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There is more to the shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson as finance minister “than meets the eye”, the Leader of the Opposition claimed. Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, said the sudden exit of Mr Curtis just days before the Budget was...

A financial audit should be carried out after it was revealed a sole-sourced contract for Covid-19 services was given to a company owned by the Premier’s fintech adviser, the One Bermuda Alliance said tonight. Cole Simons, the Leader of the Oppositio...

Resignation may be the “best option” for a controversial senator and junior minister after a court heard he had failed to pay $19,000 in rent arrears to his elderly former landlady, the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. Cole Simons said: “Wh...

The Opposition leader called on the Premier to “get focused” after a string of incidents that he said left residents feeling hopeless. Cole Simons insisted that his One Bermuda Alliance would help to provide the island with first-rate leadership. Amo...

After a tumultuous 12 months in politics we look ahead at the likely flashpoints in the year to come. Shaun Connolly reports. HIGH STAKES IN CANNABIS CLASH David Burt, the Premier, appears on a collision course with Rena Lalgie, the Governor, over fa...

The Opposition last night claimed ‘there is a smoke screen preventing the people of Bermuda from the truth’ over the delay in the opening of a casino. One Bermuda Alliance leader Cole Simons also accused Mr Burt of a possible conflict of interest on ...

A shake-up of the One Bermuda Alliance shadow cabinet has been unveiled by the party’s leader. The move by Cole Simons comes just before the Government is to set out its plans for the year ahead with Friday’s Throne Speech. In the partial reshuffle o...

A talk about a “wealth tax” to help pay for the devastation caused by Covid-19 was one of the events attended by the Opposition leader at the UK Conservative Party conference this week. Cole Simons said it was important to examine how other countries...

David Burt, the Premier, has been accused of dodging Parliamentary debate on controversial Covid-19 quarantine regulations for a second time. Government tabled the order making hotel quarantines mandatory for non-immunised arrivals at the end of last...

Cole Simons’s accession as leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, and therefore Leader of the Opposition, signals that the party is beginning to accept its humbling at the polls on October 1 and is beginning the long process of rebuilding. That rebuildi...

Shadow education minister Cole Simons asked last night that parents be told what “options” the Government is considering to tackle dwindling numbers of students entering the public school system. The Ministry of Education said on Tuesday it had delay...