conference heard at the weekend.

And activists are set to pick up the phone and rebut political attacks mounted by Opposition Progressive Labour Party supporters on radio talk shows.

Party chiefs admitted at the conference that the talk shows have been allowed to become a PLP preserve.

And they insist it's time to combat what they claim is inaccurate propaganda designed to damage the UBP.

The radio talks show format has become increasingly popular since the 1993 general election.

Campaign committee member Joe Gibbons responded after a woman asked why radio talk shows appeared so one-sided. The campaign committee is the party organisation responsible for publicity and media relations.

Mr. Gibbons told the conference that party activists had to go on the offensive, both on the radio and in print through Letters to the Editor.

He said: "We do know we have been getting killed on the radio talk shows.

"There is a lot of organisation out there in the political parties to get information across -- and disinformation.'' Mr. Gibbons added that radio talk shows were "not about fact, it's about emotion and opinion.'' He said "a number of people'' had already volunteered to mount a campaign to hit back.

And he told delegates: "If we continue to do that, we win the war across the radio waves.'' Mr. Gibbons was speaking during a question and answer session at the conference.

Earlier, Kerry Judd, of Young United Bermuda, the party's youth wing, said young people in particular were influenced by what they heard on the radio.

Ms Judd added that "perception is reality'' and urged party supporters to start a fight back.

She warned: "If we do not believe in ourselves and speak out for what we believe in, I don't know how we can convince people the United Bermuda Party is the way to go.'' Earlier, a host of Government Ministers queued up to beat the drum for the United Bermuda Party's record in Government.

The theme was this year's conference was the UBP -- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

And Premier Pamela Gordon rallied the troops with a speech insisting the UBP was the only party which represented opportunity for all Bermudians plus had the experience to manage the Country in a time of rapid world change.

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