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
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
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
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,
I have to say I find the disciplinary inquiry into Christopher de Souza's, PAP MP and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, alleged professional misconduct a most welcome and valuable development. Here's why: 1. It should finally convince all of the conspiracy theorists that nobody in Singapore
After my posts about the AHTC some angry folks kept coming here and waving their fists - "what about AIM case with PAP!?". And while it is rather annoying to have to keep explaining things that were already explained once I have to say it's also
After a year of uncertainty, PAP is back to the original plan and selected Heng Swee Keat's successor as his replacement for future premiership, once Lee Hsien Loong steps down - likely in or just before the next GE in 2025.I think the delay was due entirely
What is the future of governance? Is it in the free-for-all liberal democratic West? Or is it going to be superseded by the rising power in Beijing? I have to say I'm quite entertained by the competition of the two, since neither is the answer - and yet,
Is there a way to independently verify that the COP made correct decisions in the Khan affair? I believe there is.I believe it's always a healthy exercise to assume everybody else is lying - or, at the very least, that they are wrong. Questioning everything and everyone
Or why politics shouldn't be fueled by emotions...
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...
