Wishy-washy silence is not golden

Lack of political will: But where our politicians are reluctant to take action, the people are not. Many are making their views heard, like Siti Balqis Mohd Nasiruddin who made a stand at the ‘Walk the Talk to End Child Marriage’ rally last year.

THEY say that if you don’t come out strongly against something, it means you’re for it. Silence means acquiescence. It’s an affliction that particularly affects politicians who, ever wary of potential controversies, stay clear of taking unequivocal stands on most subjects.

So you have, to give an international example, a Jeremy Corbyn who won’t say he’s against Brexit. Which leaves us to speculate what he really thinks about it or whether he simply doesn’t want to agitate his pro-Brexit supporters.