Kenneth and Reform Party are finished.

[CPT (NS) BRANDON]

I must say I never expected Kenneth Jeyaretnam's votes to fall below 2%.

In fact I was sure that there was a constituency of hardcore opposition supporters who were opposed to WP's "mild" and "moderate" approach to opposition. I believed that KJ would lose his deposit but obtain around 6 to 7% of the votes.

It looks like he is finished politically. RP is finished politically. He wasted his opportunity when Hazel, Tony and Nicole Seah left his party. No one will want to join them now. His best chance is to wind up the party and join SDP, or otherwise engineer a merger with one of the smaller parties.

It's ironic how he keeps harping on the fact that he is continuing JBJ's legacy.

JBJ was indeed the founder of RP, but he led the party for only less than 2 years before his death. The fact of the matter is that most voters in Singapore associate JBJ's legacy with WP, as he led WP for 30 years. There are still a lot of JBJ fans in Singapore, but they are giving their votes to WP instead of RP.

 

[zhihau]

initially pegged his ratings at some 4.5%, later revised to 1% :o:o:o

 

[ray_of_hope]

Hi CPT (NS) BRANDON. I know you were hoping he secured 7-8%. That was what you had said consistently. My own consistent prediction was that he and DL would split 3% between them. Never did I imagine that this would even be too an exacting a target for them. Their now both in the doghouse.

 

[CPT (NS) BRANDON]

Hi CPT (NS) BRANDON. I know you were hoping he secured 7-8%. That was what you had said consistently. My own consistent prediction was that he and DL would split 3% between them. Never did I imagine that this would even be too an exacting a target for them. Their now both in the doghouse.

I guess you were right.

KJ alienated his own supporters with his arrogant attitude, his constant references to his father (therefore not being his own man), and the police report which he made. It caused him to appear petty. I thought he would win 7% but he is finished now. He may also have alienated opposition supporters with his constant criticisms of WP and his claims that he helped his father draft the WP manifesto. People must be thinking: "Why not just join WP instead of complaining and claiming credit?"

As for Desmond, he was a lost cause anyway.

BTW, did you manage to get your car keys replaced? I am still waiting for your field report!

 

[ray_of_hope]

BTW, did you manage to get your car keys replaced? I am still waiting for your field report!

Nope, I did not get a remote car key done. When I sent my car for its regular servicing the agent advised me that it would be best just to get an ordinary (non-remote) key for $10. Since I have a tendency to drop stuff I decided to follow his advice.

 

[GoldenDragon]

KJ committed political suicide with his showing in PE. For DL, the results was expected. Honestly, I expected KJ to garner between 5-10% of the votes.

 

[6000kmApart]

A public show of support to WP candidate could have done him wonders instead of joining the fray.

Lose $ lose face.

 

[ray_of_hope]

KJ committed political suicide with his showing in PE. For DL, the results was expected. Honestly, I expected KJ to garner between 5-10% of the votes.

You may have had your reasons for the 5-10%. Another SBF forummer who is a staunch supporter of a left-wing party kept insisting that KJ would take like well above the 12.5% to save his deposit because he would garner the ethnic minority vote. It never happened. That forummer, as with a couple of other supporters of that left-wing party have been MIA from SBF since yesterday. Theirs was a false hope that KJ would deny WP victory. It has been a bad weekend for the hard left.

 

[metalmickey]

I must say I never expected Kenneth Jeyaretnam's votes to fall below 2%.

http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread....ing-spoilers-will-cease&p=1393180#post1393180

I've briefly mentioned what was going on with the 3rd and 4th party in the post above.

There are many more reasons why people voted against KJ and for LLL. This is not only about his personal qualities.

1. Most people don't really distinguish between opposition parties when it comes to which policies they like better. But they know which one has a brand name. They know which one is going to win. In 2011 many of the 4.5% who voted for DL just wanted to vote against the PAP, and they realised that a vote for SDA isn't really a vote for the PAP: it is equivalent to spoiling your vote. Then they switched to LLL this time around. In essense, they voted for DL not because they didn't like the Worker's party, but really out of ignorance.

