SINGAPORE ROAST UNITED KINGDOM - Warning: Emotional Damage ahead; Shanmugan reacts to The Economist

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ความคิดเห็น • 508

  • @greyfox79007
    @greyfox79007 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    So what does the bankrupt island have to fight back with?

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Congrats! You are awarded the DPA First Medal~
      Which island? Singapore island? British Island?

    • @Ciilow24
      @Ciilow24 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Here we go another low level Brit get triggered easily because they don’t wanna be criticized. Your hallucinating man get up and see how other countries are better.

    • @greyfox79007
      @greyfox79007 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      @@DefensePoliticsAsia Last I checked the Bank Of England still has not paid Venezuela back it's gold.

    • @kuronyaa-san
      @kuronyaa-san หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fanning conflicts elsewhere to distract the populace as a form of reality TV?

    • @70newlife
      @70newlife หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@greyfox79007😂😂

  • @bozo5632
    @bozo5632 หลายเดือนก่อน +172

    It amazes me that Britain is still so arrogant despite having so little left to be arrogant about.

    • @christopherburns5262
      @christopherburns5262 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      British politicians maybe, us normal brits are not like that.

    • @vogue43
      @vogue43 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Phantom Empire Syndrome

    • @halilzelenka5813
      @halilzelenka5813 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@christopherburns5262every Brit I met was likeable. They were all “normal” working class people. I haven’t had the displeasure of meeting any of the arrogant ruling class

    • @jkjk42898
      @jkjk42898 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      They have US on their call.That's why.

    • @zafir7007
      @zafir7007 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Britain can't help but be arrogant despite its current state.
      It's a habit that's hard to shake.

  • @dinnerwithfranklin2451
    @dinnerwithfranklin2451 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Singapore definitely has reason to be proud. Amazing growth and stability. But the sense of personal safety really appeals to many of us.

  • @seokjin3000
    @seokjin3000 หลายเดือนก่อน +164

    The UK is a sad, poor, lawless backwater.

    • @mattc3656
      @mattc3656 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your right and i live in England! Successive governments have fucked the people since the 1800's. The scum that pretend they have a right to rule run this dictatorship for their own gain. They lie and steal, they have turned large areas into war zones and slums and give huge state contracts to their mates. The indigenous population are pleasant and accepting of other cultures. The Po-lice just don't do their jobs and only police hurty words on fakebook and anything that criticises the state regime. There are no free elections.

    • @aniksamiurrahman6365
      @aniksamiurrahman6365 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Imagine, many UK politicians want to borrough Singaporean economic model.

    •  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Island full of white pedos.

    • @teryvoketos2741
      @teryvoketos2741 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      you are so right 🤟

    • @toma3025
      @toma3025 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      That was the plan with Brexit, which was the last dying gasp of the pride of the British people, but sadly ended up simply proving the fact that any kind of Singaporean-style economic revolution is simply impossible now.
      The Blair government completely broke Britain. Whilst WW2 and the post-war US dominance was obviously responsible for most of the *material* damage to the country, psychologically speaking, it was the 1997-2010 Labour government (as well as the BBC, Guardian and other liberal Establishment groups) who finally destroyed whatever semblance of identity or self-respect which was left.
      Since the 1990s, Britain simply ceased to be a serious place, with serious politicians or serious people. Everything is a joke now, no-one truly cares about anything (except maintaining the *appearance* that they care) and anyone who truly does - as happened with Brexit - is shouted down and pilloried.

  • @SonyJimable
    @SonyJimable หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    As an Australian - I agree with the comments coming from Singapore.

  • @stevetimms1219
    @stevetimms1219 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    As a Brit who worked in Sing for 12 yrs...
    Sing is LIGHT years ahead of the UK in terms of its society , political skill , economy , civics etc. A fantastic country with a smart, common sense Government.
    Lee Kwan Yew was a GREAT MAN ...possibly the greatest political leader of the 20th century in terms of improving the lot of his people.

    • @Arjunarjunskiy
      @Arjunarjunskiy หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      All Singaporeans I've met look exhausted though...

    • @WasLostButNowAmFound
      @WasLostButNowAmFound 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@Arjunarjunskiy alot of Russian i see look dead tired too, Minus the TIRED part.😅

    • @myoung1970s
      @myoung1970s 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      ​​@@ArjunarjunskiyU looked at the wrong places. Expand your circle.

    • @stchan8569
      @stchan8569 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      I concur. President Nixon wrote in his memoirs, "LKY is a one or two politicians who appear in a century. He has the breadth and depth on political issues and he (Nixon) would like to appear as a fly on the wall hearing 2 giants debate, MacArthur and LKY. He also wrote LKY is a big man on a small stage."
      Singapore was fortunate to have brilliant politicians with integrity who were helping LKY. Those names may be forgotten but it was the conductor who waved the baton who was remembered.

