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When the term “Loyal Opposition” was first introduced in the British parliament in 1826, it was greeted with more derision than enthusiasm by legislators on both sides of the aisle. This wasn’t entirely surprising. Until the early 19th century the d...

Wishful thinking clearly dies hard when it comes to the chronically bad behaviour of our political parties. For despite their ongoing preoccupation with muckraking and mudslinging, there are still a few dreamers among us who genuinely expect better f...

Bermuda’s political and business leaders have, by and large, resisted the temptation to issue any premature declarations of victory over the seemingly intractable recessionary conditions which have hobbled the economy since 2008. Despite the emergenc...

John F Kennedy was the consummate helmsman, figuratively and literally. His long political career, first as a Congressman and US Senator, then as America’s President, was a case study in steering and trimming his sails to take maximum advantage of co...

Before they took their rental mopeds out on the roads for the first time, local livery cycle operators in the 1960s and ‘70s used to remind wary visitors that Bermudians drove on the left side of the road. At least until the bars closed. Then they dr...

In a civil society like Bermuda, one where the liberties and privileges of citizens are protected by constitutional authority and the rule of law, we will always be obliged to respect the right of others to differ. And in a society based on diversity...

Seventy years ago today — April 15, 1945 — British troops entered the fairy tale town of Celle in Lower Saxony and abruptly found themselves on the threshold of hell. Outside Celle the British units, which included a number of Bermudians who had volu...

For the last three years the Corporation of Hamilton’s actions have brought to mind an endlessly meandering joke in search of a punchline. Now we’ve finally had the pay-off to the excruciatingly extended build-up and the joke, one in the worst imagin...

One of the major events to celebrate the creation of the modern Bermuda Regiment took place yesterday. Poor weather forced a change of venue from Government House to the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium at CedarBridge Academy for the Reunion Concert to c...

Sir John Swan recently proposed Bermuda convene a round table of political, corporate and community leaders to determine common approaches to the common problems now confronting our economy and society. The Island’s long-time former leader made the...