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Bermuda is too divided on racial and economic lines for the “unsettling” prospect of independence to be an option at this time, Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, has said. The opposition leader said the island should concentrate on issue...

Cole Simons has insisted that he does not feel threatened by the deputy leader of One Bermuda Alliance, Jarion Richardson, but admits he may have “deficiencies” as head of the party. Asked about comments from Mr Richardson that he could do some thing...

The One Bermuda Alliance has accused the Government of deliberately picking fights with the UK in order to push through an independence agenda. Scott Pearman, the OBA’s spokesman on Legal and Home Affairs, spoke out after a Government senator blamed ...

In the latest attempt by the One Bermuda Alliance to rewrite history, their most vocal advocate, Vic Ball, wrote things that are easily disproved. Mr Ball said: “The PLP has gone all out, smearing the ten-year-old OBA with the worst of the racism of ...

The Government has been accused of “racing” poorly drafted legislation through the House of Assembly which then has to be corrected by subsequent bills. Craig Cannonier, of the opposition One Bermuda Alliance made the claim Friday, after the Governme...

Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition, is in London this week at the British Overseas Territories Forum. Mr Simons attended to discuss common global challenges as well as unique individual legislature issues with Overseas Territories members. In ...

“I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination.” — Nelson Mandela Ordinarily, I make a conscious effort not respond to my critics when I put out my opinions for public consumption. An occupational hazard of pla...

After listening to both sides of the House of Assembly on the Throne Speech, it becomes clear that there are polar opposites operating at two extremes of the political spectrum. Take the issue of sovereignty. The PLP basically said the people are rea...

After listening to the Government’s 2022 Throne Speech, it has become increasingly clear to me that despite its lacklustre 1,000 Day Plan and Education Authority, the Progressive Labour Party Government is woefully unprepared and unwilling to meet th...

People are having to choose between eating and paying bills because the Government has failed the test of hard times, Cole Simons, the Opposition leader has insisted. Giving the One Bermuda Alliance’s response to the Throne Speech yesterday, Mr Simo...

A push for independence will bring Bermuda a financial burden it can ill afford, the Opposition has insisted. Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, claimed that David Burt is getting ahead of the people for the sake of his own personal poli...

The Government has come under fire for releasing the latest inflation figures only after it delivered its Throne Speech on Friday. The monthly statistics are normally released in the middle of each month. But the October bulletin was released late on...