The Opposition United Bermuda Party (UBP) yesterday urged Government to `bring the General Election on' when they unveiled two new team members to the media.

Gwyneth Rawlins and Jon Brunson could be possible Parliamentary candidates if and when Premier Jennifer Smith announces her intention to hold an election - likely to be some time this summer.

Opposition leader Grant Gibbons said, despite not knowing when an election would be called, the UBP was ready to fight its way back into Government.

He said: "We are a diverse and inclusive team who are working to bring Bermudians together to address challenges facing our Island home.

"The country is ready for change and needs change. The current Government has not effectively addressed many of the basic needs of our community and every year they are spending more money.

"When we talk with people in the community, we hear real concerns about a breakdown in the fabric of our community, about drugs and crime, and a criminal justice system which isn't as effective as it could be, about challenges of finding affordable housing, about educating our children and about tourism.

"The United Bermuda Party has new faces, as well as experience, we have new ideas and new energy. "We want to bring good Government back to Bermuda - Government that operates with integrity, fairness and openness."

New candidate Ms Rawlins, who is a customer relations specialist for the Argus Group, as well as a mother and a grandmother, yesterday urged Government to call an election as soon as possible.

She said: "The new United Bermuda Party team is very diverse and representative of the entire community. We are made up of people from all walks of life, from different socio-economic backgrounds. We are blacks and whites, working for a common purpose."

And Mr. Brunson, who works for Orbis Investment Management Ltd. and is a father of two, said the UBP had changed from within and was ready to tackle modern problems in a modern way.

He said: "To many of us, Government seems divisive and alienating. We see politicians as looking after themselves first, their cronies second, and the people third, or even lower down the list.

"We need to include people in on decisions. We need to consult them, not antagonise them or alienate them.

"Bermuda's most challenging problems - from racial inequality, disappointing tourism, and violence and crime, are not going to be solved by old-fashioned bullying techniques. We need to draw more people into the circle to solve them, not push people away."