    • @andrewlim7751
      @andrewlim7751 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think the UK doesn't have a its own politics, it's just just copy and paste from u.s., it has been that way after WW2.

  • @LeonidSvartsson
    @LeonidSvartsson หลายเดือนก่อน +95

    The economist is guaranteed to have the worst take on almost every issue.

    • @Redbeard7176
      @Redbeard7176 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Wrong side of history every time. The collective west mouth piece . Cant take them seriously nowadays ..

    • @RandomYTStuff
      @RandomYTStuff 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's fairly rational to consider that democratic structures suffer when a PM can rule for over 10years and even more so when there is in effect an unofficial "family dynasty" for this office. It doesn't really happen without serious democratic deficiencies. Have to side with the Economist on this one. BUT yes, generally the Economist does hit-pieces. But not always/on every matter wrong.

    • @PrimeChaosVC
      @PrimeChaosVC 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@RandomYTStuff Why do you think the West want Democracy in every other country? Have we not seen the subversions, sanctions and outright wars conducted by the Champions of Democracy with pseudo human rights accusations and fake war crimes charges? Just look at Gaza. Look at the clowns elected in Ukraine and Argentina. When will people stop whoreshipping the western ideologies that the west doesn't even practice or follow? Israel is currently receiving military aid from the Land of the Free, the home of the brave! Championing the human rights of poor Israel in their campaign against women and children. While hopping that Ukraine will stand up to Russia to the LAST Ukrainian! Liberal Western Democracy is truly Democrazy, a complete accension from a flawed ideology to a religious fanatism that for some reason, cannot be challenged in the heads of the true believer. After decades if not centuries of repetition in the head of the mindless individuals by their former colonia masters. They are truly one with "god" of Democrazy.

  • @wildsurfer12
    @wildsurfer12 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    As a British person I can safely say that The Economist doesn’t speak for me or the vast majority of British people. We’d love to have an economy like Singapore.

    • @human8454
      @human8454 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You can't 😂

    • @scotlandtheinsane3359
      @scotlandtheinsane3359 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@human8454
      Actually, we could.
      But it is not politically expedient to have a 'Singapore on the Thames'
      Or so I'm told.
      Singapore truly benefitted from British practices..😊

    • @human8454
      @human8454 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@scotlandtheinsane3359 dream on 😂

    • @scotlandtheinsane3359
      @scotlandtheinsane3359 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @human8454
      No, not at all.
      London financial capabilities are superior to little Singapore's.
      Almost all of what Singapore uses isn't created by Singapore either..
      Its systems, financial products, etc, are all Western innovations and often British.
      Apparently, we'd be 'racing to the bottom', though
      Anyway, I'd never want to live under a dictatorial rule, so I couldn't care less.

    • @bubba842
      @bubba842 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@scotlandtheinsane3359So why is the UK in a recession and Singapore isn't?

  • @mmff5242
    @mmff5242 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Singapore = Lion island
    UK = monyet island
    big up singers. lived in robertson quay 2003 to 2006.
    I am british and singapore is eons better.
    Love the work ethic, pride and all the food. mee rebus from the hawker stall.
    singapura, saya patraya padamu !

    • @Arjunarjunskiy
      @Arjunarjunskiy หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      patraya = percaya? 🤔

    • @mmff5242
      @mmff5242 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Arjunarjunskiy yaya mak saleh bodoh :)

    • @golaglanman860
      @golaglanman860 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Singapore = Lion Port

  • @samfernando5389
    @samfernando5389 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    It's a happy news to hear that Singapore is moving to the correct track. 😊😊😊
    All the best !

  • @judithafholland
    @judithafholland 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    IMO as an Englishwoman I agree with you completely & I'm very pleased for your good governance & good social conditions.
    I'm ashamed of our UK governance, both main parties, who both serve the globalists not the people. I'm ashamed by our moral degradation in society & corrupt, deceitful government.
    Fair do 's - you do us a favour by speaking truth.

  • @slevenkelevra7
    @slevenkelevra7 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    He my friend, I am from the UK (Scotland) and I just have to say Mr Shanmugan is correct. In fact the way he describes the British government is exactly the way the huge majority of the common man here also feels about them.........if only we had a Mr Shanmugan!!! We can only hope😁✌️

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Are there politicians that are this good to be voted into parliament for?

