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This morning Pritam Singh on Radio 938 said that the opposition may be wiped out at this general election. He reminded us of the decades of sacrifices made by the opposition. Pritam said that it took 16 years for the opposition to win one seat in parliament and 23 years to win a GRC. In 1981, JB Jeyaretnam was just one out of... 

Lee Hsien Yang says that, "the PAP has lost its way", and that, "today's PAP is no longer the PAP of my father". Indeed, when you look at the PAP candidates today, except for four (Hsien Loong, Shan, Chee Hean and Iswaran), all of the PAP candidates today only entered politics after 2000. In fact, look at the chart below - do... 

All too often, Singaporeans have felt resigned that once the People’s Action Party has decided on a course of action, there is nothing much that can be done about it. However, the swift withdrawal of Ivan Lim as a PAP candidate for the general election shows that an active citizenry can make the ruling party reverse course. In...