As our political parties continue to roll out candidates the public has an opportunity to make a preliminary assessment of these men and women. Each will have their own idiosyncrasies and, for those w...
A cloud of irrational negativity has descended upon our shores. While this may well be a reaction to many of the challenges Bermuda has faced over the past few years, it makes for more strained public...
This Friday parliamentarians will hold the annual economic debate against the backdrop of a sustained global recession and two competing views about how to get out of it. The debate will be particular...
There is a brooding apathy among young people today. Our future leaders are immersed in a sense of disillusionment and a rejection of much of what an older generation embraces as the status quo. Polit...
While attending a plenary session at a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Nairobi 18 months ago, I listened to a number of politicians from many countries speak to the problematic re...
The news media, social media and blogs have been saturated of late with extensive reports and commentary about the conduct of public figures. Such saturation has led some to believe that unethical beh...
Political leaders must always walk a fine line between taking the tough but necessary decisions one is convinced is right for the country while retaining sufficient public support to carry on. No lead...
One of the core elements of a democracy is the right to vote the right of the people to freely decide which politicians and which parties have earned their support and deserve their vote.
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In its tardily submitted paper to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office the One Bermuda Alliance articulated its strategy for deciding the independence question. Central to their submission is:
(1) ...
Education reform remains one of our most significant challenges. It tends not to produce stark headlines nor is it ever the topic of sustained debate in any public arena.
Yet major reforms are necessa...
