Edness `Half a loaf in this case is not better than none at all because we have brothers and sisters out there not protected... -- Shadow Home Affairs Minister Alex Scott `If we pass this law, we are denying managers the right to a trade union and we are denying them the right to represented anywhere else -- they are up in the air.' -- Ottiwell Simmons (PLP) `If any employee chooses to join a union, then they have the right to do that.

We also have to recognise that we have to support the employers on the Island.' Tourism Minister David Dodwell `He gave great service to this country and brought to the post a dignity and gentleness and sense of fairness. He will be a great loss.' -- Opposition Leader Jennifer Smith on Albert Jackson, who retired as Senate President on Wednesday. (See story below)