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the Hon. Sir John Swan and his caucus emerged from a nearly five-hour meeting to say they were committed to a Commission of Inquiry and referendum on Independence.
"On the opening of Parliament (on February 4), we will make the appropriate announceme...
DATE: Jan 28, 1994
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the public have been suggesting areas of the debate we should attempt to deal with. One of these is the question of the "majority of the people'' being in favour before we move to Independence.
The problem arises in the minds of some of our readers b...
DATE: Jan 27, 1994
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latest dust-up between Bermuda's TV and radio stations.
The flash point for yesterday's pithy pantomime exchanges? Independence telephone polls.
VSB's senior correspondent Mr. Bryan Darby had no doubt who the wicked witch was -- ZBM, whose poll has a...
DATE: Jan 27, 1994
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for an Independence referendum at a key meeting tonight, The Royal Gazette has learned.
Cabinet is recommending a Commission of Inquiry on Independence, followed by a referendum.
The plan has caused party veteran Mrs. Ann Cartwright DeCouto to resign...
DATE: Jan 27, 1994
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polls.
That was the call yesterday from the National Liberal Party.
It accused Sir John of bidding for "power and glory'' by pushing through the Independence referendum.
And it claimed the United Bermuda Party had failed to recognise its responsibili...
DATE: Jan 26, 1994
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to defeat.
The axing of the Hon. Sir John Swan's nominee for Speaker when the House of Assembly convened in November demonstrated the slimness of the United Bermuda Party majority and the profound effect a little caucus unhappiness can have.
One Cabi...
DATE: Jan 26, 1994
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as his reason.
Former senator Mr. Wendell Hollis, who lost his bid for election in Hamilton East last October, handed in his letter of resignation from the United Bermuda Party Caucus.
"I no longer consider myself a member of the UBP,'' he told The R...
DATE: Jan 25, 1994
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examination of Independence in the run-up to a referendum might well be a chance for constructive dialogue.
There is a natural tendency in any society to say no and continue to support the known, or to reject anything new or different and certainly t...
DATE: Jan 25, 1994
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Independence, the Progressive Labour Party Leader said yesterday.
Mr. Frederick Wade called the move inappropriate during a news conference to express his party's disapproval of the way Government was handling the Independence issue.
Problems in the ...
DATE: Jan 25, 1994
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Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan has warned.
Crime, drugs, and other growing social problems were related to a lack of common direction, he told The Royal Gazette .
"We can't tackle these problems until we understand what we are ourselves,'' Sir John s...
DATE: Jan 24, 1994
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