OBA: “Another PLP Slash-And-Burn Approach”
Premier Craig Cannonier announced on Sunday [Sept 8] that he will extend the parliamentary session in the House of Assembly with three additional meetings in September. The Premier went about explaining the reasons behind the decision saying also, “There is also an urgency of ‘now’ to get things done on behalf of the people of Bermuda”.
On Monday, PLP Leader Marc Bean, calling the Premier’s announcement “interesting” said in part, “Since becoming Government, the OBA’s tenure has been known more for deception, blunders and inaction than the “urgency of now”.
“This failure of leadership by the current government shows an inability to manage the legislative process and that should concern all Bermudians.”
A spokesman for the One Bermuda Alliance said, “The statement by the Leader of the Opposition is typical of the condescending, counter-productive spin by the PLP. They say they are eager to work with the Government while devoting all their time to doing whatever they can to sow distrust, division and confusion in the community. It is an extension of politics before all else.
“The Government has been working diligently to move Bermuda forward toward recovery and renewal – that’s the mission – and there is a growing sense across the community that the Island is starting to move in the right direction.
“Unfortunately, the PLP leadership has no interest in Bermuda’s progress because progress might benefit the Government. It’s a self-serving approach to politics that threatens to take Bermuda backwards.
“The OBA Government has been busy digging Bermuda out of a deep hole – a hole dug by the now conveniently amnesia-ridden PLP. The recovery is going to take time, careful planning, discipline and some tough decisions, and we have only just begun.
“We have confidence the people of Bermuda understand the situation, and what needs to get done. We will accept constructive criticism from the Opposition, but their slash-and-burn approach to the politics today serves no useful purpose other than to keep alive a highly partisan approach to national issues that we think most Bermudians reject.”
The OBA Government has been busy digging Bermuda out of a deep hole – a hole dug by the now conveniently amnesia-ridden PLP.
Well said Mr. Cannonier, well said.
I agree. And it’s essential for we students to see the island move forward so that we have not wasted time and money overseas getting a degree to come home and be unemployed as many were during the PLP reign
If you see how many Bermudians have been hired since Obeah has been in power compared to overseas experts then you better stay in school. LMAO
The usual “It’s ok when we do it” hypocrisy from the PLP mouthpiece.
everytime some plp guy opens his or her trap they fall right in it!
What some people fail to realise is, no matter which party is in power UBP, PLP or OBA if we do not work together we will all go down together. It is time to put our party affiliations aside and start doing what is best for Bermuda because if we wait until another party is in power in 4 plus years it will be too late.
Please think of your children and grandchildren and future generations before you say or do anything.
Come on Bermuda we are better than this!
Absolutely!
Agree, division and conflict is the main aim of Partisan Politics. But how can we when the PLP/Unions seek to disrupt the economic development of the Island at any cost just to convince the voter to get them back in. They were power drunk when in power and they cannot wait to get their fix again at any cost.
I think it is time to do away with party politics and just elect 2 people from each parish to get the job done and no senate no premier and no overpaid ministers
I cannot believe how every member of the PLP forgets how bad they were in the last seven years!!! The OBA government did not watch an economy sink and lose thousands of jobs! The PLP lied and lied and lied. It makes me sick.
14 years!
Sounds like the PLP don’t like the idea of working some overtime……….cramps their style.
Plp doesn’t care about anything except getting back in power. And if that means bringing the whole island down,then so be it. And if they can get whitey in the process,then that’s mission accomplished for them.
Just like how Obeah/ubp got blacky in the process. LMAO
LOL you are delusional man. Give some evidence… Or even just an explanation. Oh right…
The hilarious thing is, they aren’t gonna get whitey. Whitey will just up and leave when it is time.
Despite the obvious support from some posters here – when the leader of the opposition makes a public remark about the government I expect the government to respond not the “party spokesman”. The question remains whether or not the government is having difficulty managing the legislative agenda and that party spin did not address the accusation. Continually deflecting from answering questions by restating the past does not help anyone! If the government are not in fact having problems with the legislative agenda then the AG should say so!
What are the OBA talking about? When PLP were in power they called special session in September to discuss the Tuckers Point SDO I believe.
