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Southampton MP Charlie Swan yesterday said he’ll let the people decide whether he continues to fight on with the seemingly doomed United Bermuda Party.
Mr Swan and former Opposition leader Kim Swan are the last two MPs standing in the party members v...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former Progressive Labour Party Senator Phil Perinchief is warning the One Bermuda Alliance could cash in on a growing perception the ruling party is failing badly.
Mr Perinchief urged his PLP colleagues not to dismiss the OBA an amalgamation of the ...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Elder statesman Quinton Edness believes the United Bermuda Party could have won the next election if it hadn’t disbanded.
The former UBP Minister claims the 47-year-old party still had tremendous support and could have capitalised on the public’s dis...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The United Bermuda Party was founded on August 21, 1964, marking the beginning of a fierce, often bitter, two-horse race which would consume Bermuda’s political scene for nearly four decades.
A year earlier, the Progressive Labour Party had become th...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The United Bermuda Party last night voted to disband and join forces with the Bermuda Democratic Alliance.
Central committee members voted 68 to 14 in favour of forming the One Bermuda Alliance by reuniting with their former colleagues who broke away...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox’s admission she can’t guarantee all jobs are safe has underlined the importance of Bermuda Industrial Union filing its accounts, according to Bermuda Democratic Alliance chairman Michael Fahy.
Mr Fahy has repeatedly called for the B...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Cabinet Minister Neletha Butterfield threatened to boycott an AME Church event after she and Acting Premier Derrick Burgess were asked to sit in the second row for a Mount Zion service.
Ms Butterfield and the Deputy Premier were deeply upset to be di...
DATE: Apr 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The United Bermuda Party’s communications consultant has quit after more than four years’ service.
It’s understood Don Grearson’s departure is connected to the official Opposition’s fund-raising difficulties; he terminated his contract as negotiation...
DATE: Apr 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley accused Government of being slow off the mark after Premier Paula Cox confirmed Cabinet is considering gang legislation.
In her first televised address to the nation as Premier on Thursday night, Ms C...
DATE: Apr 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Both Opposition party leaders last night signalled warnings of a summer of unrest after Premier Paula Cox rejected calls for Cabinet Ministers to take a symbolic pay cut.
With two major unions angry Ministers’ $168,000-plus salaries remain untouched ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
