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Dear Porf I might be wrong but the rumour has it that he was a pain in the ass in the civil service, a noted independent thinker who did not unfortunately find a political mountain or civil service sponsor. Locke QUOTE=Porfirio Rubirosa;1410807]Mr Donald...

Dear Profirio I doubt they could do it and sound sincere, The elitist, top 1% earning mindset, immunizses them from a long of pain , middle and upper middle class professionals are feeling. PM says " follow me", " trust me " but I seriously doubt he has the same political capital as...

Dear Porfirosa His basic thesis is correct, the long run demographics are not in Singapore's favour. Whether its political suicide largely depends on how much the PAP is willing to spend. The trust or bond between the PAP and the people have been shaken or broken, Ever seen a...

Its now clear the almost 12% swing from the PAP from GE 2011 to BE. That swing itself whilst above most expectations was personally within my own 10% estimate. The shock an dismay on the part of the PAP points to the utter surprise that this result delivered to them, the question remains...

Dear Scroobal, The time for stock take and reflection is here. It has been an interesting nine days but what is fascinating are the following observations point by point. My number are 46 PAP 45 WP 8 RP 1 SDA a. It started of quite normally both on the PAP and the WP side...

Dear GMS I believe Derek Da Cunha puts it best in a short article on his Facebook. The difference between a goldilocks porridge, to hot and to cold. Thanks Locke...

Re: BE: What is at Stake? Preservation of Multiculturalism or Increased Racial Chauvi Dear PT Despite all that they have done PAP, you would say that they are still "committed" to multi racialism ? I mean honestly who is reducing the SPACE for the minorities , It really can't be the WP...

Dear Scroo, " Is the porridge to hot or to cold". That is the essence of the question which LTK has to tread, To square the circle. Many forget that in order to win 50.1 any opposition politician in Singapore needs both the hard core opposition vote and the PAP supportive vote...

Re: BE: What is at Stake? Preservation of Multiculturalism or Increased Racial Chauvi Dear PT, With respect I would list the following actions by the PAP many of which have been raised within the forum over the years and raise an eyebrow at your assertion that the PAP respects Multi...

Re: BE: What is at Stake? Preservation of Multiculturalism or Increased Racial Chauvi Dear PT I would like to add that by your definition the PAP are full of beautiful multi culturalist ? Lets be clear what you object to is part of the PAP or even more, seeing as the worst policies were...

Dear Wwabot and LG , I would add that the difference between the 35% and 60% or about 25% I would not consider a true swing vote. If they were a true swing vote the PAP would be in coalition government right now and the SDP would be in parliament. For purposes of easy color illustration...

Dear Scroobal The crux of the issue is the difference between the 60% the PAP polled in GE 2011 and the 35% the PAP polled in the subsequent PE. If one assumes that the PAP hard core vote in any BE or PE or GE is only really 35% and the 25% difference between 60% and 35% is easily won and...

Dear Metal Lets work the reality of the 'degree' of the threat down here. on average about 8,000 WP voters in PE east, over half a million nation wide. There are supporters and well there are party members and volunteers. All members and volunteers I know are rational and easy going...

Dear Rumpole, I would like to address your concerns vis sa vis the "springing of statements". The new CPC in place whether one goes through a criminal discovery process or not allows for defence lawyers to have sight of all the statements of the accused. Under the new rules, of...

Dear Scroo I put the PAP at 47 , the WP at 45, SDA at 1 and RP at 7. Thanks Locke

Dear Yellow I have wished for the SDP to be a bit more like the WP and the WP needing some degree of professionalism as put forth by the SDP, Chee's flaw, fatal flaw is IMHO listening to the wrong sort of people, surrounding yourself with NGO activists and ISA detainees entails...

Dear Gold For CNB , people are usually caught redhanded with the drugs, thus a confession becomes a lot easier, CAD, again paper trial a mile long thus confessions a lot easier, CPIB, well if money changed hands then a lot easier, no money changed hands , no proof of money changed hands...

Dear Tan, The SDP like any party is a coalition of factions. Jufrie and Dr Chee wanted the contest. The potential candidates demured and backed down. I would have thought that VW would have followed Dr Chee's Lead no matter what. Locke

Dear Scroo Its the same PT/SDP trend of thought , if they were in Parliament, they could do more challenge more, talk more pressure more, the issue is that however much you talk, whether its 87-0, 81-6, 77-10. It only starts to matter when its 58/29. The logic of parliamentary maths...

Dear PT, The question as always, the basic philosophical fight in Singapore within the Opposition is as JBJ put it " Do you want to Reform or Do you want to tinker with the System , " LTK was and is always a tinkerer, JBJ was a reformer, branch root, in total opposition to the PAP ...