Dear MP Leah Scott,

I had the opportunity to read your recent article published in The Royal Gazette entitled “Resolution and conversation have to be a part of the bigger picture”. It requires mental gymnastics of Olympic proportion when one attempts to understand how you continue to make these self-contradictory statements with such monotonous regularity.

With the greatest degree of respect, it would appear that your primary reasons for allowing yourself to be used to proffer such contradictory diatribe are to distract and intimidate the unwary and attempt to define, and therefore control, the narrative surrounding the airport protest.

Well, unfortunately it hasn’t worked. In fact, it has exposed the very contradictory nature of the politics of which your government has operated over the past four years. Did you really think that lowly of the people of Bermuda that you felt they would forget that only three weeks ago you said something totally different?

Three weeks ago, immediately after the protest you told The Royal Gazette that it was “a very, very sad day”, and you described the treatment of protesters as showing “no understanding of the history”.

You didn’t stop there, though, Madam MP: you went farther to say you wish you were there with the protesters, when you said “I was disappointed with myself that I didn’t go. I am so angry with myself that I didn’t just get up and go”.

This is an interesting change of thought and position on the matter, to say the very least.

Were these lies? Or is it as it appears? That you are willing to say whatever, whenever, to whomever, as long as it seemingly will benefit you. Yesterday, you said: “It is disappointing that the protesters went beyond legal protesting to illegally blocking the entrances to the House of Assembly so that Members of Parliament could not conduct the business of the country.”

I am reminded of a time in February 2015 when in your position of junior education minister, you lifted words from a Hello Beautiful article. Some plagiarism highlighters indicated as much as 85 per cent of your letter had been taken directly from the Hello Beautiful article. At that time, before publicly apologising for your actions, you tried to justify them by telling me that “I incorporated some of her thoughts into my letter”.

Perhaps you have allowed someone to write yesterday’s opinion for you, or perhaps you have “incorporated someone’s thoughts” again because it drives a coach and horse through your previous stance on the matter.

MP Scott, it was your hapless use of the aphorism “follow your own convictions”. Very, very interesting statement coming from yourself.

Two weeks ago, you e-mailed me and asked me to call you. We spoke for just under an hour and we spoke further afterwards.

You expressed to me your disgust at the events that occurred on December 2, when peaceful protesters were assaulted and pepper-sprayed by the police. You indicated to me that you spoke with the leadership of your party beforehand and forewarned them of the implications of proceeding with the legislation in the arrogant manner that they have attempted to do so. However, very much to your dissatisfaction, they did not listen to you.

You openly expressed to me that your party is out of touch with people of this country and that you are privy to things that have left your spirit unsettled and your conscience torn.

When I asked what was stopping you from resigning from your party, you indicated that despite being disgusted with the actions of the One Bermuda Alliance and despite believing that the Progressive Labour Party will win the next General Election, you question whether the PLP has the business dexterity and experience to lead this country to economic prosperity. This is a hollow argument that is separate and distinct from the consideration of whether you will accept, tolerate and stand by the actions of your party as of late.

I explained that standing up against what your party allowed to occur December 2 would be well received by the people of this country — and your constituents. You responded by saying that the protesters mostly did not comprise the demographic that populates your constituency; a population you described as “older white retired businessmen and women”. It begs the question of whether keeping your seat is more important than the values that we both know that you stand for. I think not.

While I understood that there may be concern about political longevity and a concern of facing the wrath of “the establishment”, I implored you to do what you feel within your heart is right. A quote by our late brother Martin Luther King Jr comes to mind. I inserted your name where he said “one” and “he”. I asked you to think about this:

“Leah, there comes a time when you must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but Leah you must take it because your conscience tells you it is right.”

You said that staying with the OBA would allow you to be “the voice in the room” for the people. Leah, as I stated when we spoke, while that is an ideal and optimistic view, it is a sad and fictitious falsehood. They do not care about you, nor do they respect your voice — and they have shown you this time and time again.

On December 2, peacefully assembled elderly women were thrown to the ground, subjected to the burning sensations of pepper spray and assaulted by police officers at the order of the government that you are a part of. There were handicapped elders that were injured by the police as they peacefully protested.

I have previously implored you to make the right decision and resign from your party. Now, I’m asking that you resign from Parliament because Bermuda deserves consistent men and women to run this country. At the moment, like many of your parliamentary colleagues, tragically you fall short of that mark.

You have shown the people of Bermuda that you are willing to be a part of a government that has shown a total disregard and disrespect for the people, a government that has led to the largest breakdown in social cohesion in our island’s recent history, and most sadly, a government that will allow peacefully gathered elderly, handicapped and vulnerable citizens to be pepper-sprayed and beaten.

I, like thousands of others, intend to hold this government to account, and that means everyone who is complicit in their actions. I hope that as I continue to do so, I am able to say that you are not a part of such an organisation.

Have a wonderful holiday.

Your friend, Eron.

•Eron Hill, who can be contacted at eronhill@live.com, is studying for an LLB Law Hons degree at Durham University