Politics offers up plenty of twists and turns, Mr Editor, some of them predictable and some not so predictable. The unpredictable can be a pain. When asked what could scupper his government’s plans former United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Macmillan famously replied: “Events, dear boy, events”.

That we understand. But politicians who twist and turn is an entirely different matter, and while political contortions may be readily understood by voters (perhaps far more than politicians give them credit for) they are less easily accepted.

So we come on to the America’s Cup, fast becoming THE event that will not only help lift our economy (the welcome case of yachts and a rising tide — literally) but on to the part that it also apparently played in the Cabinet shuffle and Ministerial reorganisation.

The Minister responsible for landing the Cup will now be devoted to it full-time — which may not be a bad thing. There is a lot of preparation and organisation to be undertaken if this event is to be a success; and already the Opposition have shown they will keep a keen and close eye on what’s being done, by whom and for whom, as they should, folks, that’s their job. A Minister at the helm is required.

The man in charge has already proven that he has the talent, skills, contacts and the organisational skills to make the Cup happen. But, sadly, the economy’s gain is education’s loss.

Now it may yet be that this is the Cup that will wash away all political sins, that is if it does indeed boost confidence and help kick-start the economy and put us on the road to the two thousand jobs which the One Bermuda Alliance promised to deliver upon election. The very political life and future of the OBA may depend on it.

But whether all will be forgiven is, again, another matter. In any event, voters do not tend to forget, at least not completely and an enthusiastic and competent Opposition will likely be there to remind them if they do. That too, is what Opposition parties do.

The One Bermuda Alliance may well want Jetgate to be Deadgate. But the same players remain save and except for the person who conducted the party investigation, who apparently felt the need to resign and leave the party over what he had uncovered and experienced in his investigation.

True, the then Premier also resigned. Apparently, and this by his own admission, because he had not been as truthful and as transparent as he could have been and should have been, but precisely about what he could have been more open and honest about we still don’t know.

There was a police investigation at one stage too: whether there still is we don’t know. What they did investigate and the results of that investigation remain a mystery.

The sad, sorry and sordid affair is another one of those sins that is expected to be lost in the wake of the America’s Cup and the man who was at the centre of it all, who was forced by his colleagues to resign the highest elected office in the land, without a more complete and public explanation as to what occurred, not only keeps his seat, but gets a second chance around the Cabinet table and with a pretty good portfolio. And if you don’t believe it is a pretty good post, and important, ask Pat Gordon-Pamplin, incidentally now on her third Ministry in just over two years.

It looks a lot like it has something to do with politics alright, the internal politics of the OBA, and there are probably very few people on the outside today who can be convinced otherwise.