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which appeal to people's prejudices and emotions. The basic problem is that it is very, very difficult to convince anyone of the desirability of Independence if you face the realities and deal with the facts. The leadership of the United Bermuda Part...

Transport Minister the Hon. Maxwell Burgess was incorrectly referred to as a Shadow Minister in a report on Tuesday on an Independence forum. More than 80 Bermudians last night were urged to beware the Independence dream being weaved by Government. S...

much worse last Thursday. The Premier, the Hon. Sir John Swan, made it quite clear that the highly divisive Independence referendum may not be held until December. Concerned people already feel that the decision has been left to fester for too long a...

be released this week. But Bank of Butterfield chairman and former Premier the Hon. Sir David Gibbons said they would not be made public. "It is an internal survey,'' he said. The telephone poll was carried out by New York-based Penn and Schoen, for ...

Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan said yesterday. Sir John, who returned from last week's RIMS conference in California to be greeted with strong concerns from members of his Cabinet, the United Bermuda Party caucus, and the business community, moved to...

Party, Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade told supporters last night. "The (National) Stadium would remain unfinished,'' he told about 120 Progressive Labour Party supporters at Sandys Secondary School. Immigration policies would be unchanged and "...

to say the Independence referendum might not go ahead this year, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday. And it was "bad leadership'' for Mr. Wade to call for a referendum boycott, Human Affairs Minister the Hon. Jerome Dill told The Royal Gazette . To su...

says a Jamaican businessman and former Cabinet Minister. "You're dealing with the biggest coward in the world -- money,'' the Hon. R.D. (Danny) Williams told The Royal Gazette yesterday. "We have had that experience in Jamaica where money ran away be...

government is considering delaying the Independence referendum until young people are home in December. There are all sorts of arguments about the supposed advantages of such a delay. There was even a suggestion that the UBP wanted time to consult wi...

in light of the Progressive Labour Party's boycott call, Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade predicted yesterday. "They recognise that there's no chance for a `yes' vote with our position as it stands,'' Mr. Wade told The Royal Gazette . "Perhaps th...