TJS say should just shut up. He's no politician, he has no strong background. PPE so what? People have PhD in politics.
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Tan Jee Say and Goh Meng Seng speak in one voice
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TJS has always been a strange chap. In his whole life, he has worked with people who were not easy to work with - in those days of civil service they would expect nothing less than full obedience from him - more so when he was always holding high ranks and getting promoted over others. Goh Chok Tong, Albert Winsemius, Ngiam Tong Dow etc. Note that he has worked with GCT not only as a PPS from 1985 to 1990, but as a founding employee of MTI from 1979 to 1985, he has served GCT for 12 years including when GCT was MTI minister during the same period.
Yet he stepped into politics, you see a soloist, erratic, unmannered and retracting. It's not so much about changing partisanship, as attested by his own former colleague Ngiam at MTI. But Ngiam effectively remains the same person, only his views changed and he became more vocal. He didn't become another person.
Yet he stepped into politics, you see a soloist, erratic, unmannered and retracting. It's not so much about changing partisanship, as attested by his own former colleague Ngiam at MTI. But Ngiam effectively remains the same person, only his views changed and he became more vocal. He didn't become another person.
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Ngiam did not run a company to the ground and therefore considered an untouchable in his industry / umemployable in his industry. One would change and change dramatically in such circumstances.
I feel it's more than that. When he went to someone to ask about WP candidacy, there was more scowl and abrasiveness than anything.
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heheh... on the proliferation of political activism and political analysts, whether one is archaic depends on the views they hold, bro :p:p:p
Well, if WP perform badly in this by-elections, I don't think they will just bump into any 3 corner fights anyhow.
GOh Meng Seng
GOh Meng Seng
Why wait for them to perform badly? Why be constrained by NSP/SDP/SPP/TJS declaration of no contest? You are your own man no? Come on, show the rest of Singapore how fucked up WP is and the fucking up of YSL's affairs. Offer yourself in as a credible candidate with 101% integrity? Show us the goods and that we have a choice other than the crappy WP and equally fucked up WP.
We believe in you leh
so many bros here support goh meng seng.
come on goh meng seng. you can win hougang. go for it !
so many bros here support goh meng seng.
come on goh meng seng. you can win hougang. go for it !
Mr. GMS Sir will win 100%. The PAP clown and WP old man no chance one
It is not hard to understand you. You want WP to perform poorly because you think that will discourage it from edging into other people's territory. This is wrong on so many levels.
Firstly what you do online has minimal impact; its the malicious gossip you spread offline that is poisonous and which turns people against one another, and yet even that has no impact on how people will vote.
Secondly, the only way a party can grow is to contest more ground each time, and with better candidates. No party can grow if it just hogs the same two or three GRCs every time. No one will want to join that party because they know places are limited by virtue of that's party's lackadaisical attitude toward expansion.
Thirdly, even if WP does poorly that does not mean it cannot regroup and restrategize. Ironically regrouping and restrategizing is what NSP needs to do now, more than any party. (SDA and RP are hopeless, so no comparison).
It's like a skinny Jim Carrey saying to a muscular Sylvester Stallone, look, I didn't beat you up, so you owe me one, next time don't beat me up. Good for comedy. It's also like India telling Britain, don't occupy Calcutta, Mumbai and Delhi dah dey. The British looked bewildered, why? Because India did Britain a favor never occupy London and Scotland dah dey!
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A Gopalan Nair (well not as bad) again
If TJS envisages a united opposition, then I think it's unrealistic. Partisan politics, not unlike business enterprises, are about self interests. It may sound sexy to group together against the common perceived enemy (PAP), but we all know the only constant in politics is interests. Once the interests shift, allies can become enemies overnight.
I'm not convinced that opposition parties must band together in order to be effective in fighting against the ruling party. What TJS is suggesting is nothing new - horse trading as a strategy so that opposition wins. And he seems aspired to become the "dragon head" (龙头大哥) of opposition.
We'll see whether that happens. I say it won't.
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