    • @slevenkelevra7
      @slevenkelevra7 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@DefensePoliticsAsia voted in ........yes I remember my grandparents telling me about this year's ago that UK leaders where actually voted for😄😄😄 seriously England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland all lead by unelected peoples✌️

    • @rockstove
      @rockstove 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      My apologies but Mr Shanmugan is not for transfer 😂😂😂

    • @ernestkj
      @ernestkj 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@rockstoveif the price is right! 😂

  • @NicolasWilliams-qm4vm
    @NicolasWilliams-qm4vm หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    I live in uk, and you won't believe how angry we all are at our government right now, we've had 4 prime ministers that we did not vote for one after the other, we have hyper food price inflation and everybody is struggling with general cost of living, etc. People are complaining - why do we have a millionare PM that we did not vote for whilst everybody is struggling financially. Then of course we can afford to send very expensive Storm Shadow cruise missiles to ukraine whilst we've got these problems back home

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yeah, I was watching in horror from afar... Its literally democracy in failure... And I have no idea how you guys gonna fix this, if there are no good candidates stepping up to fight the good fight....

    • @toma3025
      @toma3025 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      You're totally naïve if you think a Labour government will fix things.
      To be honest, the country would be better off if all of the major parties failed at the next general election.

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@toma3025 I dont wish UK to fail, to be honest. But its not my country. Its beyond me.

    • @wildsurfer12
      @wildsurfer12 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think you’ll find it’s two prime ministers we didn’t vote for. Boris at least won a general election outright.

    •  29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yeah strange to have a democracy with leaders that are not voted.

  • @cheesepuff455
    @cheesepuff455 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    Last week a UK Tory MP had to step down because he was sending d picks and then got bribed into giving out other mps phone numbers, this week another MP stood down after he used thousands of pounds worth of funds for personal use. It's crooked af

    • @colincampbell4261
      @colincampbell4261 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Tory party mp's.

    • @hitamhad9217
      @hitamhad9217 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ...that explains why the UK Parliament appears to be full of people of questionable morality and ability....

    • @toma3025
      @toma3025 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As if this same thing didn't happen with the previous Labour government - remember the benefits scandal, Denis McShame etc.
      Cameron destroyed the Conservative party in 2010 by stuffing it full of self-serving, spineless careerists, in exactly the same way as Blair did with the Labour party in 1997.
      That's the problem with landslide elections: the candidates for the winning party barely have to compete, so you end up with exactly the kind of slimy, self-serving trash that we have today.

    • @wildsurfer12
      @wildsurfer12 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@colincampbell4261 Labour aren’t any better. Google Angela Rayner and you’ll see why. Oh and the expenses scandal also happened on their watch.

    • @wildsurfer12
      @wildsurfer12 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Don’t worry at least we’re not Italy. Their politicians haven’t even been trying to stick to moral standards.

  • @daroniussubdeviant3869
    @daroniussubdeviant3869 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    in the interest of copium coming from an englishman might i say that greater britain's greatest contribution to the international community over the last 50 years is comedy.

    • @blokeabouttown2490
      @blokeabouttown2490 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Comedy and music. Sadly even those British contributions are fading away.

    • @wildsurfer12
      @wildsurfer12 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh and the internet let’s not forget that.

    • @user-sz8lp2tj5x
      @user-sz8lp2tj5x 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The sex pistols

    • @misericorde3870
      @misericorde3870 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Dyson vacuums

    • @flykyrt81
      @flykyrt81 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's fair. Comedy and Rock & Roll! At the least, don't let the Americans claim Rock music ffs!

  • @tonykuli
    @tonykuli 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Who the hell is the UK to lecture others....I lose count how many Prime Ministers they've selected without a General elections

  • @Aussie-nd7si
    @Aussie-nd7si หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    The state of the western leadership, and govts universally is abysmal.

    •  29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Just was talking with a friend. People keep voting these people to power, cry and complain, and then vote for the same people again. We have the leaders we deserve.

  • @Srulio
    @Srulio 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    IMHO Singapore is a striking success story that western elites should study

  • @stevenliew2507
    @stevenliew2507 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    The UK should look after its people welfare rather than trying to rant on with criticism of a very successful government which was once a point of time one of their colonies in Asia.
    A case of jealousy and envious.😂😂

  • @RM-ix3mf
    @RM-ix3mf หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Finally, you are waking up to reality.

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me?

    • @azanjac
      @azanjac หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@DefensePoliticsAsiaSingapore in general

  • @songng2081
    @songng2081 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Good on Minister Shanmugam !

  • @gregwong2132
    @gregwong2132 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I'm glad to see the UK being so arrogant and not learning its place in the world, makes for good humor

  • @piscesfreak1
    @piscesfreak1 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Another irony: This post uses much better grammar and syntax than most literature, in mainstream English-speaking media. So eloquent!

  • @gavrilo46
    @gavrilo46 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Go Singapure!!!! Greetings from Serbia

  • @user-pf5xq3lq8i
    @user-pf5xq3lq8i หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Economist follows wef narratives.

  • @denver1347
    @denver1347 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    UK even had a "Lettuce" PM. 😅😅

  • @cyberpunkbg140
    @cyberpunkbg140 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    IF all army of UK going in Barcelona stadium still will have empty seats. Also I love how Singapore deal with politics.

