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Political commentator Christian Dunleavy first noted the curious fact that the Progressive Labour Party now has as many members elected under the banner of the United Bermuda Party as the United Bermuda Party does two.
Mr Tucker, who has sat as an I...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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MP Walter Lister's recent comment that a Bermudian could do the Governor's job as well as Sir Richard Gozney, and for less, has sparked debate in the community. To some degree, Mr Lister is right. There are Bermudians who are quite capable of doing t...
DATE: May 31, 2011
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Decades ago, Dr Eustace Cann, who was one of the small band of black Members of Colonial Parliament (as MPs were then known) who for decades fought for equal rights and against segregation, made a selfless and statesmanlike decision.
Women were seek...
DATE: May 26, 2011
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There was more gloom in the March Retail Sales figures released on Friday, which showed that sales had dropped 8.6 percent after taking account of inflation compared to March last year.
While the plunge in car sales and a rise in motorbike sales sug...
DATE: May 24, 2011
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The members of the Bermuda Public Service Union deserve credit for agreeing to their new pay contract without taking industrial action.
Instead, and using a secret ballot, the members voted for a small wage increase and, presuakbly, a modicum of job...
DATE: May 20, 2011
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Yesterday’s formation of the One Bermuda Alliance represents a watershed in Bermuda politics. Although Kim Swan and Charlie Swan look likely to try to keep breathing life in the United Bermuda Party, the reality is that it is dead and gone.
It is re...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith was right in one respect when she issued her statement on the school suspension policy last week.
If we teach our children anything, it is that we should abide by the rules and regulations that have been laid d...
DATE: May 17, 2011
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First, the good news. Premier Paula Cox now says she is open to the idea of a Cabinet pay cut, if it would help to move Bermuda forward.
That’s a far cry from her last statement, when she said in a television address: “It takes grit and character to...
DATE: May 17, 2011
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Perhaps the planned dissolution of the United Bermuda Party and the Bermuda Democratic Alliance and the creation of the One Bermuda Alliance was going a little too smoothly for its own good.
Just days before the launch of the new party, Party Leader...
DATE: May 12, 2011
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Transport Minister Terry Lister has been taking a lot of criticism over the problems with the public transport at Dockyard. Not all of it is deserved.
A great many people have, perhaps accurately, said that the answer to the shortage of transport is ...
DATE: May 11, 2011
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