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Daily dispatch
Daily dispatch
The guitar hero’s lightning riff, the WP’s mixed performance, the PSP’s uncertain future, SDP surprises, smaller parties slide while independents rise, gerrymandering, no shows, and hope versus fear.
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Lawrence’s stunning success
Lawrence Wong and the PAP were the big victors at GE2025, though the WP and society at large can take consolation from the results.
Recurrent affairs
Inequality and your vote
Inequality is arguably the most important big-picture issue at stake in the upcoming general election.
A Universal Minimum Wage for Singapore: an idea whose time has come
With vast social, technological and economic changes afoot, Singapore must slay one of its sacred cows to keep up.
Is one-party dominance necessary for sustainable, long-term policymaking?
The notion that stability, security and growth can be achieved only by keeping democracy’s inherent messiness at bay has almost become a national truism. Leon Perera, a former member of Parliament, interrogates it.
Lee Hsien Loong’s mixed legacy
The two-decade rule of Singapore’s third prime minister has led to a fabulously rich global city, but also a society that is more unequal and divided than ever before.
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