    • @Simon_Nzioki
      @Simon_Nzioki 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Since 1980s, UK has been going into oblivion status, it started with the Navy, then the defence industry now the army.

    • @KoIossov
      @KoIossov 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Simon_Nzioki Why the hell do we need rows upon rows of jackbooted stormtroopers, when we have working people living in poverty and children living with food insecurity?
      What are we gonna do with all the stormtroopers? Help the US try to maintain its global empire?

    • @Simon_Nzioki
      @Simon_Nzioki 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@KoIossov Well without US hegemony in the world, UK would definitely go into oblivion, because since the days of Magret Thatcher, UK manufacturing shrank and now the biggest contributor to the economy is the financial sector, if BRICS is successful in building a multi-polar world then:
      1. UK may enter into stagflation because London might get isolated from the most profitable financial markets which is those of emerging markets, plus let's not forget London for a longtime has been the safe haven for Russian Mafias, Middle East oil princes, African kleptocrats, Indian Raj billionaires and the likes of such questionable characters and you know how they really like splashing their dirty money in UK.
      2. China's Road and Belt project is actually meant to shift global trade back to Asia and the Indian ocean like it was before with the silk road from the dominance of the Atlantic ocean and America, meaning Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur would become the biggest international financial centers dethroning New York and London.

    • @stevenliew2507
      @stevenliew2507 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      These white...M are unaware of how good the SDF is as compared to the British Defense Forces 😂😂

    • @Jiidwag
      @Jiidwag 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Simon_NziokiThose countries u mention dont need “Freedom & Democracy”, they ALREADY HAVE IT!!!! Stop watching Western Media(LIARS) all to support US IMPERIALISM & CONTROL of the world!!!

  • @Ian8008
    @Ian8008 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    Britain isn't arrogant - but the politicians are. Singapore - hmm, I'm jealous. He makes good points.

  • @JustinTanKH
    @JustinTanKH 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    stand strong my dear sinkie!!!
    from ur northerly neighbor

  • @charleswilson8038
    @charleswilson8038 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Singapore set a standard. Now to maintain that standard is a challenge.

  • @Trickshot72
    @Trickshot72 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    The people of Britain wish Singapore nothing but the best. Were proud of our shared history, and consider you as true friends.

  • @douglashobden
    @douglashobden 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    If Britain tells you that you're doing it wrong, you know you're on the right track.

  • @hanooi7450
    @hanooi7450 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Britain going back to the land of poor huts, the way Julius Caesar found them.

  • @michaelmechanics4062
    @michaelmechanics4062 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Wyatt, this economist article comes on the back of Singapore gov reprimand at Israel embassy post. The SG government forced the Israel 🇮🇱 embassy to take down their post and apologise. You should know Israel cannot be criticise. Not ever. They control the global msm, economist included.

  • @user-vr1np2mo6h
    @user-vr1np2mo6h หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Good report!

  • @engleelim2508
    @engleelim2508 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    People who live in glass house should not be throwing stones.

  • @rustysickle2528
    @rustysickle2528 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I've learnt to ignore the Western (English) press many years ago. They are dominant in their influence but are utterly irrelevant.

  • @NedFlanders612
    @NedFlanders612 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    No one takes major news outlets like "The Economist" seriously anymore except for NPCs.

    •  29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So what would you recommend instead?

    • @INNIMA
      @INNIMA 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @literally better off with nothing

    •  28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@INNIMA Yeah, I agree. I was referring to at least some financial news. Bloomberg maybe. Mainstream media is so manipulative that I lost my appetite a long time ago.

    • @63051
      @63051 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ There are plenty of news; serious, informative, intelligent news on the internet and alternative media. Now of course there will be garbage, lies and bilge too. However, you get to use your God given brain to choose, screen and decide instead of letting the supposedly "free, fair and objective" media, especially Anglo-American owned interpret for you.

  • @terencewise7349
    @terencewise7349 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    From Terence Wise in UK........Well done Singapore.

  • @user-mc4fs6jc7w
    @user-mc4fs6jc7w หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    The UK sucks. I say that as a former resident of the UK's colonial dependency in Northern Ireland. Now I live in East Asia and will never return to Brexitland.

    • @Arjunarjunskiy
      @Arjunarjunskiy หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How's East Asia better?

    • @user-mc4fs6jc7w
      @user-mc4fs6jc7w หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Arjunarjunskiy Good employment opportunities, I was on a zero-hour contract in the UK none of that shit here. Much lower cost of living, better infrastructure especially public transport and great food 🤣. One downside is how crowded it can get but hey you get used to it.

    • @AM-bf9tb
      @AM-bf9tb 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Notice how he called himself a "resident".
      Poor man has no identity, no place to call home.

