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I agree. WP will not bring them back. There's no such thing as friends or enemies in politics after all, only shared interests. All of the above folks are no longer of any use to the WP since they have very little political influence now. WP already has people clamouring to join them by the...

What they could have done in 2011: Invite Nicole and Vincent to one of their tea parties. Get capable people to take over the 3 dismissed ministers instead of shuffling the cabinet. Retain a few of the older MPs instead of removing them all and taking in those newbies carrying political baggage...

If SDP plays their cards right, I think they can get at least one seat in 2016, maybe more. This is the case for every other opposition party though, as long as they avoid 3-corner fights. At this point, only the WP can survive a multi-corner fight with hope of winning.

That is obvious. Every other party, including SPP and NSP, dropped out because they know they simply cannot win. As with the SDP, it was in their best interest to not compete and instead walk away with the goodwill of having furthered the opposition cause as a side result of acting in their own...

I don't believe the by-election effect is that strong either. The vote percentage for the Hougang BE, while still a comfortable margin, was nevertheless a swing of 3% towards the PAP. Png isn't exactly inferior to Yaw, and although Yaw's scandal probably did a little damage, it is unlikely to...

In 3 years and a few months, bro :)

To be honest, I really don't think WP will take the place of the old PAP. The hallmark of the LKY-era PAP was LKY's ability to gather talents to form his cabinet. Lim Kim San is the prime example - a local grad who succeeded in the banking sector and was recruited as the first chairman of HDB...

I stand corrected :o Anyway, the PAP won't lose power that soon. Losing their 2/3 majority only means that bills that go against the constitution can no longer be passed, but most of the other bills can still be passed with absolute majority. Even if the PAP loses its absolute majority, the WP...

We all know that can't happen anymore lah... The WP aren't idealists like the Barisan. They know how to manoeuvre themselves to prevent things like that from happening. They don't actually do the attacking on their own. They fan the flames just enough and let the fire destroy everything for...

I'm going to make an even bolder prediction here. PAP will lose its 2/3 majority in 2016. Even absolute majority being lost is possible, though unlikely. The reason for this is that true talents will start joining the opposition in droves after this result. The PAP has always thrived on its...

CNA website says WP has not arranged assembly area for polling day. I think they also know chances are low.

I think Vincent is the best public speaker in Singapore politics right now, not including Lee Kuan Yew in his prime of course. But at the end of the day, all that matters is your ability to grab votes, so I think two very strong political elements would be Vincent and Nicole. If somebody can...

Who? I'm looking through the list of candidates in 2011 and the high-profile ones are still listed in the CECs of their respective parties.

Very interesting point to make. Which members of the PAP old guard would be the politicians, administrators, and sergeants? The obvious ones would be politician - Lee Kuan Yew, administrator - Goh Keng Swee, Lim Kim San, Sergeants - Toh Chin Chye.

Ang Mo Kio isn't a good GRC to take on. Just as any opposition candidate needs to know that the aim is to win a seat and not to quarrel with the PAP, he must also understand that his aim is not to take on the PM for show but to actually win a GRC. Getting a 15% vote swing is extremely difficult...

Guess I should have clarified myself. Without going into psychology and mindsets, if two people born in low-income households put in the same amount of effort, one in Singapore, and one in Australia, which one is more likely to succeed in life? As an aside, I'm not really nitpicking anything...

This is a very interesting discussion, and managed to get me to register an account to join in. A few things regarding the maid issue. I think the percentage of households with maids is an even worse economic indicator than income inequality and the Gini coefficient. The reason why there are...