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Renée Ming, the former national security minister, is to challenge for the deputy leadership of the Progressive Labour Party, The Royal Gazette understands. The move would pitch her against PLP veteran Walter Roban, the deputy premier, if, as expecte...

Former finance minister Curtis Dickinson has launched a leadership bid against David Burt, the Premier

If revenge is best served cold, Curtis Dickinson just poured a bucket of ice over David Burt’s head. Prowling the premier from the long grass for seven months of mounting frustration, the former finance minister finally decided to strike and challeng...

Curtis Dickinson will face scepticism within the Progressive Labour Party rank and file in his leadership bid, a PLP source close to the Premier told The Royal Gazette. The former finance minister and an MP for more than four years, Mr Dickinson was ...

Just two years after powering the Progressive Labour Party to an historic general election triumph, David Burt now faces a battle to keep his post as he faces a credible challenger for the twin crowns of leader and premier. After initially winning wi...

Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, has decided against trying to topple Walter Roban as deputy Progressive Labour Party leader and deputy premier. Mr Scott raised eyebrows earlier this month when he said he was considering launching a challenge ...

Key political moments in the careers of David Burt and Curtis Dickinson: December 2012: Mr Burt elected as an MP November 2016: Mr Burt becomes PLP leader after the prolonged illness of predecessor Marc Bean July 2017: Mr Burt elected Pr...

Tributes have been paid to the memory of Queen Elizabeth II during a rare joint session of the Legislature called in her honour today. The extraordinary gathering saw just two out of 34 Progressive Labour Party parliamentary representatives voicing t...

It has been a time of mourning and reflection for people all over the world, as presidents, premiers and the public pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. But for many, the past nine days have also included increased scrutiny of Britain’s legacies, inclu...

“It is easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled” — Mark Twain Hindsight always affords us the opportunity to see precisely why David Burt cunningly rushed back to the polls in a snap election two years earl...

The Opposition has accused David Burt, the Premier, of failing to live up to government promises that he would help people to battle the cost-of-living crisis with a $15 million relief plan. One Bermuda Alliance leader Cole Simons said payroll tax re...

“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children." These are the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident. He was later executed at the Flossenbürg concentrati...