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way some candidates have been less than careful with the truth. Mr. Stuart's Hayward's doctoring of newspaper comment to suit his personal ambition is a classic example. This is not the first time. He did a very similar thing in the last election. Ye...
DATE: Oct 04, 1993
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people in Bermuda have told us that "False prophets'' is important to Bermuda and to any democracy. We think it bears repeating today so that Bermudians can think about what it says during the weekend before a General Election.
A sense of responsibil...
DATE: Oct 02, 1993
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it loses.
Opposition leader Mr. Frederick Wade said he was convinced his party would grab power for the first time on October 5.
But even if it failed, it would still overhaul its record 18 seats in the 1980 election, he said.
"We can't lose the elec...
DATE: Sep 30, 1993
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Bermuda's two major parties.
Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan, leader of the United Bermuda Party, delivered a stark warning. If the Progressive Labour Party was elected on Tuesday, "Bermuda as we know it would not be the same Bermuda'', he said.
Sir J...
DATE: Sep 30, 1993
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not attacking the PLP.
The candidates held back from direct criticism of the Opposition during an election press conference on international business.
They were immediately confronted over their performance by disappointed party executive officer Mr....
DATE: Sep 28, 1993
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hardly been a peep from the political parties on the subject, even when they have been asked a question. Even the Committee for the Independence of Bermuda has been relatively quiet on the subject, considering that election time might be an opportuni...
DATE: Sep 27, 1993
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will talk and talk and talk.
When you want them off your doorstep, ask about Independence. Not that the leaders of the United Bermuda Party and Progressive Labour Party are opposed to the idea. Most Bermudians are.
"I would say that the leadership of...
DATE: Sep 24, 1993
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preview of his party's eagerly awaited election platform.
Key planks include: A Ministry of International Business; A national school curriculum; A National Youth Corps; Wider distribution of prescription drugs; and Boosting benefits for the dis...
DATE: Sep 23, 1993
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independence campaigners said yesterday.
The Island's constitutional future should therefore be on the election agenda, said the Committee for the Independence of Bermuda.
Mr. Walton Brown, spokesman for the group, slammed the UBP for failing to deal...
DATE: Sep 20, 1993
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has also changed since Bermudians last voted.
In 1989, the long-governing United Bermuda Party was on the defensive, criticised even by one of its own candidates as dominated by an old guard that needed to step aside.
The Progressive Labour Party, wh...
DATE: Sep 20, 1993
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