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Petty Minister

April 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Media, Sport

The Royal Gazette reports: Sports Minister Glenn Blakeney flatly rejected being interviewed by The Royal Gazette during Bermuda’s World Cup qualifying play-off match against Oman on Saturday. The Minister, who didn’t attend any of Bermuda’s group games when they were eliminated from the qualifying tournament, turned up just in time to see his son, Glenn [...]

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Cricket as a Metaphor

April 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Sport

Your tax dollars at work:  despite a $11 million dollar investment in international cricket, the Bermuda team has failed to retain their ODI status at the ICC World Cup Qualifiers. They don’t seem to have made many friends either based on this commentary from Cricinfo.  It seems to be a good metaphor for Bermuda’s governance [...]

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