    • @user-mc4fs6jc7w
      @user-mc4fs6jc7w 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@AM-bf9tb On the contrary.

    • @AM-bf9tb
      @AM-bf9tb 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@user-mc4fs6jc7w do tell

  • @thulomanchay
    @thulomanchay 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    What happened to all those detractors who claim that Singapore is ruled by dictators?

  • @SGG167
    @SGG167 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    your assessment of the United Kingdom is very much correct and I live in this shit hole.

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      - hug -
      Is there really no way to vote your way to change?

    • @SGG167
      @SGG167 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@DefensePoliticsAsia No it's the short answer.

  • @montyalb8788
    @montyalb8788 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    This kind of sentiment might also be partially triggered by stuff like the Tik Tok fiasco where the Singaporean CEO and his company keeps getting accused of Chinese ties.
    I sense that some of the Singaporean elites do not like the current trend.

    • @DaughterofGod-777
      @DaughterofGod-777 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Are you claiming TikTok has no Chinese ties? LOL

    • @wf645
      @wf645 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DaughterofGod-777 As with any mega cap US company - Microsoft, Palantir (CIA funded), Google, FB etc ...

    • @DaughterofGod-777
      @DaughterofGod-777 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@wf645 Who told you US private companies have government ownership? Prove your fabrications. I know for a fact that in every company in the people’s republic, there must be a committee overseeing the company like a board comprising of communist party members appointed by the CCP.

    • @DaughterofGod-777
      @DaughterofGod-777 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@wf645 Who told you US private companies have government ownership? Prove your fabrications. I know for a fact that in every company in the people’s republic, there must be a committee overseeing the company like a board comprising of communist party members appointed the Chinese Communist Partee

    • @DaughterofGod-777
      @DaughterofGod-777 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@wf645 You shilling for the CCP? I won’t be surprised if this channel is set up as a sting. I’ll notify the ISD about you.

  • @stephendgreen1502
    @stephendgreen1502 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I’m British and I can’t watch your video. Not because it isn’t true. But because it is.

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      - hug -
      I sincerely felt sad with the development in UK (and the rest of Europe). We sincerely and honestly looked up to UK and Europe for most of our existence...

    • @stephendgreen1502
      @stephendgreen1502 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@DefensePoliticsAsia A country whose proud army could be defeated with the humble bicycle might not have been the best role model to look up to.

    • @para-tanker
      @para-tanker หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@DefensePoliticsAsiaif you look up the most rich and developed countries you end up with European countries and some countries with a lot of resources. Check your facts, some may like the idea of a poor west, but we need to collapse and others need miracles to surpass our living standards.

  • @CapJohn117
    @CapJohn117 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Our Singaporean Medvedev? XD

  • @utubeape
    @utubeape 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The Economist does not represent the UK government, or the people of the UK. There are many articles in the UK media written by people living in the past, I always imagine they have a statue of Winston Churchill on the desk, and Rule Britania is playing

  • @AlanMcBride-yw6in
    @AlanMcBride-yw6in หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cheers Wyatt.

  • @krispypriest5116
    @krispypriest5116 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Boris Johnson said "End of Western Hegemony"
    Singapore "Your RIGHT! You don't RULE the waves anymore"
    Thanks DPA!!!!!

    • @montyalb8788
      @montyalb8788 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He was one of the lead contributing factors. And almost every PM back to before Thatcher... and every main party.

    • @LeonidSvartsson
      @LeonidSvartsson หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@montyalb8788 Absolutely. Including Churchill, the drunk, mercenary, murderous, disgusting ✡-puppet.

    • @para-tanker
      @para-tanker หลายเดือนก่อน

      And then the conflicts start, and you end up as a Chinese puppet and think back about those good times of western hagemony. 😂

    • @stchan8569
      @stchan8569 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Today they wave the rules

    • @para-tanker
      @para-tanker 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@stchan8569 well, today China still does'nt dares it to invade other countries...

  • @mussydesign7933
    @mussydesign7933 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Little Britain became the Ununited Kingdom

  • @cheesepuff455
    @cheesepuff455 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cheers Wyatt🤘

  • @The11061984
    @The11061984 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Either the economist correspondent must have spent his time outside Singapore or just talking to the opposition. The opposition mercilessly attacks the singapore government and are held to account only if they made false statements. In nany cases their websites contain a ditect link to the government's response. Even the error could stands uncorrected.
    But the larger point Mr Shanmugan is making is making is that democracy is useful only if it carries with it accountability, responsibility and clean government and results in a good life to the people.

  • @Randy-jl4sf
    @Randy-jl4sf หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Emotional Damage" 😅 You're awesome!

