Inside Singapore: From British colony to global finance nerve centre

Inside Singapore: From British colony to global finance nerve centre

There are lots of reasons why Britain should not be helping prop-up Singapore’s authoritarian regime, whose low-regulation economy is admired by many Brexiteers.  Singapore doesn’t have a free press. While it does have elections, the same party – indeed the same family – have dominated since 1959, limiting the growth of opposition parties, and freedom of expression, assembly and association.  Its justice system still uses both capital and corpor…