Opposition supporters in GE2015 was too naive and hopeful for an opposition unity. In reality, the PAP wasn't the common enemy to every Opposition Party. The game was to maintain a canvass of white with a dash of blue was the final objective. GE2015, WP kept all other opposition parties at length from the start and that is the way they like it in Parliament. After all, WP MPs sits in most parliamentary select committees, unlikely they would want it diluted. Now, the question is, can SDP lead a third force in GE2020?

Looking at the wave of criticism against the NSP for wanting now to contest in Macpherson despite giving up Marine Parade, it is apparent that contrary to what some political observers say about GE 2015 being about political party diversity, the political landscape in Singapore is shaping up increasingly to resemble a lop-sided two-party hegemony. The way both the PAP and WP have conducted their preparations for this coming hustings indicates quite clearly that there will be little or no space in the future for other political parties.

In a Facebook post this evening, long time opposition leader Steve Chia from the National Solidarity Party (NSP) has written about his party's decision to contest MacPherson Single Member Constituency (SMC) and why he finds it frustrating to work with the WP for a compromise over the ward.

According to Workers' Party chairwoman Sylvia Lim, it would not have been productive for the Workers’ Party (WP) to attend the second round of horse-trading talks after the National Solidarity Party (NSP) turned down a proposal to avoid a three-corner fight.

Opposition chiefs from the National Solidarity Party (NSP), People's Power Party (PPP), and the Reform Party (RP) have expressed unhappiness over a breach in confidentiality following the opposition get-together on Monday which was attended by 11 opposition parties. They have called the breach an attempt to smear the NSP and to destroy opposition unity.