  • @neil03051957
    @neil03051957 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Please make a distinction between the British and UK political leadership, as they no longer represent us on a wide range of issues. Thanks

  • @janineskywalker527
    @janineskywalker527 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this interesting re focus on Singpore ( my pick any day) and the UK ! J.

  • @User-nw37
    @User-nw37 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Britain is the senile Imperialist 😂

  • @Boothinator247
    @Boothinator247 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd despises the Murdoch media and has hit out against it many times, ie calling Murdoch media a cancer. Pretty sure Malcolm Turnbull also made similar comments, which is funny because it’s two former PMs from either major party (although Turnbull was the least Liberal party member I’ve seen in a while). Wild how Murdoch is Australian too

  • @fightback397
    @fightback397 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wonderful video Wyatt

  • @John_Pace
    @John_Pace หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Singapore is so changed from when I was a boy with the last British troops in 1970. What a difference. I miss Holland Village....

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Holland V is still around, looks more hip nowadays. Visit soon~ =}

    • @John_Pace
      @John_Pace 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@DefensePoliticsAsia Thanks. Like the rest of Singapore, I've seen it on Google and it has changed a lot for the better like the rest of Singapore.

    • @davidthompson4383
      @davidthompson4383 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@John_PaceSingapore is long past its golden era now. That ended in the late 90s and early 00s. It’s an incredibly soulless, overpriced little city now. All materialism catering to rich elites whilst the average Singaporean struggles. It’s a far more miserable place than UK today. If I were Singaporean I’d move to Malaysia.

    • @John_Pace
      @John_Pace 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@davidthompson4383 Sad. I can well appreciate it. But it is the same story every where in the world.

    • @vennsim71
      @vennsim71 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@davidthompson4383no I wouldn’t move to Malaysia. I wouldn’t want to earn a falling currency.
      Even so, a young Singaporean can earn SGD 3000 and buy a bowl of noodles for SGD 4-5. Whereas a Malaysian earning RM 3000 has to fork out RM 8-12 for the same. Facilities aren’t good at all up north, nor the safety, or education standards

  • @death_parade
    @death_parade หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The sum total of the Indian experience with the Brits has been exactly the same. One example is how the Brits today tell us that we should be grateful to UK for colonizing India or else India would "never have had trains."
    A simple counter to this is how come India managed to build one of the world's 7 premiere space programs even though UK had left India long before human spaceflight actually started? How come India today lands on the Moon yet UK can't launch _anything_ to even low earth orbit, despite having MORE spaceports than India?
    And if India could make a space program on its own, then what makes the Brits think that India wouldn't have made Railways on its own?
    The other example is Brits talking about how we should be grateful to them for their "British aid to India" which is:-
    1.) Less than 1/5th of the amount India gives as aid to other poor countries per year.
    2.) Is not given to Indian government but to British-backed NGOs that then use these funds to lobby in India for British business interests or else foment fake protests and civil unrest targeted at Indian infrastructure projects (a form of economic war being waged on India by the Brits). Situation so bad, Indian government has enacted the FCRA Act to curb such nefarious foreign-funded NGOs.
    3.) Government of India has repeatedly asked the Brits to stop sending "aid."
    Many other examples exist, but these are the top two that come to my mind.

    • @AlanMcBride-yw6in
      @AlanMcBride-yw6in หลายเดือนก่อน

      The British built the Indian railway system so as to loot India effectively.
      It worked very well.
      Since that time British propagandists have patronised Indians with the 'we British were so kind we built you idiot Indians your railways'.

    • @nopenonein
      @nopenonein หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      An UK Archeologist was digging in the earth to 100 years ago. He found copper and proudly proclaimed to the world that the UK invented the telephone. Not to be outdone, the Chinese started digging and after reaching the one thousand year mark, they found glass. They hence proudly proclaimed to the world that they had invented fibre optics and the internet. The Indians then started digging, and after reaching the 10 thousand year mark, they found nothing. The Indians then announced to the world that they had proof that they invented wireless communications.

    • @death_parade
      @death_parade หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nopenonein India started digging and found nothing? Lmao. Google the name Jagdish Chandra Bose. Requires no physical digging, it is recorded how he helped make wireless communication a reality.
      India doesn't need to dig in order to prove its ancient steel prowess, enough has been written about Indian Wootz Steel. I could go on and on about stuff found at Indian archeological sites. But when even modern engineering is unable to replicate some of the currently standing Indian historical monuments like the Musical Pillars of Hampi, at that point, childish comments like yours just fall flat on their own, I don't even need to respond. It is as ridiculous as claiming that USA did not land men on the Moon, when they very clearly did.

    • @davidthompson4383
      @davidthompson4383 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      India didn’t do that. It just copied NASA in faking space. The US, Russia and China have been doing it for decades already. It’s all fake, CGI stuff.

