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Craig Cannonier pledged to reveal all about the Jetgate scandal that wrecked his premiership four years ago as he was sworn in as Opposition leader yesterday. Mr Cannonier made a “humble apology” for the affair as he became Leader of the Opposition f...

The man who became the first One Bermuda Alliance premier will be sworn in as Opposition leader today. Craig Cannonier confirmed he will replace Jeanne Atherden, who resigned last week after eight of the 11 OBA MPs registered a vote of no confidence ...

The One Bermuda Alliance has to dump MPs inherited from the old United Bermuda Party or die, its former chairman warned yesterday. Nick Kempe quit as head of the OBA executive after Jeanne Atherden, who resigned as leader in the wake of a vote of no ...

Given recent changes to the One Bermuda Alliance leadership, this feels like an opportune time to break my silence since resigning as party chairman a year ago. In the aftermath of last summer’s General Election, conversations with Jeanne Atherden hi...

The sacking of an up-and-coming senator helped spark a rebellion to unseat Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden, a party insider said yesterday. The One Bermuda Alliance member said that the firing of Nick Kempe, who resigned as party chairman after Ms ...

Craig Cannonier resigned as Premier of Bermuda in May 2014 after the “Jetgate” scandal engulfed him and his party. As well as ending his short-lived stint as leader of the country, the controversy led to a police investigation into donations made to ...

Outgoing Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden did not see herself as leader of the country, she told The Royal Gazette only a few months ago. Asked if she viewed herself as the next premier, in July, Ms Atherden replied: “No.” She explained she saw hers...

Craig Cannonier entered the political arena in 2009 as a candidate for the short-lived Bermuda Democratic Alliance. He was appointed a senator in May 2011 when members of the BDA and the United Bermuda Party joined forces to form the One Bermuda Alli...

Jeanne Atherden is expected to be replaced as Opposition leader by former premier Craig Cannonier in the wake of a vote of no confidence. Party sources told The Royal Gazette that a majority of One Bermuda Alliance MPs backed the move to oust Ms Athe...

Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden has called for an apolitical women’s forum to promote female empowerment in the light of the Wayne Caines “titty milk” affair. Ms Atherden also urged women and men in the Progressive Labour Party to break their silen...

Everyone knows the history of the United Bermuda Party and its ideological and political descendant, the One Bermuda Alliance. It is a history of using economic terrorism via blackballing, pulling mortgages and altering legislation to punish those wh...

An afternoon of formal tea has been organised as a salute to the women of the Progressive Labour Party. Cindy Swan said the afternoon soirée on September 23, billed as a “mother and daughter sip of tea”, would also celebrate the 20th anniversary of t...