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Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan but despite the confusion, the majority of people interviewed in Hamilton yesterday thought Tourism Minister the Hon. C.V. (Jim) Woolridge should be the next Premier. Since Sir John's resignation, Mr. Woolridge and Fina...

down after some 18 months of political uncertainty. That is a long time in any country but an especially long time for a small island which takes its politics so seriously. Bermuda has been staggering about uncertainly under the weight of political s...

Hon. Irving Pearman in a recent Penn & Schoen poll which included questions on the Country's leadership, The Royal Gazette has learned. The poll, conducted for the Bank of Bermuda and the Bank of Butterfield, included questions asking respondents whi...

two leadership contenders says he has been deluged by telephone calls from people wanting to influence his vote. But the Hon. Harry Soares said backers of Tourism Minister the Hon. C.V. (Jim) Woolridge are working harder than those who want Finance M...

their best to meet the Country's needs. The people having spoken on Independence, it might be best for the UBP to consider what the people want before they consider the demands of their own internal politics which tend to be selfish. Basically we thi...

Despite the voters' overwhelming rejection of Independence at last week's referendum, the issue is far from dead, a National Liberal Party spokesman said last night. Businessman and former NLP chairman Mr. Charles Jeffers said his party took issue wi...

MPs supporting the Hon. C.V. (Jim) Woolridge to lead the United Bermuda Party yesterday accused those behind the Hon. David Saul's bid for leadership of trying to "hijack'' the party. And they accused Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan of trying to engin...

the United Bermuda Party. And his backers say he already has more than the 11 votes he needs to win the contest. After the Independence debate that split the UBP, "I'm for a healing process,'' Dr. Saul told The Royal Gazette yesterday. If elected Pre...

against Independence, according to a leaked opinion poll. The same poll also shows the vote was doomed to failure as three-quarters of UBP supporters were against Independence. Penn and Schoen Associates carried out a Survey of Bermuda Voter Attitude...

Independence referendum was over. The Chamber of Commerce said the failed Independence initiative sendt "a strong and clear signal: Now is not the time for independence.'' The Chamber noted its pre-referendum survey results that 95 percent of its me...