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“This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last, many more will have to suffer, many more will have to die, don’t ask me why”
— Bob Marley
An interesting dynamic has taken place in Bermuda politics. The Progressive Labour Party ha...
DATE: Jun 28, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“With friends like these, who needs enemies”
— Joey Adams
This expression is timely when we consider that one’s close associates can often prove to be more adversarial and damaging than one’s enemy or opponents. The quote above is very applic...
DATE: Jun 15, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.”
—Turkish Proverb
It is very rare that I would write a follow-up t...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
Joe Biden, the President of the United States, recently attacked Bermuda in his first speech at the joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021. He is now added to the long list of American presidents who have criticised our island for sheltering US ...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw”
— Nelson Mandela
The Government has one of the biggest challenges that it could ever face. The leadership style that it has used to win...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“If this was the OBA government that was making these kinds of inconsistent decisions and practising double standards that discriminated against Bermudians, it would have sparked an island-wide outcry”
— Chris Furbert, April 2021
I am going t...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“How can you be sitting there telling me that you care, when every time I look around, the people are suffering in every way, everywhere.”
— Bob Marley
We all feel it. There is a high level of fear, anxiety, concern and trepidation in our cou...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“A leader is a someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improves the system the live under”
— Sam Houston
In the run-up to the last General Election, I was asked by Mike Sharpe what was my greatest fear. I expressed that my grea...
DATE: Apr 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
Bermuda is arguably going through the toughest social and economic time in recent memory. We are dealing with a pandemic that has varying polarising views on masks, vaccines, curfews and the stripping away of our constitutional rights. Businesses are...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
More than two months ago, I penned an opinion — “No substance: can you hear the silence?” — to bring to Bermudians’ attention a piece of legislation that passed silently and with little communication of its importance to all of us and our present way...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball