Dear Mr. Tan
As Minister Shanmugan has been referencing British Convention, it is useful that to Prince Charles has not been "dumb". He has been the Voice of the People in the UK. He has for example spoken out againt Tony Blair on the Iraq war.
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15513366
The following url has a list of other instances where Prince Charles very publicly voices his opionon.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/01/alastair-campbell-tony-blair-prince-charles
In the following article, Prime Minister Tony Blair is noted as saying that
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
"A prime minister may sound off from time to time, especially when sensitive discussions with members of the royal family leak into the papers, in the middle of some high-profile issue.
"However, I want to make it clear that I always found my discussions and correspondence with Prince Charles immensely helpful. I thought he had a perfect right to raise questions and did so in a way that was both informative and insightful. So I welcomed his contributions, and have no doubt he will continue to raise issues with the new government as he is entitled and indeed it is his job to do, and that they will also find it helpful."
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Thank you for showing that Prince Charles is also acting as the Voice of the People !
As Minister Shanmugan has been referencing British Convention, it is useful that to Prince Charles has not been "dumb". He has been the Voice of the People in the UK. He has for example spoken out againt Tony Blair on the Iraq war.
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15513366
The following url has a list of other instances where Prince Charles very publicly voices his opionon.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/01/alastair-campbell-tony-blair-prince-charles
In the following article, Prime Minister Tony Blair is noted as saying that
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
"A prime minister may sound off from time to time, especially when sensitive discussions with members of the royal family leak into the papers, in the middle of some high-profile issue.
"However, I want to make it clear that I always found my discussions and correspondence with Prince Charles immensely helpful. I thought he had a perfect right to raise questions and did so in a way that was both informative and insightful. So I welcomed his contributions, and have no doubt he will continue to raise issues with the new government as he is entitled and indeed it is his job to do, and that they will also find it helpful."
REPLY
Thank you for showing that Prince Charles is also acting as the Voice of the People !
1 comment:
If Prince Charles could speak up on issues that he considers not right, then our President could do the same. Both are Constitutionally bound, our Constitution modelled on British standard, and it dun say President must be diam, diam like a meek lamb.
Believe that all the rest of aspiring candidates would say Charles is doing the right thing, all except PAP endorsed Tony Tan.
So we must not let Tony be President. Any Tan could be President, but not Tony. Nobody is talking about the Presidency being a separate centre of power. Tony is trying to put words into our mouth, we are talking about President pointing out flaws and doubts wherever there is a necessity. Tony is trying to twist with words, like any other PAP Minister. He is so very PAP in speech, thoughts and behaviour. How could he deny, without blinking an eye, that he is not a PAP man.
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