Reasons to go it alone
Dear Sir,
Let me state at the outset that I am enthusiastically and unreservedly pro-Independence. However, I have concerns. My concerns are not related to whether of not we should seek Independence but rather with some of the ...
THE people who believe they can most influence the outcome of the crucial Florida Presidential vote are angered and astonished by the Bermuda Government's new cultural and business links with Fidel Castro's Cuba, and expect that their voting clout ma...
IT is not worthy of a great nation, that in order to get its way it will seek to threaten and intimidate a small people who in no way have the means to resist. Those were the sentiments that ran through my mind when I heard the most recent comments o...
Some weeks ago, the Premier called for a national debate on Independence. The United Bermuda Party recognises that this national dialogue, if handled properly, has the potential to create better understanding and build tolerance within our community....
A decision on whether Bermudians will continue to have the right of British citizenship should Bermuda go independent will be on the agenda for talks between Britain and Bermuda.
A Foreign and Commonwealth Press officer said that the issue would be u...
Free from what exactly?
March 12, 2004
Dear Sir,
We are free at last!
We have Independence, nationhood, self-pride!
We have a President-for-Life! He lives in Government House.
We have ambassadors around the world ? all living high on the hog.
Most of...
March 16, 2004
Dear Sir,
Why do the leaders of this country insist on pushing this issue, at the expense of alienating the economic powers of the free world? What can we learn from the Cubans? How to roll cigars, make rum or win the Non-Mariners Race...
March 9, 2004
Dear Sir,
I must confess to being bemused by the recent comments attributed to Mr.
Ashfield (The Fall Guy) DeVent in the March 9 edition of your newspaper.
During the March 8 sitting of the House of Assembly, Mr. DeVent attacked the UBP...
The debate over Bermuda's links with Cuba seems destined to go on and on with no end in sight.
That's because the Government has yet to provide a reasonable explanation for its strange infatuation with the island and its communist dictator.
A number ...
Independence advocate Walton Brown has criticised Premier Alex Scott for his approach on Independence, saying he should have shown stronger leadership.
And he said he would be happy to participate in a national discussion on Independence if the Premi...
