“It is a one-way street to ruin” if future generations of political leaders on all sides engage in identity politics, said Singapore’s Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam in his ministerial statement in parliament on Tuesday (Oct 14). He laid out Singapore’s approach to race and religion, and noted a few examples from the 2025 General Election where race and religion were brought into politics. Mr Shanmugam highlighted incidents such as Malaysia-based preacher Noor Deros interference and Workers’