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One of the quainter rules among British lawmakers is they cannot openly accuse each other of lying. It does not bode well for Boris Johnson that on Wednesday his opponents found so many ways around that convention, with barely a peep of protest from ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Therese Raphael
The United Nations lists 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, or colonies, remaining in the world. Of those 17, Britain retains a total of nine Overseas Territories scattered around the globe.
In the Atlantic and Caribbean region there are six Overseas...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“Do not let a leader lead you on a bad path.” – Confucius
Bermuda, before we heard the terms flatten the curve, social distance, quarantine, lock down or curfew, David Burt made a speech in 2019 at the Fairmont Southampton Resort where he told B...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
I am very enthused by the number of people that have recently become tuned in to ancestry.com and other like instruments. It must be common now and fairly widespread particularly when I can go to a random coffee shop and overhear three persons chatti...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Like the vast majority of Bermudians, I was disappointed in hearing that Carika Weldon had recently submitted her resignation, especially having experienced the pleasure of some limited collaboration with this unique young woman prior to the pandemic...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
The task of navigating a global pandemic is very stressful and often overwhelming. No rational person could consider it an easy feat.
Without a doubt, our leaders need vacations, including David Burt, the Premi...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Dwayne Robinson
The tradition of making resolutions for a new year dates back four millennia. This is evidence that reflecting on the circumstances and outcomes of past events and considering alternative options for moving forward is an ancient wisdom-practice.
It’s...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
Some readers will remember, with widely different perspectives, the events around the independence referendum of 1995.
Some may remember it as the beginning of the end for the United Bermuda Party and certainly the end of the premiership of Sir John...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
By the time Brits returned from the long New Year's weekend, well over 600,000 people had signed a petition seeking to deny former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair the knighthood he was awarded in the Queen's New Year's honours list.
Blair hardly needs ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Therese Raphael
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.” - Margaret Thatcher
One of the exciting things about Bermudian politics...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous