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“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful”. — Margaret J. Wheatley
One of the most important national and political decisions that David Burt will make — or has a...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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Vic Ball
“One of the deadliest causes of destruction of divine destinies is when a leader is failing, but he does not know it. Ignorance about your role is a death plot against people's successes.”
— Israelmore Ayivor
David Burt is bleeding politicall...
DATE: Apr 08, 2022
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Vic Ball
“If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence”
— Bayar Rustin
I write this in reaction to the sensational video I watched yesterday morning with Hollywood star Will Smith slapping another Hollywood s...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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Vic Ball
“A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
It was recently reported on February 21 that for the third consecutive year Bermuda has recorded the grim statistic that we recorded more deaths than th...
DATE: Mar 25, 2022
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Vic Ball
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”
— Abraham Lincoln
If you listened to the Budget Statement delivered by David Burt on February 25...
DATE: Mar 11, 2022
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Vic Ball
“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say”
— Bill Carney
The short answer is no one really knows. However, when an incident as spectacular as the finance minister of Bermuda quitting a mere week...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“Bad leadership is like a flat tyre. It is very hard to go anywhere until you change it”
— Unknown
Bermuda, in my last opinion, I clearly outlined Bermuda’s economic and political position as it stands under David Burt’s leadership. It was a...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“Do not let a leader lead you on a bad path.” – Confucius
Bermuda, before we heard the terms flatten the curve, social distance, quarantine, lock down or curfew, David Burt made a speech in 2019 at the Fairmont Southampton Resort where he told B...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and taking the politicians as a joke.”
The dispute raging between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the labour government was predictable to anyone following the events between ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“They live their lives of false pretence every day, these are the big fish who always try to eat down the small fish, they would do anything to materialise their every wish. I say, woe to the downpressor, they will eat the bread of sorrow, tomorr...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball