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People do tend to go off on political parties from time to time. They have their fierce critics, and not always from the same quarters. Former Speaker Sir John Cox, from back in the days of independents, was dead set against, and latterly social and ...

An economist yesterday accused the government of failing to face up to the scale of the island’s economic crisis. Robert Stubbs – a member of the Wage Commission – added the government’s failure to take immediate action on minimum wages was harming B...

What can we learn from the politics on display in the United States at present, particularly with the likes of Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, flip-flopping over an inquiry for seeming political reasons? OK, before anyone says I am a De...

An online petition has been launched to ask for the resignation of the Premier over alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations. The change.org petition, posted under the name Agnes Butterfield, alleged that David Burt had breached SafeKey rules at the ...

A book by a pioneer antiracism activist is to go online. The family of the late David Critchley has given permission for his book Shackles of the Past to be offered as a free download on the Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda website. Mr Critchley...

Former premiers from both sides of the political divide yesterday appealed to modern politicians to work together for the good of the island. Sir John Swan, a United Bermuda Party premier, and Alex Scott, a Progressive Labour Party premier, said gove...

A former leader of the Progressive Labour Party called yesterday for a palace coup by MPs to topple the Premier in a protest over Covid-19 restrictions. Marc Bean, now the leader of the Free Democratic Movement, said action had to be take to remove a...

A virtual prayer meeting for the island’s leaders will be held tomorrow by the New Testament Church of God. Bishop Gladstone Thompson said: “We certainly appreciate the leadership displayed in our time of crisis. The Zoom event will include prayers a...

The Government has launched an inquiry into how a private company which did not have a debt collection licence was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to recoup unpaid land tax. A government spokeswoman said last night that the Department of Consu...

Tough restrictions to fight Covid-19 will continue for another two months, the Premier said last night. David Burt said the clampdown would continue until June 24 - but that a gradual easing was possible. He added: “The Government’s hope is for the ...

This is not intended as an anti-political party opinion, as much as it is intended to cause reflection and hopefully develop a sense of accountability for the truth of the effects of party politics on Bermuda. It has been stated and even repeated tha...