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It may look as if the UK Supreme Court dealt a death blow to Nicola Sturgeon's strategy for Scottish independence, with its ruling on Wednesday that no referendum could be held without agreement from Westminster. In fact, it did the opposite. The Sco...

The Attorney-General has been accused of dodging scrutiny after failing to hold a press conference on her ministry’s plans for the coming year. The Governor delivered this year’s Throne Speech – outlining the Government’s agenda for the next 12 month...

Bermuda must have a mature discussion about sovereignty that is neither adversarial nor has the aim of gaining political ground, David Burt has said. However, speaking during the motion to adjourn on Friday night, the Premier said that Bermuda shoul...

Constitutional reform will feature strongly in the House of Assembly as a study on how self-government would work is discussed by MPs. The document, commissioned by the Government, was revealed in the Throne Speech, but scant detail of its conte...

Bermuda needs to have a serious conversation about the “firestorm” issue of self-government, David Burt said as he ruled out a referendum on independence during the lifetime of this Parliament, which is slated to end in 2025. The Premier used a post...

A former premier said yesterday he was encouraged to hear a report was submitted by an international adviser on self-governance to show options for Bermuda. Alex Scott added that findings from the Bermuda Independence Commission, appointed by him in ...

Dear Sir, I note the comments of Philip “Brave" Davis, the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, as reported in yesterday's Royal Gazette (October 21, 2022). He states that ”there’s a universal right for a person to determine his or her own destiny both ind...

Dear Sir, The Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Philip Davis, is quoted in today’s Royal Gazette (October 21, 2022) as saying: “I think there’s a universal right for a person to determine his or her own destiny both individually and collectively, not in...

Dear Sir, The Royal Gazette has been quoted in The Washington Post stating a spokeswoman from Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda describing independence as “a natural progression” and goes on to be quoted, “it is very difficult to see how being...

The Opposition leader, Cole Simons, today said the Premier’s comments about sovereignty made on the day of the Queen’s funeral were “untimely” and “inappropriate”. On Monday David Burt was interviewed by the BBC and paid tribute to the Queen, whose f...

Now is not the time for the island to consider independence, said a former premier who asked the public to vote on the issue more than 25 years ago. Sir John Swan resigned as leader of the United Bermuda Party after over 73 per cent of people who tur...