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% Turnout Winner 1 - St. George's North Registered Voters 1,000 Total Votes 1,000 100.00% Kenneth L. Bascome UBP Jennifer M. Smith PLP 2 St. George's West Registered Voters 1,000 Total Votes 0.00% Kim E. Swan UBP...

As the general election campaign stumbles to a close, the suspicion here is that the main emotion felt by most voters will be relief that is finally over, regardless of who wins. It has been one of the longest campaigns in living memory, and it has a...

Yesterday, The Royal Gazette's editorial examined the Progressive Labour Party's platform. It had several good ideas, but lacked in detail, especially on cost, although some of those gaps are being filled in. For example, Social Rehabilitation Minist...

No messages, please December 7, 2007 Dear Sir, Firstly, I would like to state that I am neither a member of the UBP or the PLP or any other "P". I do, however, take exception to coming home and finding a voice message consisting of a political advert...

As expected, both parties' general election platforms are handing out a good deal to the public. Today's editorial looks at the Progressive Labour Party's platform. Tomorrow's will examine the United Bermuda Party's. Certainly, the PLP platform tackl...

The December 18 general election hangs in the balance says Renee Webb who believes there will be a few surprises on election night. And this time around people will be taking a harder look at the parties rather than just voting on race lines, said th...

Just a week ago, this newspaper condemned the negativity of the current campaign, which has seen nasty e-mails, unfair attacks in fundraising letters, push polling and now negative advertising. That's too bad, because the Island faces problems which ...

An important unspoken issue in the forthcoming election is that Bermuda is not integrated in any meaningful sense. Most Bermudians will have no contact with members of another race as long as it is possible to avoid such contact. Some Bermudians are ...

Two weeks to go in the election campaign and for the first time I'm close to speechless. That's not because a lot hasn't been going on – it has – but so much of it has been so hysterically shrill and mean-spirited. Five weeks into the seven week camp...

Former Premier Alex Scott's comments on Friday in the Bermuda Sun may have been cryptic, but the message surely was not: Premier Dr. Ewart Brown should watch his back. To be sure, the recent history of the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party i...