After listening to both sides of the House of Assembly on the Throne Speech, it becomes clear that there are polar opposites operating at two extremes of the political spectrum.
Take the issue of sove...
The beginning of the Westminster system dates back to the Magna Carta, which was a document created in 1215 that put a limit and check on the powers allowed to the monarch. Before the Magna Carta, the...
Carlyle Corbin, the author of the Options for Sovereignty report, cannot be said to be an impartial or benign scholar of sovereignty, given he is himself an advocate of self-determination. It is OK to...
There are some historical and national matters that go beyond politics, that appear to have been used as a simple political prop that has now become a national tragedy. Over the centuries, there have ...
Politically, Bermuda is set to face a long dark winter as the status quo sets in. The visit of the Bahamian premier gave us a reminder of the history of connection between the two PLPs. He, also for t...
If the attempt by David Burt was to conceal that there was a significant divide in the Progressive Labour Party, then his Cabinet reshuffle came at an inappropriate time.
Wayne Furbert has been a memb...
I think most people have heard the term “floating a balloon” — and I need to float one now. Politics is about people, and gaining political thrust requires a healthy percentage of a population’s suppo...
The first and only debate between David Burt and the challenger Curtis Dickinson took place on Saturday night with neither expressing any bombshells or knockout punches. However, in a rather evenly co...
I recall many years ago boxing, which was meant to be a friendly encounter where I held my opponent at bay for a moment with quick, effective jabs. I had the technique of jab-and-clinch, which kept me...
I think it was the year 2000 when Stanley Ratteray chaired a mini-symposium for the United Bermuda Party, which was then trying to find its way after election defeat in 1998.
I had expressed the posit...