2. So suppose some voter really likes KJ and his intellect and his double first class. They would still vote for WP because they know that KJ is never going to win anyway. Anybody who votes KJ has to be both somebody who really really likes KJ, really really hates WP, really really hates PAP and doesn't like SDA. There are very few of such people.

3. Tactical voting has become extremely important in this election because of the prevailing conception that this race was going to be tight. People won't spoil their votes because of this.

Bottom line: KJ maybe not have been a sterling candidate, but he was really killed by tactical voting. Remember that the residents of Punggol East have been taught a proper lesson on tactical voting in multi-corner fights and with the exception of a few hundred idiots, learnt it well.

 

[wwabbit]

Anybody who votes KJ has to be both somebody who really really likes KJ, really really hates WP, really really hates PAP and doesn't like SDA. There are very few of such people.

Or they are plain dumbfucks and don't know about tactical voting, or plain dumbfucks that don't know which opposition party is leading.

 

[steffychun]

Those who voted for KJ are aroused by his British or fake British accent

 

[tanwahtiu]

KJ and DL split PAP votes, so to speak.

Hi CPT (NS) BRANDON. I know you were hoping he secured 7-8%. That was what you had said consistently. My own consistent prediction was that he and DL would split 3% between them. Never did I imagine that this would even be too an exacting a target for them. Their now both in the doghouse.

 

[Frankiestine]

KJ committed political suicide with his showing in PE. For DL, the results was expected. Honestly, I expected KJ to garner between 5-10% of the votes.

By contesting in PE, KJ has only shown himself up to be a opportunist. One who is basically not interested in representing the constituents in parliament but his own party.

Btw Kim Loong why you got that (inf)....

 

[Raiders]

By contesting in PE, KJ has only shown himself up to be a opportunist. One who is basically not interested in representing the constituents in parliament but his own party.

Btw Kim Loong why you got that (inf)....

Uncle monster, pass 700 points auto gets INF status. Alternatively, you might want to save on two tubes of JY jelly and pay USD19.90 for infP status

 

[biondi]

Look at how when SMRT(Feedback) troll him, he retort back so greatly, screenshotting anything that might make a reference to him in his Twitter account. I don't know what caused the mass exodus from his party back then, but I doubt it more than just disagreement over views. He takes himself too seriously and and has this arrogant smirk about him just because he is the son of JBJ.

 

[Frankiestine]

Uncle monster, pass 700 points auto gets INF status. Alternatively, you might want to save on two tubes of JY jelly and pay USD19.90 for infP status

ha simi logic, i thought (inf) meant you did something that piss the dictator of this forum...wah lau i can see your one lagi special (InfP) + Mod...simi lai???

 

[Raiders]

ha simi logic, i thought (inf) meant you did something that piss the dictator of this forum...

(Inf) is like class monitor. People respect you and add your points to 700 and you become a class monitor. As the class monitor, you have the power to send those naughty boys to detention class for 24 hours. It used to be really hard to achieve this as there was stringent checks on the quality and background of the candidates for class monitor.

But, ever since our boss became a hardcore pap supporter, he introduced the infP system. This is like the GRC system. You got money and connection, you can be a class monitor. Soon, the amount of class monitors became more than the students itself

 

[Raiders]

.wah lau i can see your one lagi special (InfP) + Mod...simi lai???

Infp + mod means I pay for the class monitor position but haven pay boss yet.

Mod = Money On Default :o

 

[ray_of_hope]

Look at how when SMRT(Feedback) troll him, he retort back so greatly, screenshotting anything that might make a reference to him in his Twitter account. I don't know what caused the mass exodus from his party back then, but I doubt it more than just disagreement over views. He takes himself too seriously and and has this arrogant smirk about him just because he is the son of JBJ.

Indeed. I think the 353 votes have yet to sink in. He may well dismiss it by saying that his party is new.

 

[metalmickey]

Indeed. I think the 353 votes have yet to sink in. He may well dismiss it by saying that his party is new.

He should consider a change of name to Deformed party.