SDP has lots of capable and highly intellectual people... i personally read 2 of Chee's books.
What is left for SDP to do is to educate some of their moronic supporters who go around whacking WP thinking that it benefits SDP (but in fact benefitting only PAP... in fact most of SDP's actions thus far benefit only PAP). Teach these morons the concept of co-existence.
totally agree, SDP got this confrontational style of democratic stance like the angmo. i won't say it's wrong, but it is ahead of our time. local still not able to accept this is type of political stance YET.
WP is something like a rock cover up with cotton. they may look soft and yet gaining ground. they are resilience and persistent. u thought they are soft and try to kick them, u will hurt your toes. if any of your know Chinese history well, this is the type of the oppositions you have in the Imperial court system. the court officials with opposite political view will even give up their life to make themselves heard, but they will still work within the imperial court system and stay loyal to the country. this is how the WP is positioning themselves in the parliament. they are focus and will not engage in any tussle with other oppositions. all these exceptional qualities are what make the Singaporeans like about WP and i will think that this traditional Chinese style of engagements are all decision of the Chinese educated LTK. i know some of you will not agree to what i observe especially professional political observer GMS. :P
SDP now showing good progress with a lot of well educated, bright and young talents joining them. "Democratic party" the name itself is a good branding. what puzzling me is the kind of confrontational stance SDP prefer are very much like the Barisan Sosialis which merged into WP. SDP like to take the protest to the streets like the Communist used to do or you may call it revolution. i actually worry that if SDP really take over the parliament, there maybe a similar culture revolution in Sg! i will still vote for SDP if they stand against PAP, but not WP. i also believe in rights to protest as a citizen, but is local culture able to accept now? some of my real life friends are actually calling SDP the wayang party than the WP, due to all the act put up by them. hope if any of the SDP reading this can adjust the approach and positioning of SDP.
I know it's tradition that a Democratic party is at loggerheads with Socialist or Communist party. but this is Singapore, not USA. please put this loggerheads mentality behind as this is the old order of the world in the 80's during the cold war era. Democracy is allow alternatives to coexist, pls walk the talk SDP and it supporters. in Europe, they have Communist, Democratic and even Religious or Fascism political parities in the parliament. well, that is what i call a Democracy with different voices.