"remember, prison got no broadband"

it is very amusing that both Singapore and the UK are having local elections next week and interesting to hear two rather different scenarios - the buzz in Singapore is all about how the government has banned overtly political blogs/podcasts/internet-related stuff because of some strange reason i dont really understand whereas here in the UK, you get bombarded with radio and tv broadcasts/advertisements urging people to vote in the local elections to have their voice heard. Singaporeans want to vote because of the lack of political voice/opposition there is to the government and perhaps people in the UK can't be bothered because nothing much is done anyway and/or there is enough drama in the house of commons to entertain them. in both cases, i think a lot of people have become disillusioned with the government (in both countries) and yet the opposition doesnt look that favourable either.

i just checked channel news asia's website and found out that my parents (and brother) will get to vote in this elections because this year the opposition has decided to contest in more constituencies and not allow the ruling party to have a majority on nomination day. [click here - why would i care for lift upgrading?] but then again, most likely the ruling party will win the majority, it's just a matter of how many seats they will get. in some ways, i dont think that having more opposition will be a threat to the ruling party because by allowing the people to vote, the people get a sense that they have had their voices heard (because we all know that a lot of people will vote for the ruling party due to a) the opposition not looking too favourable, b) contentment with status quo and c) not wanting to lose out on the next round of constituency benefits) and it will just lull them back into indifference for the next few years.

on the other hand, the ruling party has just announced a slew of MPs, and for a very small country, we seem to have a heck of a lot of MPs. which in a logical sense, means that the existing ones arent doing their job as well and there is a need to introduce more so that the job can get better done. which leads to the next rational argument that these new MPs might possibly add to the inefficiency.

oh well. not that i can vote anyway. i never seem to get any benefits/have a say in my country's government because i'm underage and thus even though i have CPF, i am pretty much invisible to the government.

i've written this with careful consideration not to be overtly political because, to quote mrbrown, "remember, prison got no broadband".