Lt Col David Burch says his sudden resignation was a spur-of-the-moment decision which he does “not regret it in the slightest.”The former Government Senate Leader and National Security Minister says his strong political and Regiment principles meant he had to take a stand against the way he was treated by Premier Paula Cox.Mr Burch claims the Premier went against “proper protocol” by meeting Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva to discuss the shooting of Randy Robinson without consulting him.Mr Burch told Ms Cox he was resigning during a phone conversation on April 2, just two days before the end of the Senate session.But Mr Burch says “what’s happened has happened” as he is now enjoying spending his time catching up on sleep and making travel plans.The strong-willed politician says he is “going with the flow” but he still has hopes of becoming an MP in Southampton East and he wouldn’t rule out a return to a top Government position. Mr Burch said: “The Premier put it in the public domain what happened, it was nothing more and nothing less.“She called me and said she had met with the Police Commissioner and given him some instructions, I had known nothing about this, it was my Ministry but I hadn’t been told. We disagreed quite significantly on that one issue and I made the decision to resign.“People who know me and my DNA know that would be reason for me to resign. They wouldn’t expect anything different.”Mr Burch said his “political upbringing and Regiment background” led to his decision to resign “there and then.” He said he had not been thinking or planning his resignation and it was the decision of “me, myself and I.”Mr Burch, who served 20 years in the Bermuda Regiment and retired as Commanding Officer, said the Saturday afternoon phone conversation with the Premier had remained civil with neither of them raising their voices.Mr Burch said he felt “disrespected” because “proper protocol” had not been followed. He said as the Police Commissioner “worked for me directly,” Ms Cox should have involved him.When asked if Mr Burch had any regrets now that he’d had time to mull things over, he replied: “Absolutely not. I have no regrets, no regrets in the slightest.”Ms Cox has only once spoken publicly about the disagreement that led to Mr Burch’s resignation. She told ZBM’s Let’s Talk programme: “He thought that showed I lacked confidence in him when I showed him it didn’t mean that. After the latest shooting I just wanted to be briefed first hand by the Commissioner.“He’s a loss and he’s an asset but Government moves on...If a person does feel that strongly I have to accept that and make the necessary decisions...no-one is indispensable.”Mr Burch and Ms Cox spoke on the phone several times over the weekend of April ⅔ to “talk things through.” But Mr Burch says he has not spoken to or seen Ms Cox since then.He added: “I still consider the Premier to be a friend, I’m still PLP and I’m still going to work for this Government for the good of this country.”Mr Burch was replaced in the Senate by former Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith and former assistant police commissioner Wayne Perinchief was appointed the new National Security Minister.Mr Burch said of his two replacements: “They bring a skill set to the table and off they go, let’s see what happens.”Mr Burch had been keeping a low profile since his resignation and had not returned the media’s requests for an interview.But he was happy to speak to The Royal Gazette at 8am on Saturday in the car park of Heron Bay Primary School in Southampton. It was exactly two weeks since he’d resigned from Government.Mr Burch was in high spirits and looked relaxed wearing a green PLP shirt, jeans, walking boots and Prada sunglasses.He was about to roll up his sleeves and head off on a Spring Clean-Up of constituencies 29 and 30 with Health Minister Zane DeSilva.Mr Burch said: “I’m feeling just fine.“I’ve been doing a lot of things, I’m keeping busy, I’ve been cooking and cleaning the house.“I’m sleeping a lot more and am enjoying not being able to make time.”Mr Burch added that it had been suggested that he should take up golf but he believes “the damage to golf courses would cost too much.”Instead he plans to pack his bags and “do a bit of travelling.” He said there were a few places he’d like to visit with Jamaica top of his list, calling the Caribbean island his “second favourite place in the world.”Mr Burch said: “There are a whole lot of people trying to get me to do work for them. They want my brain to help them to organise stuff.“I will do some stuff for Government. Two Ministers have approached me about helping with projects and I have agreed to help, but I will let them announce what that is all about.“We’ll just have to see how it goes, at the moment I’m going with the flow.”Mr Burch said he had “not really” heard from many people since his resignation although he said some members of the public had phoned and left messages. He said: “When I was in Government they hated me, then when I leave they list all the reasons why I shouldn’t have. Some people are never happy.”Mr Burch hopes to run as an MP in constituency 29, Southampton East, where he lives. Speaker of the House Stanley Lowe is the current MP and has served this constituency for more than 30 years.Mr Burch said: “I want to run for 29. I’m still interested in running as an MP.”He said he wouldn’t rule out returning to the House of Assembly or Senate “sometime in the future.” But he added: “I don’t have a say in that.”Several PLP branch members joined Mr Burch and Mr DeSilva to “beautify the community” on Saturday morning. They removed debris, cut back shrubbery, swept the streets and picked up trash on the Railway Trail, Lighthouse Hill and Riviera Crescent.Mr DeSilva said he was keeping Mr Burch “nice and busy” before joking that he was only helping out as he was “trying to get votes.”