Premier Paula Cox plans to serve out her full term as leader of the Progressive Labour Party and is confident that the party is behind her.Ms Cox blamed the “ugly side of politics” for rumours that she will be deposed following the election when queried on a radio talk show yesterday.“Probably for the last two and a half two years I was hearing that. And I was hearing it more from some of the international business executives who were being told this from members that are not members of the Progressive Labour Party,” she said.“I think what you expect is that there is an ugly side of politics. I love politics but there is an ugly side. Especially when you get close to elections. You get the lunatics. You get the right wing sorts. And you have people who are just not pleasant people and you also have the racists.”She said she was under no illusions that “everybody sings kumbaya at Premier Cox’s leadership.”“Any leader of our party has always had challenges.”She said she was elected for a four-year term and had every intention of serving it with the continued support of the party.“The party isn’t into hara-kiri politics and they know what is required in order to continue as a viable entity. And they know I am their best option.”Ms Cox was speaking as a guest on the Sherri Simmons Show.The wide-ranging discussion also touched on immigration matters.A PLP Government would be unlikely to increase the number of status Bermudians as long as Bermuda remains a colony, she informed her host.“It’s unlikely for a Progressive Labour Party Government, prior to a decision on independence, that there would be any additional grants of status,” the Premier said.But she did not rule out additional rights to permanent residents “in terms of the context of the Job Makers Act which is a work in progress”.She was responding to a permanent resident who asked whether Government would consider granting status to the children of permanent residents.“I don’t think at this stage you will hear a PLP Government talking about increasing the number of status Bermudians short of those that are already legislated and short of a discussion about self determination.”Ms Cox added that she could not see a PLP Government giving the right to vote to permanent residents.