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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...

For those who don’t follow these things with the avidity of a football fan during a World Cup, Jason Hayward announced last week that GDP had shrunk by 1.7 per cent in real terms compared with the same April to June period in 2021. The reason, the M...

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...

When the Throne Speech is delivered tomorrow, the Government is likely to strike a balance between laying out its policy and legislative plans for the year and the philosophy underpinning them. Some past speeches have been longer on philosophy than ...

Politics isn’t Sunday school, Lawrence Scott said after he was unceremoniously sacked from the Cabinet last week. But this was still a surprisingly ruthless move from David Burt, the Premier, and even for Mr Scott, who saw his own father forced out o...

Defeat has consigned Curtis Dickinson to the farthest recesses of the PLP back bench

Political parties bring together people who share similar political views with the goal of forming a government to implement those views through laws and policies. In order to do that, the party must win an election and must find leaders who can bot...

The recently released road traffic collision statistics for the third quarter of 2022 showed a marked improvement year-on-year, and the Bermuda Police Service rightly should be commended for what has been achieved since Operation Vega came into effec...

Bermuda’s economy grew by 5.4 per cent in 2021, according to Jason Hayward, the economy and labour minister. While the minister, in releasing the gross domestic product figures for last year, conceded that the economy at $6.3 billion had not recover...