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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
Pritam is in no position to preach post image
By Michael Petraeus
Aug 7, 2023

Pritam is in no position to preach

I'm quite perplexed as to why Pritam Singh would assume the position of arbiter over the government / PAP's handling of controversies surrounding its members, given what his party – and he himself – have been found to have done over the past few years. He even compared the

Workers’ Party Singapore Opposition
You can’t get a little bit pregnant, Mr Lee Hsien Yang post image
By Michael Petraeus
Aug 2, 2023

You can’t get a little bit pregnant, Mr Lee Hsien Yang

It's funny how clearly you can see through Lee Hsien Yang's narrative. It's so clumsy only the most gullible can fall for it. So, at first he claimed the Ridout Rd. rentals were a scandal (for some reason) but following POFMA and a threat

Singapore Opposition Politics
The difference between dissident and dishonest post image
By Michael Petraeus
Jul 26, 2023

The difference between dissident and dishonest

I have to say that out of all people trying to crack Singapore's political stability, the character I find by far the most despicable is Lee Hsien Yang. Yes, of course, there are populists out there, crazy activists, failed artists and the rest of the hippies who think

Singapore Opposition Politics
Punishing politicians for extramarital affairs is ridiculous post image
By Michael Petraeus
Jul 18, 2023

Punishing politicians for extramarital affairs is ridiculous

It's also quite likely harmful to the nation AND has little to do with morality. Allow me to explain. If you want to have qualified people running the country they should be dedicated to it. This is especially true in Singapore, where government cadres typically spend decades going

Politics
Crisis management differences between PAP and the opposition post image
By Michael Petraeus
Jul 14, 2023

Crisis management differences between PAP and the opposition

Have you noticed how different the handling of every internal crisis is between PAP and opposition? Both among leaders and supporters. You can look at AHTC or RaeesahGate, or even what these people say and write about public policy (like Louis Chua, Jamus or Leon Perera on HDB), not to

Workers’ Party People’s Action Party Singapore Opposition Politics Progress Singapore Party
Ownself can check ownself after all? Iswaran’s case is a problem for the opposition post image
By Michael Petraeus
Jul 13, 2023

Ownself can check ownself after all? Iswaran’s case is a problem for the opposition

I have to say it's quite entertaining to see all those opposition supporters baying for blood after Singapore's transport minister, S Iswaran, was instructed by the PM to take a leave of absence amidst CPIB probe he is assisting in. For the past two months, when

People’s Action Party Singapore Opposition Politics
Ridout saga is an unbelievable smear campaign post image
By Michael Petraeus
Jul 11, 2023

Ridout saga is an unbelievable smear campaign

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

People’s Action Party Politics
Facts & figures about Ridout Road controversy post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 25, 2023

Facts & figures about Ridout Road controversy

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

People’s Action Party Politics
What do people expect of Singapore’s opposition if it comes to power? post image
By Michael Petraeus
May 19, 2023

What do people expect of Singapore’s opposition if it comes to power?

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

Singapore Opposition Politics
Should Workers’ Party members take mandatory English tests instead? post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 22, 2023

Should Workers’ Party members take mandatory English tests instead?

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

Workers’ Party Singapore Opposition Politics Society Immigration
Has Jamus Lim commented on Norway’s wealth tax driving the rich away? post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 20, 2023

Has Jamus Lim commented on Norway’s wealth tax driving the rich away?

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%

Workers’ Party Singapore Opposition Politics Economy National Budget
Has Leon Perera just rebelled against his party? post image
By Michael Petraeus
Apr 19, 2023

Has Leon Perera just rebelled against his party?

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 "

Workers’ Party Singapore Opposition Politics
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