Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh took a break on Wednesday night (Feb 23) from preparing his speech for next week’s Budget debate to make house visits in Eunos.
It’s “good to get my mind off it for a bit with some ground time in Eunos”, he said in a Facebook post.
Mr Singh, who is Leader of the Opposition and represents Aljunied GRC describes the visits as “noteworthy” for two reasons.
The first reason is that he, a self-proclaimed longtime Manchester United fan, touched a “This is Anfield” sign outside a resident’s home, for the first time in his life.
Was that the magic touch that spurred on Man U’s arch-rival Liverpool FC? At Anfield that very night, Leeds United didn’t manage to score a single goal against Liverpool. And Mr Singh hinted that he might have deserved some credit. Game on!
“Probably explains the good result against Leeds last night!,” he quipped, as Liverpool FC beat Leeds United 6-0 on Wednesday.
He confessed, however, that “It didn’t feel great,” but strove to be unbiased because “MPs must be neutral about such things!”
And the other reason the visits were noteworthy? “It was nice to hear of neighbours who know of new residents in their block and take an effort to make acquaintances.”
Mr Singh said that “repeatedly” hearing residents on nearly every floor talk about their good relations with their neighbours “capped a lovely evening” for him.
Many netizens have continued to voice their support for Mr Singh, who is having to steer his party through rough waters in the wake of the Raeesah Khan scandal.
Several commenters got confused and thought he had been rooting for Liverpool.
To the uninitiated, the original “This is Anfield” sign hangs in Liverpool’s home stadium. Coach Jurgen Klopp told players they could not touch the iconic sign until they were worthy, only allowing them to do so after they won the Champions League. They last won it in 2019.
Players regularly touch the sign for good luck before going out on the pitch at Anfield.
Here’s hoping that the gesture will bring the WP chief luck as well, even if he is a Manchester United fan!
/TISG