  • @thehumus8688
    @thehumus8688 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As one of African Politician said it
    when Westerner comes, they always bring lecture with them

  • @bobboo1319
    @bobboo1319 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    All true....

  • @eseetoh
    @eseetoh 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I thought Heng Swee Huat couldn't be PM because he later developed health issues?
    Could u tell me what things did he screw up? It wasn't obvious to me. 😅

  • @Eric-qm5xw
    @Eric-qm5xw 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The main reason the UK has failed is liberal policies and especially immigration much like what’s happened all over the west. I really do not see how the UK can turn it around, the political class have sold the British down the river…and that’s because a certain percentage are immigrants either direct or 1st generation with anti British interests. Here’s the kicker the UK is still a significant force globally through it’s entrenched political web..links via world markets/ oil/ military complex. The UK is a tinder box..waiting to explode ..it’s a matter of time until something bad will happen. A very sad state of affairs…

  • @mmojave
    @mmojave 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Economist no longer the premium unbiased magazine as before. It has become a politicized mouthpiece for the "Empire"...

  • @denisalvarado9991
    @denisalvarado9991 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The truth hurts, but it will set you free 👍. Hypocrisy has to and will end.

  • @brockabaddy985
    @brockabaddy985 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Geopolitics is a complex game. BRICS+ and the global south are gradually becoming stronger in economic alliance. Singapore is not considered a member of the global south by some and it is important that she is not viewed as pro-west. Hence, your point about Singapore projecting an image of neutrality has hit the nail on the head. It's a practical strategy, one that may determine Singapore's future. Should the BRICS+ alliance march on and leave the west behind, Singapore in no way wants to be included in that camp.

  • @user-ne8yi1io4h
    @user-ne8yi1io4h 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Corruption is everywhere.

  • @virgiliustancu9293
    @virgiliustancu9293 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Maybe Singapore wants in BRICS.

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      For sure.

    • @para-tanker
      @para-tanker หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brics only have potential when it comes to economics...

    • @patriotenfield3276
      @patriotenfield3276 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@DefensePoliticsAsia As an Indian , Heavenly Yeah.

  • @chensweeyew454
    @chensweeyew454 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Used to subscribe Economist, i don't even bother to read it now 😂

  • @hartmann3288
    @hartmann3288 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    0:41 "the ukrain-" force of habit huh lol

  • @sunnyandrew1
    @sunnyandrew1 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Singapore speaks her mind and do not allow the west run us down. Singapore, being in Asian, so we have very hard working, active and always moving forward to better ourselves.

  • @tango8242
    @tango8242 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Ràffles found Singapore as establish Singapore as a trading port in 1819.. British colonize Singapore in 1824.
    For over 150 years, it is rule by British butthere is not much developmen5 to help or educate the people except using the people for British profits . British officers has been accept bride throughout it reign living in highly conformtable area, and the people here staying in slum.
    Singapore had not progress under western rules for over Century until Siñgapore get it independence in 1965 where it transform from third world country to first and more than 97% people are educated in less than 30 yeàrs.
    British gov till today is still accepting gifts and money iñ return for favorism treatment. This is outright corruption ..

  • @marcusaetius9309
    @marcusaetius9309 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Warning ; emotional damage ahead…😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @stchan8569
    @stchan8569 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The English saying, "A rolling stone (PM) gathers no moss".

  • @analekaites5215
    @analekaites5215 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can you share who were the first, second and third choice for the next Singapore PM?

  • @yutakago1736
    @yutakago1736 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    After Brexit, UK economy is going downhill. Stabbing crimes are up due to budget cut of the police force. Hundreds of murders have been committed by dangerous criminals on probation who weren't being monitored properly after being released from prison in England and Wales. UK government's attempts to run the probation service "on the cheap" have put the public at risk in recent years after disastrous reforms that led to private companies failing to check up on prisoners properly. In some instances, criminals were being monitored with a monthly phone call. Two-thirds of those released from prison are re-arrested within three years. This incarceration cycle hurts families and communities-and also costs a lot of money. Governments and nonprofits have tried many programs to reduce recidivism, but most are not successful. I don't know why UK still believe they are in a superior position to lecture other countries.

  • @owenlewis8504
    @owenlewis8504 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I'm in UK, and am disgraced at our government (both sides of the house), and our current policies, both domestic and foreign.

  • @m.t.abdullah9747
    @m.t.abdullah9747 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🎉🎉Masy'Allah Allahuakbar Permudahkan urusan kami semuanya aamiin 🎉❤🎉❤🎉🎉🤲💐

  • @slyderyder3491
    @slyderyder3491 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    👍👍

  • @anotherbacklog
    @anotherbacklog หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Civilizations rise and fall, nations comes and goes.
    You expect the UK would have gotten used to is, as is has been declining for like a century.

