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I don't want Bermuda to become like that. That's very disturbing. I have spent a lot of time in Holland and I have seen what that can be like and what it must be like to live under. We need to get a stronger sense of who we are. And once you get that...
DATE: Dec 14, 2000
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Pro Independence campaigner Walton Brown has called on the PLP to get the ball rolling on Independence.
And he said the issue should be put to a referendum rather than an election in order not to divide the vote on political lines.
He said: "You run ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2000
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In the first of a series Matthew Taylor talks to public figures who have a passionate stance on the issue of independence. Here Opposition MP Trevor Moniz says why he thinks independence could hurt the economy and stir up racial splits.
Question: Wha...
DATE: Dec 13, 2000
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We have these ethnic divisions but independence will do nothing for that, in fact, it will exacerbate it. If you look at countries which have ethnic problems and have suddenly leapt to independence, you tell me if everything has suddenly become nice ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2000
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party has always wanted autonomy from Britain but it boycotted 1995's doomed Independence referendum put forward by then UBP Premier John Swan. But Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb believes the next election may be fought on the issue. Today Ma...
DATE: Dec 13, 2000
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businessman Wendall Brown "Finance is sometimes the way (politicians) can influence selection of judges and the bench. I had my suspicions. We want to preserve the independence of the judiciary from political interference.'' -- John Barritt (UBP) on ...
DATE: Dec 09, 2000
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Court judges while the Court of Appeal also gets a boost.
Attorney General Dame Lois Browne Evans said funds would be immediately available to increase the Supreme Court Bench from three to four but the new law will allow a total of five judges.
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DATE: Dec 09, 2000
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over plans to change the Constitution and urged the United Bermuda Party to stop using "bogey man'' tactics.
Senators spent yesterday discussing a "take note'' motion on the reforms, but had no authority to vote on the matter.
It follows a 24-hour de...
DATE: Dec 07, 2000
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passports for its overseas territories citizens were not included in yesterday's Queen's Speech.
The proposal has always faced some opposition in Britain itself where the Home Office, which is responsible for immigration, fears an influx of people fr...
DATE: Dec 07, 2000
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hell or high water'' to push through the changes or would they acknowledge there were serious concerns, even among some of its supporters.
"Arrogant, dictatorial, autocratic. That's their attitude to these reforms,'' he said.
Most countries had an en...
DATE: Dec 04, 2000
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