Steering Clear of Snakes

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar (left) makes a lot of sense when she declared that Pakatan Harapan will not work with Mahathir Mohamad’s Gerakan Tanah Air or Muhyiddin Yassin’s Perikatan Nasional in the 15th general election that is coming soon in Malaysia.

The Permatang Pauh MP said that the decision not to work with either entity is final, as PH will not allow themselves to be “bitten by a snake again”, following the “episodes of betrayal” that took place in 2018 when the PH government fell. 

In a Utusan Malaysia interview published Wednesday, she said “I am returning to the mandate of the leadership, which is strengthening PH. This is not an easy agenda because we went from being the Opposition to the Government to the Opposition again within the span of 22 months. So now we are ironing out our relationships with each other, we are targeting seats together, as one coalition. Let that be our goal heading into GE15”. 

She is right but if PH are honest with themselves, they'll know there's much more work to be done really. And if they want to regain Malaysians' support, they as well as their individual constituents need to rebuild the trust they have surrendered and lost. For their sakes, I hope they know it.

Get real, PH! Today, Malaysians don't believe you are worthy of their votes! 

Yesterday, Napoli steamrolled past Liverpool 4-1 in the opening match of the Champions League group campaign. 

We haven’t learned anything, have we? Jürgen Klopp (right) still opted for more of the same. 

The full-backs were abysmal again in terms of positional work and tracking, the cohesion in attack wasn’t there on or off the ball. And we keep witnessing a catalog of errors. 

Not only that but you really have to wonder what’s going on with the Reds’ energy and power levels? Where has the pressing, the famous intensity, gone? 

It’s time for the manager to stop pretending things are more or less there and start addressing these issues. Surely, he can clearly see Liverpool are nowhere near the levels we are used to. Not even close.

Klopp and his men have their work cut out for them. Let's pray this won't be a season to forget!