The PLP should publish the records of the HOA and show how much legislation was passed each session under them and how little has been passed this year under the OBA.
Nowhere was the PLP saying that the HOA should not meet…they were simply saying if the OBA had displayed the urgency they speak of a little earlier, perhaps it wouldnt have been necessary.
It is like the employee that does very little from 9 to 5, and then finds a reason to stay late and work overtime. Thats the OBA for you.
Can’t we all just get along? Things would get better faster that way, most people don’t care who is in power, but care about the good of the country as a whole.
It is no a sports contest, PLP vs. OBA- there is no winner, this is real life, this is a countries future, this is a matter of the present, not an election 5 years away.
Sincerely, stop ya noise and fix it, that means BOTH sides of the aisle.
It breaks my heart that the PLP has come to be viewed in such a negative light. The party started with such high ideals and plans. What is so sad to me is that I can’t find much to refute the negative commentary. I have heard much rhetoric about working together with Government to move Bermuda along the path to a more stable, less precarious financial and social state. The instances where that has played out in tangible action have been few and far between.
I understand that we all want Bermuda and Bermudians to prosper, at least I think I do. The rift comes in the interpretation of 1)Bermudians and 2) what prosperity actually looks like.
I have been reliably informed that, since I have spent several years away from the island, I, along with others in similar circumstances, might not be considered a “real” Bermudian in some quarters. People who are married to Bermudians don’t appear to be considered Bermudian. People who have lived here all their lives, some of them born here, may not be considered Bermudian.That being the case, perhaps we need to have some kind of nationally accepted definition of what a Bermudian actually is. There seems to be much confusion in this area.
Prosperity appears to also be subject to varying definitions. Is it where businesses prosper and make use of local goods and services, or is it only when locals are hired by those businesses? Does that business have to be fully Bermudian owned and staffed to count? Which leads us back to what qualifies as a Bermudian.
PLP, you could do much to help sort out these various definitions. I think it would be a boon and a tangible gesture of good faith.
If the Government continues to take the bait, the Opposition will continue to use these tactical distractions, and the people’s work will not get done.
Let’s move on!
Didn’t this start with don Grearson stating, through Premier Craig, that the reason for returning to parliament is because “the car drove off the cliffs”? Didn’t the same Premier just last week appeal for collaboration? I guess that was his other 100k/year press consultant, Ms Burgess’s writing that speech. Anyway, the Opposition Leader is just stating the facts,and not in the condescending manner that Grearson is trying to portray. The AG is not as competent in his role as some of you obaubp folk believe….then again……..you see, he is responsible for managing the legislative process, using more staff than what Kim Wilson had at her disposal, but only producing half the work.
Back to this divisive man with a pen, Mr. Grearson……have you noticed that a few minutes after the Opposition leader gave his televised response to the Premiers speech, Craig Cannonaire, again, through Grearson, released a statement attacking Marc Bean, not realizing that Bean gave a reply that was in the spirit of collaboration, some of the points being repeated in this latest statement? Many of us noticed that Oba blunder, and we notice it now!
The purpose of this is to ensure people get tired of what appears to be rhetoric coming from both sides, but the reality is that this is what Grearson wants……..he doesn’t want people to critically think about what the OBA is doing, especially when the opposition does their job and points certain issues out to the public…..hence the “school yard” responses from the OBA. Bean was right when he described the OBA, and their controllers, as “architects of confusion”!
May I suggest that Charmaine Burgess do the speech writing for the Premier, as she seems to write in a tone that is constructive for the OBA and the country. This Grearson dude is a waste off ALL taxpayers money!
Again with the “The Premier doesn’t write his own stuff” meme.
Ridiculous.
I’d ask if you had any evidence of your claims (the most ludicrous of which being that a speechwriter is putting his own opinions in, rather than, you know… what speechwriters do.), but we all know by now that even the question sends you into an ad hominem inducing rage.
Nothing you’ve said is even remotely in the realms of reality.
But then, you’re just looking to promote your party at any cost, aren’t you?
You see how you expose yourself Mike Hind with you victim/pure as snow approach? Mike! Where in the world is the Premier? Isn’t he in Gibralter at the OTC meeting? Wouldn’t that make Dunkley or another Minister Acting Premier? Fact is that the Premier has hired two press consultants at around 200k combined per year. Can you dispute this? What is their role and responsibility mike? Do you think that the Premier writes his own statements? Have you heard him speak before? We all know when he is off script mike!
