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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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rebellion spelled defeat for a new Independence referendum bill.
But moments after two MPs defied the Whip on a key vote while two others were nowhere to be seen, Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan sought to push the referendum plan through another way.
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DATE: May 07, 1994
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very confused approach by the Government. It demonstrates a very confused Government.'' -- Opposition Leader Mr. Frederick Wade on the new Independence Referendum Act.
*** "You're in a snarl-up. We are rushing the clock for the Premier's idea of som...
DATE: May 07, 1994
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An Opposition motion rejecting Government's call for a Commission of Inquiry passed without objection in an extraordinary day in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The debate saw Tourism Minister the Hon. C.V. (Jim) Woolridge lambaste his Government's ...
DATE: May 07, 1994
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Independence referendum bill and replace it with another.
Mr. John Gilbert, the former clerk of the House, said two similar bills could not be debated during the same session of the House.
Once a bill received second reading, as the Independence Refe...
DATE: May 06, 1994
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Arnold Francis QC declared at a forum last night.
He found it "incredible'' to hear people saying the Island was not ready to cut ties with Great Britain when there were only two to three items it handled for Bermuda.
Independence would require "a si...
DATE: May 06, 1994
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