THE narrow failure of the United Bermuda Party to win the July 24 election can be summed up in one sentence - it failed to outrun the legacy of its 30-year control of Government.
Its political strategists must have known that once the dust cleared af...
Premier Alex Scott has no plans to step down from the leadership of his party in November as rumoured.
"I didn't start that rumour," he said during a brief interview at Cabinet Office yesterday.
"I'm bringing books in and putting pictures on the wall...
The following analysis of the Bermuda General Election and its immediate aftermath appears at the website KYCNews.
STARVED as we are for entertainment in Bermuda, the 2003 General Election has been the greatest show on earth. Even those who thought t...
Time for another election
July 29, 2003
Dear Sir,
Ewart Brown asserts that being deceitful is appropriate in order to achieve one's own goals. He extends this deceit to his own colleagues and PLP voters.
What about the 48 percent of voters who did no...
The Bermuda Regiment's charm offensive on Scotland's capital has continued - with a special birthday treat for Edinburgh's new Lord Provost.
The Regiment band and Gombeys joined thousands of other performers from the Military Tattoo and the Edinburgh...
Independence will be on the agenda for discussion, if his Cabinet colleagues want it, Premier Alex Scott promised yesterday.
But he said government may want to start a public education programme on the idea.
And government should be making a comprehe...
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...
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 ...
Few victories can seem as hollow today as Jennifer Smith's successful stewardship of the PLP's re-election on Thursday night.
While she took the plaudits in front of adoring PLP supporters who thronged Court Street, colleagues were actively plotting ...
PLP's accomplishments
July 15, 2003
Dear Sir,
Complainers about the PLP either forget, take for granted or are simply unaware of some of the little things that the PLP government have done in their first four years as leaders of the island.
We have F...
