"Over time, the MM says, PAP Ministers have become "less hard-driving and hard-striving." This is why it is a good thing that the nation has so many opposition Candidates. He is aware that many PAP ministers are unhappy with the influx of new candidates, especially those educated ones/B] prepared to fight for the seats. But taking a typically Darwinian stance, the MM says, If PAP candidates are falling behind because "the spurs are not stuck into the hide," that is their problem."