Btw, the speechwriters are not putting their own thoughts in…..they are copying and pasting from past statements, that why what they say is repetitive. That is why the Premier is repetitive mike? Have you any knowledge of how its works or is this the reason you ALWAYS ned evidence? You see mike, some of us are not ignorant on how the government runs. Evidence is not required for a known process, even if you, mike hind, are ignorant of the same.
What you accuse PLP bloggers on a daily basis, you are the example of!
Evidence!
Well spoke Premier Marc Bean. The oba clearly sees the truth as spin and distrust.
Seriously? You guys can’t see how thin this line is?
We deserve SO much better than this sort of intellectually dishonest, hypocritical nonsense.
Show evidence Mike of your claim! I understand Oba blogger support for the government, but you are the only Oba supporter that actually tries to defend a puppet premier. Do you need evidence that he is a puppet premier mike? You have no honor or credibility Mike. And yes, we do deserve better Mike. What are your thoughts about the Oba’s response? High road and above board I’m sure! Smh
Here you go again.
What claim?
And AGAIN with the “You’re an OBA supprter” nonsense?
Is this the best you have? I addressed all these points the other day, proving you wrong. Why keep it up?
And, as a coward hiding behind a pen-name while throwing around baseless and ridiculous claims and pathetic political propaganda, your opinion of my honour and credibility is less than worthless. In fact, most of what you write, because of your obvious distaste for having the courage of your convictions, is less than worthless.
Let me know when you decide to behave with an ounce of integrity and honesty and I’ll take you seriously.
Until then, and as long as you continue to play these silly games of using my words against me, even if they don’t apply in any way shape or form and then running away from the conversation when – time and again – proved wrong… no not just wrong. The complete opposite of right…
as long as you keep behaving like some spoiled brat lashing out with a tantrum every time someone dares question your misinformation and completely false claims? I’ll keep believing that you’re nothing more than a demagogue who puts party over country.
Typical response Mike! Smile! The tone of these statements was set by your Oba, fact! The PLP responds, and you take issue with it? Then, you refuse to see that it’s not the Premier, but his ubp spin doctor, who is keeping the discussions at such a low level. I don’t understand people who love to attack, but scream abuse when they are responded to. The PLP is offering ideas to the Oba, not just criticism. Some ideas and initiatives have been continued by the Oba, and the Oba takes credit for it(no problem in my view, as long as it gets done).
So, in returning to parliament this month for important work, why the need to for the initial statement from the Oba to use the tired excuse and rhetoric to justify their decision? Don’t you find that is not in the best spirit of lifting the country and offering a better way?
Why do you accept the rhetoric regarding the PLP in the past, but refuse to hold the Oba to account for the present. That is bias and partiality my friend, which I don’t mind people having, as long as they are honest. Honor isn’t talked about, it’s lived……
“Then, you refuse to see that it’s not the Premier, but his ubp spin doctor”
Where is the evidence of this? You’ve shown none.
Just gone on the attack about how I post and scoffed at the thought of backing up your claims, proving me right, yet again.
You vainly attempt to bash me on my credibility and honour, yet show none yourself.
Pathetic.
And I’m guessing, based on this little emotional outburst, that you WON’T be providing any evidence for your claims, thus putting your entire post (and credibility) in question.
That’s what I figured.
Nothing emotional Mike, I had my say, you had yours! I will wait to observe your future post on these and other issues. IMHO, from your post, you are no different from those who you criticize.
You’re making things up again. As I figured you would. It’s all you ever seem to do.
Call me when you have some actual facts. You haven’t shown any so far.
I actually made a decision to never respond to any of your posts, but you’re on point here.
LOL. You are right, he is criticizing and pushing futile political rhetoric. Except his actions aren’t an attempt to derail Bermuda’s only hope right now (i.e. the CURRENT government).
So if you think he is no different from the PLP, you have some serious issues man.
@ watching @ concerned citizen
Regardless if there are ten liars blogging on this site vs the two of you speaking the truth, continue on…. we see revelation in the two of you.
take the plp member out ya mouth