You might think this timely, Mr Editor. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) has come up with recommendations for Codes of Conduct for MPs — and just to be clear this is for the considerat...
Here is my take, Mr Editor.
Politics is very much broad strokes. First impressions tend to stick. Detail is important, sure, and woe betide should you get caught out for failing to pay attention to de...
Me and the mates got to talking recently, Mr Editor, always a dangerous thing I know, and the topic was home ownership, in Bermuda mostly. We are agreed: it is more than just a worthwhile pursuit.
Ow...
There’s no sense crying over spilled milk, right? Wrong — and certainly not when it involves taxpayers’ money and politics.
It seems also to depend, Mr Editor, on whose milk we happen to be talking ...
Some things never change, Mr Editor. Or so it seems. It was back to the future when I recently had occasion to pick up a copy of the Report of The Royal Commission into the 1977 Disturbances, better k...
Be careful what you wish for. Funny that, Mr Editor, but the admonition is probably best appreciated on hindsight.
I have in mind here PATI, the Public Access to Information legislation which became ...
We remain stuck on stuck. Or so it seems, Mr Editor. The blame game rages unabated as each party seeks to put the blame where they each think it (self) justifiably lies — at the other party’s doorstep...
Exhortations to do better are fine as far as they go, Mr Editor, which usually isn’t very far, really. But maybe, like me, you cannot help but think that we could use something more.
Sure, we should ...
Leftovers and loose ends this week, Mr Editor, as we catch up on correspondence and queries.
First off, one reader wanted to know more about the members of the Legislative Salaries Review Board that ...
Forget for a moment (if you can) recent events on the Hill. The story of that week, possibly the month, or maybe even the year, Mr Editor, may yet turn out to be the one headlined: “Charman: Corporate...
