Dear Sir,

Caricom is a reverse of Brexit.

Your recent headline implying membership “would deepen cultural ties” is totally self-serving for the Progressive Labour Party.

What is not obvious is whether paying an annual fee of $2.28 million is considered to be value for money.

This is public money that the Government has notoriously squandered recently with monotonous regularity. Think the Bermudiana Beach development, education reform consultation fees, the Gaming Commission.

For a 64,000 population and national debt of $3.29 billion, there seems to be no level of any accountability.

Therefore, a decision to join Caricom should not be left up to them, but be made using a referendum.

It should be a binding decision taken by the entire registered Bermudian population both here and abroad.

And the question which should be asked is whether it is worth this annual cost with few tangible benefits.

Technically, we are broke and should not entertain it; it seems relevant only to the egos of some individuals. Brexit was Britain getting out of the European Union, Caricom is Bermuda getting into something that's not necessary.

TONY HAWORTH

Warwick