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You know the saying, Mr Acting Editor, the more things change the more they stay the same. The Throne Speech ritual endured once again — with some minor variations. It was long, yes, (45 minutes or so) but it was mercifully short, perhaps pointedly s...
DATE: Feb 15, 2013
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John Barritt
It is practically an annual ritual, Mr Acting Editor, wishing and wondering what will be in the Throne Speech. Guesses and hopes make for interesting copy, but let’s also be realistic about what we can reasonably expect. This is after all a new Gover...
DATE: Feb 08, 2013
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John Barritt
Please, Mr Acting Editor, I do not mean to make light of the recent double murder and the outrage that has followed when I ask this question: how many times must we go around the political mulberry bush before we take action?
I am trying to make a po...
DATE: Feb 01, 2013
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John Barritt
Let me go out on a limb this week, Mr Acting Editor. There are those who question (not unfairly) my apparent preoccupation with process. They think that we ought to be more concerned with turning the economy around, that is generating more business f...
DATE: Jan 25, 2013
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John Barritt
When it comes to working together, Mr Acting Editor, you have to believe that if there is a will there is a way. Certainly it would seem that the stars are aligned for a change in the way our political parties do the country’s business. We have a new...
DATE: Jan 18, 2013
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John Barritt
You have to admit, Mr Acting Editor, that the idea of inviting a member of the Opposition to sit in the Cabinet had broad appeal — and most likely to that good majority of voters who want to see the two parties working together for the good of Bermud...
DATE: Jan 11, 2013
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John Barritt
This is an abridged version of a speech recently delivered by former One Bermuda Alliance Leader and long-standing MP John Barritt at the Annual Bishop’s Luncheon
One of my favourite sayings, a West Indian proverb, tells us that the leaky roof may ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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John Barritt
“Spend more time remedying and you will spend less time regretting” Life's Little Instruction Calendar 2010.
My wishes for the New Year, Mr. Editor, will come as no surprise to anyone. They are the unfulfilled wishes of 2010 and they centre, as alwa...
DATE: Dec 31, 2010
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John Barritt
“Do the right thing. It will gratify some and astonish the rest.” Mark Twain.
I know, I know, it's Christmas, Mr Editor. I will try to ease up, a bit, although it won't all be merry. Readers should know that I write the copy but not the headlines. I...
DATE: Dec 24, 2010
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
“An old error is always more popular than a new truth.” anonymous proverb.
You need look no further, Mr Editor, than Monday’s debate in the House for any better example of what’s wrong with the way we do the country’s business. I am as concerned as...
DATE: Dec 17, 2010
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt