Government's decision not to send anyone to the United Nations decolonisation summit meeting in Anguilla was quite right.
Why should Bermuda attend a conference of countries put on a list by the UN when, as Britain argued at the conference, the Islan...
An invitation to attend last week's decolonisation conference in Anguilla was declined because it came too late and Premier Jennifer Smith was already committed to attending Bermuda Day events, according to Ms Smith's aide David Burch.
But the decisi...
Independence makes good economic sense for Bermuda, political scientist and Independence advocate Walton Brown told a gathering on decolonisation last week.
"Independence is certainly no panacea but from a purely economic vantage point it will lend t...
Bermuda's presence on the list of the world's few remaining colonies has been labelled an "anachronism" by a top Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official.
"Bermuda is as close to independence as she could be without taking that final step," sai...
Britain has no hidden agenda on Independence for its colonies, a UK government official said in Anguilla this week.
The assurance was given to more than 60 delegates at the annual summit meeting of the United Nations' Special Committee on Decolonisat...
May 15, 2003
Dear Sir,
People who are criticising the Attorney General for her threat to a judge in the House of Assembly last week are allowing themselves to ignore another serious issue.
The Speaker obviously knew the rules of the House did not all...
Since the advent of full party politics in 1968, voters have only once elected an Independent candidate to the House of Assembly.
That was largely because the Westminster system and the dynamics of party politics minimised their chances of success, e...
OVER the years we all develop our own personal list of places we are ready to revisit at the drop of a suggestion.
Sometimes it takes years to discover them, first encountering what my brother Jim labels "But Countries". Interesting to visit . . . bu...
I have discovered that I am not alone in my perception of the state of partisan politics in Bermuda. Although I have been aligned with more than one political party during my lifetime, I have always been an uneasy participant. I believe in the concep...
Independence may not be on the ruling party's election platform this year, but Government is already engaged in preparing Bermudians for full nationhood.
No one on the inside would confirm anything that may or may not be on the party's election manif...
