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Opposition Leader Kim Swan kicked off the debate with an impassioned speech in which he called on MPs from both sides to end Dr. Ewart Brown's "authoritarian, autocratic" leadership.
MPs were debating the motion put forward by the UBP that 'this Hono...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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PLP backbencher Randy Horton told the House that he had been "bombarded" with complaints from whites and blacks alike in recent days.
"They've not been complaining about the PLP so much as the leader of the PLP Government," he said.
He acknowledged t...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Government backbencher Neletha Butterfield told the House that the Uighurs controversy had given her one of the most difficult times of her political career.
She said her constituents, including young disaffected men who felt the Island was doing lit...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Hundreds of people gathered at the House of Assembly this afternoon to protest “the lack of proper leadership by our Premier, the Hon. Dr. Ewart Brown”.
More than 500 people congregated at the House in the second demonstration within four days agains...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by a woman jailed for the manslaughter of her boyfriend.
Judges Edward Zacca, Sir Austin Ward and Sir Robin Auld yesterday ruled the eight-year sentence of Andrina Smith must stand.
Delivering the decision, ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Minister of Energy Terry Lister told the House that because the motion said there was no confidence in the Government, the focus should lie there.
He said in order for someone to lead the Country, he or she has to be able to withstand criticism.
As f...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Sport Minister Glenn Blakeney put his support behind the Premier and called his decision "bold".
"He took a bold risk, the biggest risk of his political career," he said.
"For me it wasn't very outside of his character because he thinks outside of th...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons said he couldn't agree with the Premier saying he had no power in this situation.
"I would submit that you don't bring a plane full of ex-Guantanamo Bay prisoners, land them at the airport without passports, wi...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Premier Dr. Ewart Brown's Government this morning survived a motion of no confidence after he apologised for his Guantánamo Four actions which have infuriated Progressive Labour Party colleagues.
The Premier faced fierce criticism from both sides of ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Shadow Finance Minister E.T. (Bob) Richards told the House of Assembly of the potential damage done to Bermuda's international business reputation by the Premier's detainee decision.
"They don't like the wild card," he said of the international busin...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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