Anyone who believes the the re-branding, re-structuring or breakup of the UBP will have any impact on local politics is dreaming. If the UBP continues to exist in any form, with any name, the PLP will still be able to...
Nelson Bascome should be considered innocent until proven guilty of the charges of theft that are still outstanding against him. Nevertheless, in February this year they (along with allegations of corruption that were subsequently dismissed) were considered sufficient grounds for...
"Do you want a Government that will refuse to submit to public scrutiny?" Bermudians were asked yesterday. "Yes!" was the resounding answer. "Do you want a Government that will pass poorly thought-out, discriminatory legislation?" "Yes!" "Do you want a Government...
I can't vote in tomorrow's election. I won't be able to vote in the one after that, either. The earliest I'll be able to do so is 2013, once I have been married to my Bermudian wife for 10 years....
There has been a great deal of speculation about what the turnout will be in tomorrow's election. If you are apathetic about the choices offered by both political parties, by all means stay at home and don't vote. It's a...
I was surprised to read Education Minister Randy Horton's comment on the PLP's ability to keep its promises in today's Royal Gazette: "Not all promises that we make are able to be realised; if that was the case we would...
In a speech in January 2005, Tourism Minister Ewart Brown promised to “increase air arrivals to 400,000 over the next 3 years”. In 2004, air arrivals stood at 271,600. In 2005, they fell slightly to 269,600. In 2006 they increased...
It's time to find out who got the most votes in this week's caption competition. Photo courtesy of The Royal Gazette The winners were: First: Christian - Brown milk. Second: JJ - Microsoft's amazing new photo shop software can make...
The PLP have revealed how they're going to pay for their proposal to improve health care for seniors: "During the working lives of Bermudians (20 to 64), employers and individuals will make contributions to the fund. The fund will be...
In their latest post, the PLP blog is (surprise, surprise) attacking Michael Dunkley again. Unfortunately, one of their accusations is flat wrong: "Dunkley Never Condemned Vile, Racist Cartoons. UBP supporters compared the Premier to Hitler, Mussolini and Idi Amin. Michael...
For the benefit of the PLP and some of their supporters, allow me to explain how the UBP can trim the civil service without firing a single civil servant. The UBP's manifesto pledge was to "reduce the size of the...
The PLP have responded to my post pointing out their inconsistency on the issue of who will be eligible for free day care. In a statement on their website (which continues their impolite policy of refusing to link to any...
It's been a long time since the last caption competition on this site. Given the nastiness of the current election campaign, however, I think a little light relief is long overdue. So sharpen your pens and your wit and go...
In a new PLP YouTube video, PLP MP Jamahl Simmons asserts that the UBP are only interested in exploiting blacks: "When you have meetings where they're asking us, "How can we attract the black vote?" but is not willing to...
The PLP can't get their story straight on who will qualify for the free child care promised in their election platform. "The PLP will provide free DayCare for all Bermudians. That's a big difference between us and the UBP. The...
Chris Gibbons is blogging again. This time he's not just talking about technology, but "music, football, movies, books, life, Bermuda - oh and maybe a bit of Mac stuff too". Welcome back, Chris.
I was horrified to hear about the bullet and threatening letter sent to the Premier. It was an utterly despicable act and I hope that the police quickly find and prosecute the culprit. The UBP unequivocally condemned the threat, however...
I'm glad to hear that Thaao Dill has admitted that he and Hott 107.5 are breaking broadcasting laws. I'm disappointed, however, that he seems to regard it as a legitimate act of civil disobedience. "We're in breach of a dumb...
The Royal Gazette finally gets some RSS feeds for its news, business, sport and lifestyle sections. Hurrah!
Aside from my concerns about how the PLP will fund their $10 million pledge to make public transport free, I have other doubts about the merits of the idea. The aim of the policy is to get more cars off...
For some reason, www.theroyalgazette.com is displaying Daisy & Mac's website, not the Gazette's. The newspaper's site can still be found at www.royalgazette.com, however. Technical error or a case of cybersquatting? UPDATE: A reader writes in to point out that Daisy...
I find it amazing that not only has the PLP failed to say how they're going to pay for the freebies promised in their election manifesto, in some cases they're even breezily admitting to having no idea how much they'll...
Free buses! Free ferries! Free day care for Bermudian families! Free Bermuda College education for all Bermudians! 500 interest-free down payments for first-time Bermudian home owners! Tax concessions for businesses employing Bermudians! I sure hope the PLP's manifesto also explains...
“In 2007, construction will begin on the new hotel in St. George’s,” said Premier Ewart Brown in May this year. There are still three weeks until the end of the year, but the comments made by Works and Engineering Minister...
Several readers have written in to point out other examples of tourism marketing directed at specific sectors. For example: Faith Based Tourism (Christians). The Government's sponsorship of the Second World Tourism Marketing Summit in China (Chinese business travellers from New...
In today's Royal Gazette, Premier Ewart Brown was asked if there was anything Bermuda could do to encourage gay tourism. "We don't go out and encourage any sector of tourism," was his reply. That's untrue. The Premier is forgetting about...
Several months ago, apropos of nothing, I decided to re-read George Orwell's Animal Farm. It was written as a satire on Soviet Communism, but an uninformed reader could be forgiven for thinking that it was actually intended as a satire...
It seems that both the UBP and the PLP will be releasing their platforms on Monday 10 December, just one day before advance polling and one week before the main voting day. Better late than never, I suppose.
Writing in today's Royal Gazette, Calvin Smith says: "...very few whites are prepared openly to support the Progressive Labour Party. However, a far greater number of black Bermudians are prepared to support the United Bermuda Party." Perhaps that's because the...
One of the problems I've run into time and again while trying to research my posts is the difficulty finding old articles on the Royal Gazette's website. Earlier this year, the Royal Gazette took a leaf out of the Bermuda...
In a letter to the Editor published in today's Bermuda Sun, Guilden Gilbert, Jr. criticises the UBP for waiting until the calling of an election to announce their Code of Conduct. In fact, the UBP have publicly mentioned their desire...
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