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The DPP decision was as confounding as it was disappointing, Mr Editor, on two fronts. We know this much: the appointment is in the discretion of the Governor. The Bermuda Constitution Order does not require him to consult with anyone or any one body...

Calls for collaboration and cooperation sound and look an awful lot like wishful thinking, don’t you think Mr Editor? If the banter on the blogs is any indication, we have people on either side who keep scorecards, lengthy lists of the wrongs that e...

Politics offers up plenty of twists and turns, Mr Editor, some of them predictable and some not so predictable. The unpredictable can be a pain. When asked what could scupper his government’s plans former United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Macmilla...

It was a criticism that was bound to be levelled, Mr Editor, and so it was. Bermuda could use an America’s Cup approach to public education. Everyone knows it too, and have known for a long, long time. How long? Long enough. Our political parties ha...

This letter was penned by a reader who wishes to remain anonymous and was sent not long after my columns following the Throne Speech, one of which was entitled “Constructive work for idle hands”. The speech underscores the OBA’s inability to sustain...

This letter was prompted in part by my column headlined “Important to tie your camel” about the need for a stronger more active and robust Public Accounts Committee and the need for greater and closer oversight of Government spending. The following ...

Far be it from me to cast the first stone, or any stone at all. The fact is I have been there and been a part of that. I know only too well how easy it is to cross the line and get carried away by the cut and thrust of intense debate. It can get nast...

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither apparently was the Casino Gaming Act. This, Mr. Editor, is legislation of elephantine proportions: some 100 plus pages of over 200 clauses that any reasonable person might regard as complex, if not complicated, mos...

There isn’t just a hole to fill on page 4, Mr Editor. There is a hole in all our hearts. I am saddened to know that my column will no longer get to bask in the glow of Peter’s good humour. He was a great companion to all of us each Friday over the ye...

By John Barritt Readers write, Mr Editor, and they are seldom wrong – as well you know. Much like voters, which most of them probably are. This week I share a few. Comments, that is. Feedback was strong on recent columns on the need for stronger parl...