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24 April 2025

Will PJ Thum present the first and only poll of the election?

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Cancel your appointments for the night of 24 April 2025. If you have decided to attend an election rally, you need to reconsider your life p...
26 March 2025

Was Pritam Singh crying wolf? Modelling the 2025 Singapore General Election

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It must've been an annus horribilis for the Wokers' Party for its leader Pritam Singh to muse publicly that his party could face a w...
05 August 2024

Did the Straits Times just paint a bullseye on Wang Quancheng?

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Can you smell it in the air? This year in Singapore, the Hungry Ghost month begins on 4 August. For a entire lunar month, practitioners of C...
10 May 2024

What will happen when Lawrence Wong becomes Singapore's next prime minister?

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Pencil in the date on your calendar (or calendar app)! Barring any unforeseen circumstances like a natural disaster , foreign invasion , or ...
28 August 2023

Choose your own president

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It is the morning of 1 September 2023. Having learned your lesson in the pandemic general election, you wake up early today to beat the queu...
24 August 2023

Is Singapore's Elected Presidency too broken to be fixed?

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How broken is Singapore's Elected Presidency? Once upon a time, Singapore had a president who was its ceremonial head of state.  Like al...
14 July 2022

Did the New Naratif Civil War destroy New Naratif?

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In April 2022, New Naratif raised the alarm . For the very first time, despite several years of releasing "accountability reports"...
16 March 2022

Was it wise for Singapore to impose sanctions on Russia?

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As war wages on in Ukraine, American president Joe Biden leans on reluctant NATO allies in Europe, long dependent on Russian gas, to stand w...
14 February 2022

When will it be safe to support the Workers' Party again?

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On 10 February 2022, the Committee of Privileges presented its official report on Ms Raeesah's Khan's lies to the Singapore Parliam...
09 February 2022

Will the PAP pay a political price for the committee of privileges?

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Politics is a funny business. Both sides of the political divide in Singapore can agree on several immutable facts: Worker’s Party MP Raeesa...
19 December 2021

Should Singaporeans trust the parliamentary Committee of Privileges?

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Every night for the past two weeks, Singaporeans watched as the Committee of Privileges investigated Raeesah Khan, formerly MP for Sengkang ...
18 May 2021

Who should we blame for Singapore's second Covid lockdown?

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Ship of fools, woodcut, 1494 Basel Singapore returned to a state of lockdown on 8 May 2021. With all indoor sports, indoor dining, mandatory...
13 January 2021

Can we live together with TraceTogether?

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Why is trust in TraceTogether at an all-time low? Singaporeans should be celebrating. After nearly a year of lockdown, Singapore has entered...
28 August 2020

You chose Tan Kin Lian!

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  In polling booths across Singapore, Tan Kin Lian is chosen by a slim margin as Singapore's 5th Elected President. Few suspect it, but ...

You chose Ng Kok Song!

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In polling booths across Singapore, Ng Kok Song is chosen by a slim majority of the votes as Singapore's 5th Elected President. Few susp...

You chose Tharman Shanmugaratnam!

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In polling booths across Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam is chosen with more than 50% of the votes as Singapore's 5th Elected Presiden...
05 July 2020

Can the PAP run on its Covid-19 performance and plans in a Covid-19 election?

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What should this year's elections be about? Singapore's general election campaign seasons tend to follow a general pattern: An initi...
03 July 2020

Modelling the 2020 Singapore General Election

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Will this be a game of chess, or a game of twister? Choose wisely when you play with Death! When its prime minister Lee Hsien Loong called f...
08 June 2020

Where was Singapore's Prime Minister during the Covid-19 crisis?

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On 7 June 2020, Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong made a national broadcast. In his half hour address to the nation , the prime minis...
19 May 2020

What can Singapore learn from other countries on Covid-19?

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Does Singapore still have an advantage in the lockdown era? On 3 April 2020, Singapore became one of the last major economies of the world...
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