It is my opinion that Bermuda Premier Dr. Ewart Brown took on his “fast track” plan to adopt 4 Uighur prisoners from the notorious Guantanamo Bay facility in order to create a constitutional crisis between Bermuda and the UK and further his independence agenda.
The idea of independence is currently unpopular in Bermuda … and [...]
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Uighur Mess Highlights Bermuda’s Weak Governance
June 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
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Uighur Fiasco Damage to Bermuda Tourism
June 12th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Bermuda Politics, Tourism
The international media is starting to cover how damaging Ewart’s Great Uighur Adventure may be to Bermuda’s tourism sector. And all “for nothing”.
They also point out that the little contratemps was probably engineered “by some in Bermuda’s government” to cause a fight between the UK and Bermuda.
Gee, ya don’t say? What a devious, half thought [...]
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Island Amateurs
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Bermuda Politics
Dr. Brown has created a real mess by cutting out the Governor on his “Stay one night at the Fairmont and get 4 Uighurs free” tourism promotion.
In Bermuda, we are used to murky controversy going wherever our operatic Premier goes. Sounds like the State Department, in their rush to seal the deal, didn’t check all [...]
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UBP Comments on Guantanamo Farce
June 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bermuda Politics
Bermuda is getting more international news coverage than ever in its history over Ewart’s Uighur farce. Most locals are just stunned by the ridiculousness of the situation. After wiping the disbelief off his face, Shawn Crockwell, the UBP’s Shadow Minister for Immigration and Labour, released some comments this afternoon:
Brown brings Guantanamo to Bermuda
Bermudians today [...]
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Bermuda Takes in Guantanamo Prisoners
June 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Bermuda Politics
The Premier this morning announced that Bermuda has agreed to resettle four newly-released prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison.
The Uighurs, a Turkic Muslim minority from the Xinjiang province of far-west China, were living in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan run by the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, a Uighur independence group the State Department designated [...]
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