The Governor came as close to voicing disdain for the Constant Circus as he can in polite company: Actions which may be regarded by most Bermudians as questionable, of questionable ethics, or even questionable morality, are not matters for the Police unless those actions break the law. Yeah, we get it. There are situations that [...]
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Drone Speech 2011
November 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Bermuda Politics
Sorry to disappoint, but I won’t be giving a fast analysis of today’s Throne Speech. The reason is that in recent years the content of the Throne Speech has had very little relationship to the actual legislative agenda pursued by Government, and certainly has not predicted actual results that the people of Bermuda can count [...]
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How Broke Are We? Pt 2
October 4th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
The Bermuda Regiment is cutting its conscript intake this year in half – to just 80 recruits – to save money. Wow, we really are broke.
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Emergency Cabinet Meeting on the Economy
October 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Minister A: I don’t know what to do. Minister B: Well don’t look at me, I don’t know what to do either. Minister C: Ewart would know what to do. Minister D: Oh shut up. Deputy Premier: I’m on strike. Minister A: I don’t know what to do. Premier: More cake anyone?
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Bitter Kool Aid
September 30th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
You have to feel sorry for the Premier. She’s in a real bind juggling all those slow fuse bombs left by the incompetent Minister of Finance. Oh, right. I feel terrible for my fellow Bermudians who have lost their jobs. We have had more than a decade of lousy leadership. It’s natural for supporters to [...]
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Internal Pressures
September 27th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
There always was some risk in the PLP’s public delight over the debate experienced by the UBP and BDA as they dissolved to create a better team and strategy to dig Bermuda out of the Brown/Cox heap big mess. Now the pendulum has swung… You know that I think that many of the PLP MPs [...]
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Lions and Tigers and Rolfe, Oh My!
September 21st, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Nothing says “resetting the dial” better than appointing the master of friction Rolfe Commissiong as a new PLP candidate. Or is that “crank the the friggin dial backwards so tight it falls off”?
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Well, that didn’t end up so well
September 16th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics, Business
Bermuda has boomed as an international business centre due to the critical mass of decision makers in the insurance sector and related fields that worked here. So the PLP, in all their glory, came up with the brilliant idea of placing “term limits” on how long those business leaders could stay on the island. This [...]
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Resetting the Dial
August 29th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics, Economy
The PLP’s theme for 2011 is “Resetting the Dial”. I suppose this acknowledges that they’ve been way off course in recent years. But it does beg some questions: Who sold them this crappy sundial anyway? It doesn’t seem to tell the time! How does one reset a sundial? Can’t they afford a clock anymore?
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If a tree falls in the forest …
August 25th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Admonishing the local press, the head of the BIU said: “Please print what the BIU says, if not I will not have you here at press conferences in the future.” LOL! A Pressless Conference! It would be an interesting echo chamber if only Chairman Furbert and Senator Furbert were left in the room. Congrats to [...]
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