The Progressive Labour Party's recently published 'record of accomplishments' is merely routine Government tasks dressed up as achievements, the United Bermuda Party claimed yesterday. The PLP would be claiming credit for the everything "from the sunshine in the sky to the moon and the stars at night", said UBP candidate Jamahl Simmons.

And the PLP should stop claiming it deserves a second chance. The real question should be what the Bermudian people deserve, he said. At a Press conference yesterday, UBP candidate for Hamilton South Maxwell Burgess said: "What we have on this list are mostly the routine accomplishment of everyday government or the pure fabrication of the political PR machine dressed up as so-called accomplishments. This document is all the proof you need that the PLP is out of touch with the issues and out of touch with reality. Maybe in the Matrix, the PLP has delivered, but in the real world we are still waiting for the One." He said there was an inconsistency in PLP claims of a "turnaround in tourism" and a "renaissance in tourism".

"Maybe there has been a turnaround in Hawaii, but here things have gotten worse. The only true renaissance I can see is in outbound tourism by PLP ministers travelling on tax-payers' money."

The PLP has claimed to have strengthened the office of the Auditor, but Mr. Burgess said: "Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this not the same Smith government that refused to cooperate with the Auditor (over the bond for the Berkeley school project), called him a racist, threatened his job security, and still hasn't released his report?" He said the PLP's claim to have strengthened accountability at Bermuda Housing Corporation "would be laughable if it wasn't so absurd". Gwyneth Rawlins, the party's candidate for Warwick South Central, constituency 26, said although the PLP talk about building homes, many tenants were afraid to open their mail for fear of a rent increase or eviction.