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Premier-designate Alex Scott told Progressive Labour Party delegates last night he did not want to be party leader or Premier but would take on that responsibility in the name of party unity and for the good of the Country.
In a five minute address t...
DATE: Jul 28, 2003
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Works Minister Alex Scott is now the Leader of the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) and will be named Premier of Bermuda at a Government House swearing in today, the culmination of a tense stand-off between supporters of Jennifer Smith and a group of 1...
DATE: Jul 28, 2003
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Dr. Ewart Brown urged PLP delegates not to brand the rebel MPs as “traitors” during an impassioned speech last night as he bid to become leader of the party.
In his speech, obtained by The Royal Gazette, Dr. Brown said the dissident group had to oust...
DATE: Jul 28, 2003
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Bermuda yesterday brought a ray of sunshine to Edinburgh with a performance that wowed massive crowds in Scotland's capital city.
The band of the Bermuda Regiment and the Island's Gombeys took the city by storm at a special appearance at the city's I...
DATE: Jul 28, 2003
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With the storm over Berkeley, Alex Scott has been front and centre during the PLPs first term.
But despite missed deadlines, the 63-year-old party stalwart has plugged on, using PR skills built up from running his own firm to good effect.
Yesterday h...
DATE: Jul 28, 2003
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Love him or loathe him, everyone has an opinion on Ewart Brown, notes former Senator Calvin Smith.
He remembers party polling of the public's perception of key figures before the 1998 election which yielded plenty of don't knows about most MPs.
“But ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2003
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Citing the constitutional development of the Progressive Labour Party, former Attorney General Dame Lois Browne Evans yesterday said that MPs did not have the right to choose the leader after an election.
In an interview conducted prior to the party'...
DATE: Jul 28, 2003
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The end, when it came, was humiliating.
An emotional resignation speech tinged with bitterness, a hasty exit complete with the usual shunning of the Press and then Jennifer Smith was off into the night, accompanied by the ever-present David Burch.
Wh...
DATE: Jul 28, 2003
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Alex Scott will take over as Premier of Bermuda after Jennifer Smith resigned the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) on Sunday night following a revolt by half the members of her newly-elected government.
The appointment was made at an ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2003
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The 11 rebel Progressive Labour Party MPs said last night that all they wanted was the opportunity under the Bermuda Constitution to exercise their right as MPs to choose the Premier.
Government whip Ottiwell Simmons emerged from secret talks with th...
DATE: Jul 26, 2003
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