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“The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity” — Benjamin Disraeli Bermuda has a new leader. Not yet 40 years old, David Burt swept to a decisive victory last week. In a masterful display of politics, collaboration, shrewdness, organisation, a...

General elections are supposed to be the healthy way for people to choose who they feel most suited to be in a leadership role in dealing with the people’s business. The process can be quite challenging when two groups vying for that honour embark up...

Martha Myron, Moneywise With the 2017 election just days away, here is a summary of some of the main points of both Bermuda’s political parties’ platforms. Note: this summary is not all inclusive. You, the voter are encouraged to read the summery of ...

I have been really struggling during this election period, as I’m afraid the outcome will cause one group or the other to feel their interests are not represented in our country governance. I went to public school and was in the education system when...

“I believe that party politics is the basis of our demise.” The idea of independents in the House has been raised by a few persons, with the resounding response being: “It will never happen” or “They just simply do not want it to happen.” From where...

Bermuda faces many challenges and the economy remains quite possibly its greatest. Governments of both political parties have used debt-fuelled deficit funding to address our fundamental imbalance — we spend more than we earn. The result is that our ...

With an America’s Cup, referred to as “AC35”, behind us and a few days to go before an election, let us remember all the wonderful elements that identify us: our unique heritage made up of Gombeys, fitted dinghy, moongates, architecture, people, and,...

On May 9, 2016, the Progressive Labour Party held a press conference where acting Opposition leader David Burt alleged that JetBlue had been pressured by Aecon to fire shadow transport minister Lawrence Scott because of his opposition to the airport ...

“Democracy thrives on civil debate, but we’re shamefully out of practice.” — Michael Sandel (TED2010) On September 26, 1960, Richard Nixon, the Vice-President of the United States, and Massachusetts senator John F. Kennedy engaged in the first of fo...

Every election is important. Why? Because every individual who has the right to vote can choose freely to exercise their vote. It is a wonderful privilege. It is your right to cast a ballot in a confidential setting for the person or persons you feel...