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There’s no sense crying over spilled milk, right? Wrong — and certainly not when it involves taxpayers’ money and politics. It seems also to depend, Mr Editor, on whose milk we happen to be talking about and how fresh or sour it was when it was spi...

Some things never change, Mr Editor. Or so it seems. It was back to the future when I recently had occasion to pick up a copy of the Report of The Royal Commission into the 1977 Disturbances, better known as the Pitt Report, and thumbed through some ...

Be careful what you wish for. Funny that, Mr Editor, but the admonition is probably best appreciated on hindsight. I have in mind here PATI, the Public Access to Information legislation which became effective (finally) on April’s first, April Fool’s...

Exhortations to do better are fine as far as they go, Mr Editor, which usually isn’t very far, really. But maybe, like me, you cannot help but think that we could use something more. Sure, we should call out bad behaviour when we see it and condemn ...

Forget for a moment (if you can) recent events on the Hill. The story of that week, possibly the month, or maybe even the year, Mr Editor, may yet turn out to be the one headlined: “Charman: Corporate tax would benefit Bermuda.” Heads were spinning,...

There must be some other way, Mr Editor, and of course there is. It is just a matter of will and reorganisation on the Hill. We just need Government to lead the way and Ministers to start by tightening their briefs. Say what? I am, of course, referr...

It ain’t easy. Mr Editor, never was — and most likely never will be. Think about it for a minute: long days, late nights, three times a week for two weeks. A Budget debate that is anything but a debate. Two parties, two viewpoints and some very stron...

Readers write, Mr Editor, and I am grateful. They are never wrong and I generally enjoy what they have to say. This week I feature what one astute reader had to share with me: the views of the retired head of the UK Civil service, Lord O’Donnell, on ...