Many are lamenting at the 4 corner fight in Tampines GRC and the missed opportunity to take on the PAP in a one on one fight in Marine Parade Braddell Height GRC. I wrote a piece earlier about 3 corner fights and multiple corner fights that would make winning a big task for an opposition candidate or team. Fighting the PAP one on one is already a big hurdle to cross. 3 corner fight is as good as accepting defeat from the start. The ground has not shifted or tilted so badly against the ruling party that anything will do, throw in a dud wearing an opposition label will win.
The PAP is putting up their very best men or women in every contest, SMC, or GRC and will make the opposition fight for every vote. Splitting the votes in 3 corner fight is like helping the PAP to fight the other opposition candidate/team. And a 4 corner fight...this is bonkers. Any opposition party thinks they can win in a 4 corner fight should have their heads checked. Why go ahead with a 4 corner fight, for fun, for attention, for publicity?
There is no need to imagine how Goh Meng Seng banged balls for the missed opportunity in Marine ParadeBH. For him, to contest in a 3 corner fight is already a losing proposition. He and the other opposition party must be having a heavy heart going into a 3 corner fight that turned into a 4 corner fight. What would the voters be thinking of this? Silly? What is going on with the opposition camp?
Goh Meng Seng would gladly jump for joy and rush to Marine ParadeBH if only he knew there was no contest. So would NSP. Both have no reason to think they can win in a 4 corner fight. Actually, there was ample time for someone to whisper to them that no opposition party was contesting in Marine ParadeBH while they were waiting at the nomination centre to file their application. It would also be to WP's advantage to divert at least one of the teams to Marine Parade BH to improve the odds.
Now it is all water under the bridge. Another horror, another lesson to learn for the next GE. Opposition parties should at least tip each other off on such a situation for the good of opposition teams. Seah Kian Peng and his team are beaming brightly and can now chip in to assist other PAP candidates in the rally.
One last point, would the 3 opposition parties in Tampines GRC get together, work out a formula to leave one party fighting the PAP, with the other two withdraw from the race but joint effort to support one party to take on the PAP? If can't come to an agreed formula, just draw lots. After all, a 4 corner fight is a no brainer and losing is guaranteed. Why waste so much time and effort and money to fight a losing battle?
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Marine Parade Braddell Heights voters deprived of a chance to vote. Seah Kian Peng says thank you to WP.
This only showed a disunited opposition in Sinkieland is not so good at all. The ruling white party r laughing now.
it is like the saying: "Too many cooks spoil the broth"
Self/party interest are the 1st priority of politicians..then talk about country. WP know that people need them to have a voice against PAP, but they will not go all out to put themselves in difficult position. Since LTK time, they are very comfortable to enjoy the fruits of the part time job. You can't blame them, but the sillyporean who love to be screwed by the papies. However WP had become a bit arrogant, just like the papies, that they think they are above all opposition, that they just do not want to have any conversation with other oppositions. I would urge sinkies to vote for any oppositions as long as papies is not the ruling party again.
The PAP is not putting its very best in Hougang throughout the years that I as a voter have seen. Those that the PAP puts in Hougang are just seat warmers, with no high profile PAP leaders dared to venture, not even LKY or Woody.
They dared Low Thia Khiang to move out of Hougang, which he did, and Low Thia Khiang dared them to move out to Hougang and Potong Pasir. None took up the challenge but choose to remain in their comfort zone. In Hougang, as the saying goes, come one slaughter one, come two slaughter a pair.
As for the Workers Party contesting in the newly created Punggol GRC, I think it was a wise move. The Workers Party managed to spread its branches from Hougang into neighboring Aljunied GRC, followed by neighboring Sengkang GRC and now having eyes on neighboring Punggol GRC. Can they pull this off?
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