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A sharp sting or a slow bleed? Pritam Singh has to decide how he’s going to hurt the opposition post image
By Michael Petraeus
Dec 11, 2025

A sharp sting or a slow bleed? Pritam Singh has to decide how he’s going to hurt the opposition

It's up to him to allow for healing to begin - or to delay it indefinitely.

Workers’ Party
Politics
Singapore Opposition
Singapore’s PM Lawrence Wong committed the gravest sin against Beijing: he told the truth post image
By Michael Petraeus
Dec 1, 2025

Singapore’s PM Lawrence Wong committed the gravest sin against Beijing: he told the truth

China
International Affairs
Lee Kuan Yew’s final wish was to preserve the Oxley house post image
By Michael Petraeus
Nov 21, 2025

Lee Kuan Yew’s final wish was to preserve the Oxley house

Society
Politics
Preservation of LKY’s 38 Oxley Rd. house serves the opposition far more than the PAP post image
By Michael Petraeus
Nov 10, 2025

Preservation of LKY’s 38 Oxley Rd. house serves the opposition far more than the PAP

People’s Action Party
Politics
Society
Singapore Opposition
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

Ownself check ownself?

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?

Who's really posting "trash" here?

General Election 2025 Workers’ Party Politics
Singapore is uniquely exposed to the extreme consequences of bringing Palestine into local politics post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 20, 2025

Singapore is uniquely exposed to the extreme consequences of bringing Palestine into local politics

There are historical parallels that extremists may want to twist to serve their violent purposes.

International Affairs Society Law & Order
WP abandons Muslim voters, turns to the Chinese with its NCMP pick, heeding advice from Terry Xu post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 19, 2025

WP abandons Muslim voters, turns to the Chinese with its NCMP pick, heeding advice from Terry Xu

Identity politics is alive and well in the Workers' Party.

General Election 2025 Workers’ Party Politics
Workers’ Party beat the PAP in the constituencies it contested. Or did it? post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 17, 2025

Workers’ Party beat the PAP in the constituencies it contested. Or did it?

Lies, damned lies and statistics, again.

General Election 2025 People’s Action Party Workers’ Party
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

Workers' Party will remember this lesson for long.

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

Lawrence Wong becomes the first PM to improve on his predecessor's result.

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

Why put in the effort if you can just claim PAP is running a dictatorship?

General Election 2025 Singapore Opposition
Why didn’t PAP send a stronger team to retake Sengkang? It wasn’t worth it because of the NCMP scheme post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 6, 2025

Why didn’t PAP send a stronger team to retake Sengkang? It wasn’t worth it because of the NCMP scheme

For the future of Singapore it would be better if Sengkang returned to the PAP. But the possible political outcomes made it a gamble not worth taking.

General Election 2025 People’s Action Party
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
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