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Disapproval of David Burt’s leadership is said to be at heart of the latest sensational development

Octogenarian Sir John Swan may be the outsider in the by-election for Smith’s North, but the OBA and PLP will know they are in a fight

Independent journalism is under greater threat today than in decades, with record numbers of journalists being imprisoned

Bermuda’s political parties conjure up images of two different cars. One has a stylish body and looks good, but is severely underpowered, while the other has a good working engine, but a terrible blocky shape and not enough style to make it appealing...

Perhaps bruised by previous efforts to bring about Independence for Bermuda, the Progressive Labour Party Government has taken a different approach with the release of the Corbin report. But it seems unlikely that this effort will be any more succes...

Anyone expecting an overarching plan to dramatically improve Bermuda’s moribund economy while containing the rise in the cost of living will have been disappointed in the Throne Speech yesterday. The Government’s lack of ambition may actually be righ...

Bermuda is heading for a full-blooded constitutional crisis. The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed for a second time by the House of Assembly on Friday, and was tabled in the Senate on Monday. However, that tabling is a simple procedural matter. Hav...

The shambles surrounding Bermuda’s much hyped Covid-19 testing system worsened at the end of last week with the resignation of Dr Carika Weldon as the Government’s scientific adviser. Dr Weldon returned to Bermuda from the UK at the beginning of the...

The Speech from the Throne brought to mind the comment from Mario Cuomo, the first member of that family to govern New York, that politicians “campaign in poetry, but govern in prose”. Throne speeches are often filled with grand phrasemaking and aff...

Bermuda has lived for decades with the spectre of foreign governments shattering the economy with the stroke of a pen. Changing a few words in a tax code could cause immeasurable harm to international businesses, which has as one of its cornerstones...