Thursday, 19 November 2020

“Hong Kong pan-democrats who quit Legco showed neither foresight nor courage”

This letter is along the lines of what I've said for ages: that the key strategic error of the Pan-Dems in Hong Kong was to rebuff the 2014 moves towards universal suffrage. It was a classic case of rejecting the good in favour of the perfect.
That's not hindsight. We thought that at the time: 60% of something was better than 0% of everything.
So what? That's past. "We are where we are". Of course.
But could some awareness maybe inform them now? Support our remaining freedoms. Support the Free Port. Look to 2047 and beyond. Stop bickering. Stop grandstanding.