  • @eberger02
    @eberger02 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He made a massive mistake with that swipe at London. I am in London right now. It’s a far-right talking point to say there is lots of crime because it’s black on black and they use whining about crime so as to avoid being openly racist. I could go out now and get stabbed if I really wanted, but normally they just fight each other. You have to go looking for trouble. I do lock my door but my postman regularly leaves parcels outside the front door and nothing has ever been taken. The other points he made were good but that one was terrible - I doubt he channelled his inner racist and that quote was about a left wing MP near here. Jeremy Corbyn was white and they said just as vile things to him. He may be racist but I bet if Diane Abbott had been schooled in Eton and was horrible to poor people they’d have loved her. That sort of person hates most white people. If DPA found a homeless person in Singapore and burnt loads of money in front of them they’d love him. Burning a £50 note was part of the initiation of the drinking club both Boris Johnson and Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton were members of at university.

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As mention in the closing, I suspect that should be some type of repercussion for a top minister to speak so openly against UK's reality. I still waiting to see what's that gonna be.

  • @DelapazTotong
    @DelapazTotong หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Background music:March of the British Grenadiers😂

  • @user-pf5xq3lq8i
    @user-pf5xq3lq8i หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Economist is wef

  • @user-pf5xq3lq8i
    @user-pf5xq3lq8i หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Economist pushed injections

  • @SGG167
    @SGG167 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wouldn't be surprised in the future a authoritative figure rising in the UK to completely dismantle the parliament.

    • @DefensePoliticsAsia
      @DefensePoliticsAsia  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The next King? =P

    • @SGG167
      @SGG167 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DefensePoliticsAsia :)

  • @tommyshanks4198
    @tommyshanks4198 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The Economist is a lefty kenesian windbag publication. Best to use it as kitty litter

    • @elmersbalm5219
      @elmersbalm5219 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Don't confuse liberal with left. I never came across an Economist article that defended worker rights against corporate profits. If you have, kindly share.

  • @ricohflex777
    @ricohflex777 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It was not that long ago during British colonial rule, the Singapore cricket club had a sign barring entry to Non-Whites. So you know where the UK Economist article is coming from. Economist magazine has bosses who pay the editors and article writers. Journalists have to tailor their written articles according to the dictates of their editors. Shanmugam was talking about what Rupert Murdoch did in UK, US and Australia.

  • @jont2576
    @jont2576 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    anyone remember nassim jade two decades ago?on two occasions where LKY and son were discounts on very expensive condos in one of the most exclusive districts of Singapore,the first at 7 and 12% discount and the second time at a 5% discount?
    and guess who was the developer?ong beng seng, last seen catching a flight from paya lebar or seletar after a senior pap minister was arrested and charged with receiving "grafts"
    now this was pretty unusual as 99,9 percent of all commercial or non military flights takes place at changi airport, most of other airports in singapore have been closed to the public for decades....

  • @Ming1975
    @Ming1975 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yup, if it's not broken, don't fix it.

  • @vvvv5287
    @vvvv5287 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Singaporean is rational and logical thinking and will put economy/safety/harmony top priority.

  • @LonganLee
    @LonganLee 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The UK dare not challenge back asking him to Prove what he alleges is absolutely true and not just his opinion

  • @samuelkata7635
    @samuelkata7635 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    don't tell me you didn't know the GB is bossing around everyone from their high horse...
    Just look and listen at that Camoron of theirs lol

    • @christopherburns5262
      @christopherburns5262 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nobody here voted for Cameron, he's not even an MP. He was installed, like Sunak by the WEF/UN

  • @JZ2445
    @JZ2445 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    British writers and politicians can be so condescending. "the party loves initials" is just a petty attempt at knocking Singapore. I think the UK uses many initials themselves, and it means NOTHING. Given the UK looted from so many countries, and left countries in ruin (uniting India which used to be separate countries), it is very rich of this author to write a petty piece of drivel. In the west they say, If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Why don't they talk about the UK and US? They buy their way to votes which means they have been brought - Col Douglas McGregor. Explains why the US supports Israel unconditionally.

  • @avil8686
    @avil8686 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The economist=CNA=the west mouthpiece

  • @elmersbalm5219
    @elmersbalm5219 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    More Singapore/ Asia stuff please

  • @ButlerProspect
    @ButlerProspect 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Young People just having good time and not getting invoved or interested in Politics is what happened in the West, now we see the Results

  • @nanban1896
    @nanban1896 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hey I'm from Britain, no tears here brother, we couldn't care less. Have a nice day.

  • @just_hands13
    @just_hands13 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    you used 'bloodbath'. 😶

  • @HuaWuDi
    @HuaWuDi 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I stopped watching English Premier League for many years already..

  • @banjerism7281
    @banjerism7281 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Except that black woman is probably Diane Abbott.