My dear gov't - do simple things to keep the faith

COMMENT | Another week, another struggle to keep believing.

Instead of showing themselves to be strong, our friends in Pakatan Harapan are doing a fantastic impersonation of a ‘lame duck’ administration when it comes to the reform agenda.

The reaction to twin by-election defeats would seem to be an increased desire to pander to the intellectually stunted and morally myopic demands of the Malay right.

In the last few days, we have seen government figures form a queue to bash LGBT rights, a court rush through a monumental sentence for some social media insults and the unmistakable stench of cold feet over death penalty abolition...