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of Assembly debates his gay rights bill. Whatever attention he does attract today will pale beside the revelation yesterday that a UBP group wanted to make Dr. Stubbs Premier of Bermuda for a limited time.
There are a great many people, in fact a maj...
DATE: May 13, 1994
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And a United Bermuda Party caucus committee will deal with much more than discipline in examining the party's "impasse'' on Independence.
The committee, consisting of Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman and Education Minister the Hon. Claren...
DATE: May 13, 1994
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Bermuda's leaders have too narrow a view of Independence -- a "pretentious and impractical'' view that would be costly for the Island, says a Government MP.
The standard model of Independence included high commissioners in Commonwealth capitals, amba...
DATE: May 12, 1994
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John Swan with the Hon. John Stubbs as Premier, The Royal Gazette has learned.
The plan, which was described as "harebrained'' by at least one MP, fell through due to lack of support, but was later exposed at caucus by Mr. Harry Soares MP, sources sa...
DATE: May 12, 1994
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backbencher in saying Government plans for an Independence referendum were finished.
"I think that there will be no legislation to carry it out, and the Premier will have to wait until the fall if he intends to persist,'' Mr. Wade told The Royal Gaze...
DATE: May 11, 1994
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A rookie MP, who has played a role in two embarrassing Government defeats on the floor of the House of Assembly, says there should be a review of the United Bermuda Party's leadership.
Mr. Trevor Moniz says UBP mishandling of the Independence initiat...
DATE: May 11, 1994
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referendum plans in tatters and the public in confusion.
As an issue, Independence came from nowhere. Depending on what happens in the House this Friday, it may disappear again, at least for a time.
For those who lost the thread as it wound from the ...
DATE: May 11, 1994
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Bermuda Party tearing itself apart over an issue which was unnecessary because it was not on the public's agenda. Repeatedly Bermudians of all political persuasions ask why this Independence row is happening at a time when Bermuda has a slate full of...
DATE: May 10, 1994
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Independence, a Government backbencher said yesterday.
By passing a motion from Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade that rejected Government's call for a Commission of Inquiry, the House on Friday also killed the Independence referendum, claimed the...
DATE: May 10, 1994
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A top United Bermuda Party backbencher has disagreed with a statement by the Finance Minister that it was doubtful Independence talk was hurting Bermuda's attractiveness as a place for international business.
The Hon. Ann Cartwright DeCouto said many...
DATE: May 09, 1994
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