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Whether it calculated move or not, PS gestures made all pap ministers who earns much more look bad.

Pap mishandling of Covid had minimal adverse impact on election result. In fact if not for Covid, pap would score below 60% Taking a clue from the minister at the center of the storm Jos Teo result in JB GRC. She would be the one most affected for her performance and handling of dormitory...

They can called whatever they want but technically you are not an opposition if you can't even oppose bill in parliament simply because you have no seat. Wp have rightfully place their footings in a sweet spot by focussing on winning the middle ground. It a position will not satisfied...

With LO being officially recognised in parliament, it will institutionalise role of opposition and elevate WP status. But there is no free lunch. The agenda is to set the high bar for PS and WP with the hope they flopped. With 10 MP and 2 NCMP, it barely enough to form shadow cabinet...

With 37 office holders, it a mega cabinet by any standard . More so factoring we are just a small dot and developed country . It seems like there are too much redundancy which is unnecessary. The cabinet seriously needs to trim down.

This was what many felt in the 90s when opposition captured 4 seats but SDP disappointed us. Things in Politics don't happen linearly. A week is a long time in politics and here we are talking about 20 to 30 years down the road for WP. Anything can happen. Let keep our fingers cross

I won't put it as raising star as WP still got a long way in terms of size to challenge pap. But the party seems to have found the right formula and footing after 15 years of rebranding. What next for WP is to attract more candidates and volunteers to contest in more seats. But be wary of...

Sylvia also lost. Did she under perform in parliament? Both csm and SL lost marginally, I wouldn't over interpret individual MP performance for as long as the difference wasn't wide.

AJ GRC GE15 was more of a national swing that worked against all oppositions. Looking at the numbers, Wp AJ team lost less than 4% Vs 10% swing overall. If not for the fact that WP are able to connect to the ground, AJ GRC would have been retaken by Pap. Parliamentary performance and TC issue...

The way WP won SK GRC was different from how AJ GRC was won. The latter was more on painstakingly walking the ground for years while the former was due to the mistakes committed by pap. Since SK GRC was a new grc, WP don't have the luxury of time to walk the ground. It was helmed by a...

I wouldn't compared GE20 to GE15 because that was an anomaly where voters voted for the sake of a dead man and shoved all bread and butter issues aside. A fairer comparison is GE11 Vs GE20 because all issues at play are almost identical. GE11 was historical low for pap but the impact of GE20...

how does CECA benefit the commoners? How many of us wants to work in India? In the end why should majority of the population have to bear with the downside and inconvenience just for the rich bosses and companies to assess Indian market? There is no balance of benefits here . Whoever negotiate...

Modus operandi for pap, get cronies to test water and warm up the public. If there is public backlash, then just simply push everything away as 'personal opinion' . Liu Thai Ker most likely said and acted at the instructions of the pap politcians.

More or less expect a 50 -50 fight and the result fell within the zone. PSP was new, not much time for them to work the ground. Nobody knows much of his teammates except tcb. Things would be different if psp starts working the ground in WC right after GE2015. And it doesn't help that psp...

I know of a case of an elderly voter who initially decided to spoil his vote. Long queue at the polling station anger him and he ended up voting for opposition.

Her results during GE15 is a result of both lky effect and her hard work (of course with the help of pap grassroots networks) . The moment TPL speaks in parliament her weakness will start to show. She had not contribute anything worthwhile on the national stage which is why she merely add to the...

He gotten 28% protest votes. That the number of anti pap hardcores in McPherson. Not a bad starting point for any serious opposition. It a waste that WP gave up McPherson.

Shouldn't be too harsh on that Singh. If not for him, PS talk if opposition wipe out would gain much traction.

I do agree with him. No point trying to win over the unwinnable. Opposition diehard wouldn't vote pap no matter what the latter does. The same rule applies to WP, it furtile trying to win the votes of pap hardcores. In the end not only will you gain nothing but risk pissing off your own...

Problem is not with ideology as it just a matter of priority for different parties. Disparity in strength makes it hard to merge. Would WP wants to merge with with weaker parties like SPP, SDA or RP and let them ride on her coattail? It just like if you are a A grade student, would you want to...