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A scholarship honouring Dame Jennifer Smith, the former Premier, was unveiled yesterday at the Progressive Labour Party’s founder’s day celebration. Dame Jennifer, the PLP’s first Premier, served from the party’s first General Election victory in 199...

The One Bermuda Alliance has accused David Burt, the Premier, of presiding over an irresponsible and electioneering Budget. Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, yesterday warned voters not to fooled by the Premier’s “sweet melodies”. He claimed the bl...

Julian Hall, the late lawyer and politician, once had a newspaper column called “Through the Looking Glass”. He said he named it after the sequel to Alice in Wonderland because in the Lewis Carroll novel, Alice enters a strange new world through a l...

Last week was not good for Bermuda. Notice that I say not good for Bermuda, rather than not good for the Burt Administration. Certainly, it was a bad week for the Premier. Yet the resignation of the finance minister — on the eve of a very challenging...

The Progressive Labour Party is inviting members and friends to its annual Founder’s Day and Drum Major Awards Luncheon. PLP MP Jason Wade will provide the keynote address and the Premier, David Burt, will also speak. The PLP said Drum Major Drum Awa...

Trust in our political leaders should be the cornerstone of a healthy democracy; that belief that politicians and their ministries will act in our best interests. Distrust in politics is corrosive to a healthy democracy and in Bermuda this has become...

David Burt is acting “almost like a dictator” by holding three major Cabinet portfolios at once, one of the Premier’s best known predecessors has warned

A beleaguered Premier last night appeared to get only lukewarm support from his own party in a stormy debate in the House of Assembly. Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister and shadow national security minister, threw down the gauntlet during t...

“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say” — Bill Carney The short answer is no one really knows. However, when an incident as spectacular as the finance minister of Bermuda quitting a mere week...

I remember many years ago Julian Hall referring to Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch’s actions as a “train wreck in slow motion”. The former premier Paula Cox, during her tenure as Minister of Finance, was plagued with the term “cog in the wheel”. I don...