As discussed yesterday, a party’s platform should be a vital guide to how a party will govern if elected. It should also show that the party is ready to govern from Day 1.
The One Bermuda Alliance’s ...
Party platforms are essential documents when voters are deciding who they are going to elect in a General Election. Of course, they are not the only factor in the decision. A party’s previous record a...
David Burt, the Premier, has acted again with some speed to try to close off criticism of the loss of $800,000 of taxpayers’ money after it was lent to a business to establish a recording studio in Do...
Last week’s poll gave the Progressive Labour Party a commanding lead for the forthcoming General Election.
Fifty per cent of the Global Research poll respondents said they would vote for the PLP whil...
As Hurricane Teddy disappears into the rear-view mirror, older readers may have remarked on the increased frequency of hurricanes, both targeting Bermuda and more generally.
Hurricane experts have al...
In 52 years of party politics in Bermuda, there has been nothing approaching the likes of a national debate in advance of a General Election. And now that we are on the cusp of such an unprecedented s...
Election 2020, aside from its questionable timing, has been most memorable as the season for retirements — forced or otherwise.
Gone are three old stagers from the Opposition, four if you wish to inc...
The Premier is often called, sometimes sincerely and sometimes ironically, “the brilliant David Burt”.
And certainly the Premier does sometimes give the impression of believing he is the brightest pe...
The retirement of veteran Opposition MP Trevor Moniz has forced a by-election in the constituency of Smith’s West. Former senator Vic Ball is running for the One Bermuda Alliance, while an announcemen...
David Burt recently noted that paying out almost $6 million to Skyport as part of the airport agreement was a hard pill to swallow in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, and he was right.
It has been ...
