Vexed Bermoothes

I’m amused that Bermuda’s proto-blogger Phil Wells has completed his 12 step programme of internet detox and has now started writing Letters to the Editor:

Dear Sir,

I was intrigued to read in today’s newspaper (July 10) that the PLP’s free child care will only be available to Bermudian parents with a gross income not exceeding a ‘maximum prescribed amount’. While restricting free child care to needy families may be an entirely sensible thing to do, it is nevertheless not what the PLP promised before last year’s General Election.

On 13 December 2007, the PLP published a statement on its website which said, “The PLP will provide free DayCare for all Bermudians. That’s a big difference between us and the UBP. The UBP will only provide day care for so-called ‘needy’ families.” It seems that the PLP is not so different from the UBP, after all.

PHILLIP WELLS

Phil Phil Phil, you’ll never get asked to be a guest columnist on The Worker’s Voice with a heretic memory like that.