Some in the Progressive Labour Party like Terry Lister's plan to shake up areas where he believes Government is failing — others think he should keep his opinions to himself.

Mr. Lister is hoping those in the first camp will outweigh those in the second as delegates select the new PLP leader at Devonshire Recreation Club tomorrow night. Throughout his public campaign of town hall meetings, which he believes gives him a mandate from the people if he wins, he has outlined where he thinks Government could be doing better.

He has been very critical of Government's spending record, bemoaning soaring debt and the deficit in the current account for two years in a row and questioning why Ewart Brown's administration had to do everything so quickly.

If elected, Mr. Lister plans to reduce capital spending through fiscal restraints, cutting back on consultants and travel expenses.

He has said he will review all Government projects to see which are really necessary and search out Government waste and inefficiencies.

Mr. Lister also has an extensive agenda on crime, such as:

• possible anti-gang awareness programmes in middle school;

• tighten border controls to make it more difficult to import drugs and guns, target those who fund the drug trade, increase sentences for gun crime and widen the remit of the drugs court;

• put funding towards crime prevention programmes targeting at-risk young people and their families;

• support additional research on the correlation between drugs and crime, reviewing research already carried out in other countries;

• set up anti-bullying programmes in public schools and 'don't get pregnant' awareness programme for teenage girls;

• review rehabilitation efforts to assess whether the best possible programmes for recovery are being provided;

• provide incentives for individuals who demonstrate a willingness to rehabilitate themselves and develop individual treatment plans with offenders;

• allow trial by judge without a jury in certain crimes.

Also on his platform are:

• commission a tax review to create a fairer means of collecting Government revenue;

• job creation to get Bermudians back to work;

• tailored work permit restrictions to ensure Bermudians work where they have the skills — he has warned it won't be possible to accept demands for multiple work permits but says he will facilitate the needs of international business where he can;

• focus on core tourism markets such as America's north-east corridor, complete three new hotels by 2014 and target advertising at the people most likely to come to Bermuda;

• develop sports and cultural tourism;

• review funding for sports bodies, and shield young athletes from drugs;

• mandatory testing of two-year-olds by the Child Development Programme, monitoring reading levels until age 11;

• renewable energy programme to be fully supported and enhanced by Government;

• reduce racial tension and encourage positive dialogue on race;

• technical programmes jointly run by the National Training Board, employers and senior schools;

• establish a sex offenders' registry.