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Benjamin Lim’ Case: PAP’ wages political war on dissent?

Benjamin Lim’ Case: PAP’ wages political war on dissent?

"K Shanmugam slams 'falsehoods, politicisation' of Benjamin Lim case " Where the police are wrong – we must and will take action. But we should not allow deliberate, dishonest attacks. I have asked my Ministry to study how the police and other institutions can respond in future to such falsehoods," the Home Affairs Minister... 

The Endowment Effect on PAP supporters

The Endowment Effect on PAP supporters

There was an experiment where students were asked to choose between chocolate bars and mugs; 44% chose the chocolate bar. Then some were given chocolate bars, and they were asked whether they would exchange it for a mug, 90% chose not to, likewise for those given the mug only 11% chose to exchange. Linguistically this has been... 

Hedging in Wonderland: The politics of persuading the PAP

Hedging in Wonderland: The politics of persuading the PAP

Thio Shen Yi’s write-up in the law gazette contains so much hedging, I almost thought I was Carlton in Wonderland for a moment. Still, he’s not wrong. For a small country our government is one slow (to put it nicely) creature. Overplay your hand and you get ignored. Play nice and maybe you’ll get something done. Play... 



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