Media
Society
Exactly two years after Workers’ Party’s biggest scandal, we’re still waiting for answers post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 26, 2025

Exactly two years after Workers’ Party’s biggest scandal, we’re still waiting for answers

Workers’ Party
Politics
Yee Jenn Jong is upset with me but didn’t he break his word about retiring from politics? post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 23, 2025

Yee Jenn Jong is upset with me but didn’t he break his word about retiring from politics?

General Election 2025
Workers’ Party
Politics
Singapore’s perfect man: Pritam Singh is never responsible for any failure post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 5, 2025

Singapore’s perfect man: Pritam Singh is never responsible for any failure

The perpetual victim of Singapore's politics is at it again.

Workers’ Party General Election 2025
The biggest losers of Singapore’s GE: Tan Cheng Bock and Pritam Singh post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 4, 2025

The biggest losers of Singapore’s GE: Tan Cheng Bock and Pritam Singh

This GE has been far more significant than it seems at first glance.

General Election 2025 Politics Singapore Opposition Progress Singapore Party Workers’ Party
GE2025: Singapore has passed the sanity test post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 4, 2025

GE2025: Singapore has passed the sanity test

Lunatics, race-baiters and liars have all been disciplined by the voters this year.

General Election 2025 Politics
Why did Trump impose a 10% tariff on Singapore? And why isn’t he willing to remove it? post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 2, 2025

Why did Trump impose a 10% tariff on Singapore? And why isn’t he willing to remove it?

Trump's first trade war has taught him some valuable lessons.

International Affairs
A promising run-up to the GE ends with a Nomination Day disaster for the Workers’ Party post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 24, 2025

A promising run-up to the GE ends with a Nomination Day disaster for the Workers’ Party

Glowing headlines of the past few weeks sound hollow today.

General Election 2025 Workers’ Party Singapore Opposition
GE25: Parliamentary majority for the opposition would be the best result - but only if they implement their ideas post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 21, 2025

GE25: Parliamentary majority for the opposition would be the best result - but only if they implement their ideas

Voters should get the taste of the political alternative - but only if it includes all of its ideas.

General Election 2025 Singapore Opposition
Image Credit: Jnzl / Flickr
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 18, 2025

Workers’ Party is inviting defeat in Sengkang with its 2025 manifesto

They had the chance to play it safe but chose to double down on some of their worst proposals instead.

General Election 2025 Workers’ Party
PAP is handling the lead-up to the 2025 election better than five years ago post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 17, 2025

PAP is handling the lead-up to the 2025 election better than five years ago

Has the ruling party learned the lessons from the 2020 disappointment?

General Election 2025 People’s Action Party Politics
Speaking of Harpreet Singh, he just blew up Pritam Singh’s fearmongering tactic for the GE post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 16, 2025

Speaking of Harpreet Singh, he just blew up Pritam Singh’s fearmongering tactic for the GE

Is this why WP didn't want to allow interviews?

General Election 2025 Workers’ Party Singapore Opposition
WP may have a problem as two things make Harpreet Singh a weaker candidate than originally believed post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 16, 2025

WP may have a problem as two things make Harpreet Singh a weaker candidate than originally believed

His CV may be impressive but betrays two weaknesses that might backfire.

General Election 2025
Trump’s tariffs laid bare the fundamental defect of Singapore’s opposition: it represents nothing post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 15, 2025

Trump’s tariffs laid bare the fundamental defect of Singapore’s opposition: it represents nothing

What do they contribute? Why do they exist?

Singapore Opposition Progress Singapore Party Workers’ Party Politics General Election 2025
Donald Trump wrecked the GE campaign of the Singapore opposition post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 14, 2025

Donald Trump wrecked the GE campaign of the Singapore opposition

And they have no idea how to react to it.

General Election 2025 Singapore Opposition International Affairs
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