GMS claim that WP should withdraw because they are dry of "talent"
some claim that WP would let give up to SDP if SDP can field a killer candidate...
other claim that WP should withdraw because they already have 6+2 MPs, in that case so should the party with 81 MPs withdraw
fantasy politics at its best, these numbskull dont understand that parliament is a number game ...
GE 2011 prove that personality is not a factor at all .... Chiam with 2 scholars failed to make a dent in the votes...
SDP BT team has arguably the strongest credential of all teams, even stronger than WP Aljunied who have 2 lightweights.... end up they got less than 40%, so did NSP much touted scholar couple....
son of JBJ got less than 34% leading a bunch of non personality ....
others point to party branding, but party logo is by itself is meaningless.. its is what the party logo stand for that people vote for...
during GE, WP win because they have the clearest message, a non monolithic legislation....
Post GE, SDP argueably have the strongest brand differentiation and clearest policy position while WP deliberately keep its ideological and policy stances ambiguous to keep their base.
going as far as keeping quiet on mrt natioanalisation as they graduate into a more mature party that understand the nuances and complication of governance...
SDP talk about opposition unity but it wan to make use of PE to test the appeal of its policy platform..... It too wan to advance beyond anti PAP rhetoric..
to argue that others should let SDP contest alone based on them POTENTIALLY having stronger personality make a mockery of why SDP wanted to contest Punggol East in the 1st place....
Those that argue that SDP will push WP to be more vocal simply do not understand the meaning of brand differentiation ...
WP will move more to centre to keep its non confrontation identity separate to distant themselves from SDP , SDP will be even more leftist to show its not another quiet mouse, the anti PAP votes will be fragmented and the PAP will be even more entrenched as usual
but lets see what SDP stand for, SDP stand for welfare fare state, minimum wage, high taxes, crashin the property market with advance rental flats that keep low income trapped in endless poverty cycle, gay rights, illegal strikes, taking in illegal refugees...
What will happen or is already happening is that SDP will need to be more confrontational and more liberal to take away the disaffected WP votes,
the problem that SDP will learn is that its is too far ahead of the curve for the electorate and will only win the hardcore votes.... they will only alienate most heartlanders..
If SDP try to move to a more moderate rational position that WP currently occupy, they will become a WP lite... their core base will be disaffected and in a direct confrontation with WP, there will be no reason why the voters will not choose the original.
hence the conundrum, SDP can not win a majority vote if they continue their hardcore liberal agenda, and they have to avoid WP in 3 corner fights if they try to be a WP-lite
Choosing between a celebrity and a hard worker, majority will always choose the hard worker.... In fact Eunos is organised more by Lilian and the glasslooters than by Pritam himself..
in a head to head between Rina Tin and Nicole Seah, Rina will win every time and Nicole will lose deposit....
Lilian has helped in Hougang for 5 years and basically ran Eunos for Pritam for the past 2 years...
Against the wily PAP town council and AIM, the hapless inexperienced SDP will be helpless no matter how much noise they make in parliament, end up who suffer the most ??? the punggol east voters dumb enough to vote them in...
those who yearned for a loud personality standing up to the PAP should be reminded that we already try that with JBJ, the 1 man show. but JBJ did not not make any inroad because he never could win over the majority of electorate in Singapore....
some claim that WP would let give up to SDP if SDP can field a killer candidate...
other claim that WP should withdraw because they already have 6+2 MPs, in that case so should the party with 81 MPs withdraw
fantasy politics at its best, these numbskull dont understand that parliament is a number game ...
GE 2011 prove that personality is not a factor at all .... Chiam with 2 scholars failed to make a dent in the votes...
SDP BT team has arguably the strongest credential of all teams, even stronger than WP Aljunied who have 2 lightweights.... end up they got less than 40%, so did NSP much touted scholar couple....
son of JBJ got less than 34% leading a bunch of non personality ....
others point to party branding, but party logo is by itself is meaningless.. its is what the party logo stand for that people vote for...
during GE, WP win because they have the clearest message, a non monolithic legislation....
Post GE, SDP argueably have the strongest brand differentiation and clearest policy position while WP deliberately keep its ideological and policy stances ambiguous to keep their base.
going as far as keeping quiet on mrt natioanalisation as they graduate into a more mature party that understand the nuances and complication of governance...
SDP talk about opposition unity but it wan to make use of PE to test the appeal of its policy platform..... It too wan to advance beyond anti PAP rhetoric..
to argue that others should let SDP contest alone based on them POTENTIALLY having stronger personality make a mockery of why SDP wanted to contest Punggol East in the 1st place....
Those that argue that SDP will push WP to be more vocal simply do not understand the meaning of brand differentiation ...
WP will move more to centre to keep its non confrontation identity separate to distant themselves from SDP , SDP will be even more leftist to show its not another quiet mouse, the anti PAP votes will be fragmented and the PAP will be even more entrenched as usual
but lets see what SDP stand for, SDP stand for welfare fare state, minimum wage, high taxes, crashin the property market with advance rental flats that keep low income trapped in endless poverty cycle, gay rights, illegal strikes, taking in illegal refugees...
What will happen or is already happening is that SDP will need to be more confrontational and more liberal to take away the disaffected WP votes,
the problem that SDP will learn is that its is too far ahead of the curve for the electorate and will only win the hardcore votes.... they will only alienate most heartlanders..
If SDP try to move to a more moderate rational position that WP currently occupy, they will become a WP lite... their core base will be disaffected and in a direct confrontation with WP, there will be no reason why the voters will not choose the original.
hence the conundrum, SDP can not win a majority vote if they continue their hardcore liberal agenda, and they have to avoid WP in 3 corner fights if they try to be a WP-lite
Choosing between a celebrity and a hard worker, majority will always choose the hard worker.... In fact Eunos is organised more by Lilian and the glasslooters than by Pritam himself..
in a head to head between Rina Tin and Nicole Seah, Rina will win every time and Nicole will lose deposit....
Lilian has helped in Hougang for 5 years and basically ran Eunos for Pritam for the past 2 years...
Against the wily PAP town council and AIM, the hapless inexperienced SDP will be helpless no matter how much noise they make in parliament, end up who suffer the most ??? the punggol east voters dumb enough to vote them in...
those who yearned for a loud personality standing up to the PAP should be reminded that we already try that with JBJ, the 1 man show. but JBJ did not not make any inroad because he never could win over the majority of electorate in Singapore....
