Easter break, The Royal Gazette can reveal.

Ms Gordon wants to put out her own squad in the upcoming General Election -- and she will choose her first anniversary as Premier to chop and change Cabinet.

And the ruling United Bermuda Party hopes to bounce off the ropes with a revamped strategy after a hammering in the Hamilton East by-election.

A party insider revealed that the Premier had held off on announcing a new Health and Social Services Minister because a game of Cabinet musical chairs was in the offing.

The insider added that Labour and Home Affairs Minister Quinton Edness, who has held the Health and Social Services portfolio before, was regarded as a safe pair of hands through the Budget -- and maybe beyond.

And the party mole predicted that the reshuffle would take place just after Parliament rises later this month.

The insider said: "It's going to be done all at once -- it didn't make sense bringing someone else on in Health and Social Services for a few weeks when you can maximise on a reshuffle.'' It is understood the Premier has been matching public concerns with her available pool of Ministers over her first year in charge -- and is now set to stamp her own authority on a Cabinet largely inherited from her predecessor David Saul.

Meanwhile, the UBP machine, which creaked to defeat in Hamilton East last week, is set for a major tune-up after a PLP steamroller driven by BIU leader Derrick Burgess flattened Government candidate Francis Furbert.

Former Government Senator Michael Winfield has replaced Susan Wilson as campaign committee chairman as part of a General Election fitness programme.

UBP chairman Ronnie Viera said: "Mike Winfield has been through it before -- successfully I might add.

"I think there will be some changes and I think for the better to get us ready for what we need to do.'' He added: "There is a need for a post-mortem to see how we could have done better and what we can do better next time.

"The Opposition seemed to be better organised than they have been in the past -- but our branch down there is pretty organised.

"Whether it was a matter of not getting the vote out or not, I don't know.'' And he predicted: "I think it might wake a few people up and get us energised. There are probably lessons to be learned -- but what changes we are going to make will have to wait for the post-mortem results.'' Mr. Viera said that the PLP voter transport system in Hamilton East was something the UBP had done "for years.'' He added: "Now we've seen the type of things the PLP have done, it will reinforce the need to keep doing what we did and get mobilised.

"A by-election always highlights what we can do better and prepares us for the big one, so both Pembroke West, where we won, and Hamilton East have helped us.'' Mr. Viera claimed that the difference between Mr. Burgess' Hamilton East performance in 1989, where he came last of five candidates, and his latest outing was down to his high profile as BIU president.

And he insisted: "To use Hamilton East as an example for what's going to happen in the rest of the Island is not a good analogy.'' Pamela Gordon