New Minister For Cabinet Office: Wayne Furbert
Wayne Furbert has been appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office, replacing Walton Brown, with the Government confirming that the “change in ministerial responsibilities is effective as at 23rd April 2019.”
Premier David Burt said, “I wish to thank former Minister Brown for his service in Cabinet.
“He brought a reasoned and thoughtful approach to the discharge of his ministerial responsibilities and I am confident that he will continue to serve the people of Bermuda well in other areas.”
“As Junior Minister of Finance, Wayne Furbert has worked extremely hard and has provided significant support of the Ministry’s core functions as well as leadership of the Government’s Efficiency Committee. I look forward to him joining the Cabinet team and bringing the same energy to this new role.”
Hmmmm….
and may the Lord have mercy on our Island!
and it goes from bad to worse, may god bless this island cause now it deff going to get worse with this government , Furbert really that the best you can come up with, PLP has no clue how to run this country, That it time to leave. god bless us all
But he was ok when he was Leader of ubp/oba.
LMAO
He was a bad choice for leader of UBP he is not a competent person generally.
Not at all. That period in time just highlighted how useless he is. And your lot just put him BACK into cabinet after he displayed how useless he was during the PLP’s last disastrous attempt at governing. The damage he did to this island will never be fully known with all his antics and faux pas at high level events. His last proposals to fix the economy was just a list of things he felt should be taxed. He has no clue at all.
Is that the best you can do? Really.
Actually no, he was just as useless then.
Why do we need a minister for the Cabinet office.
to give someone a nice fat paycheck
same old same old…..has he suddenly become competent?
He seemed competent enough to be the UBP leader…. oh right, surrogate nevermind.
The Circus continues …flip flop ” worked very hard and provided significant support” if you reward someone with a Cabinet ministers salary for budget they delivered we are in quicksand . He replaced a rock with a rock so I guess no change there. This government needs to resign they have no vision , they lack the ability to initiate stimulus to the economy and we are sinking every deeper and deeper , cant wait for the final numbers of the 2018/19 financials will be. Smoke and mirrors cant cover the actuals lets see if they kept their word.
That must suck to lose your job to WF.
Let us sing a song of praise…
Premier David Burt said, “I wish to thank former Minister Brown for his service in Cabinet.”
FORMER Minister Walton Brown? What happened there?
What the hell did Walton do when he was a minister ? he sure took a lot of trips to England, and accomplished nada..and else for Furbert,well we have gone from bad to worse.
Walton was more reasonable than people gave him credit for but his political views were left of labour.
Lets see flip flops comments on the retail decline.
Easy – “its all the UBP’s fault. Even though I was a cardholding member!”. Sincerely, Flip Flop
Looks like the U.B.P. are back in power.. we have the flip floppers running the Island, good for you Simmons,Furbert,and Swan,who would have thought you lot would have ministerial positions in the P.L.P.
They say money is the root of all evil..
So now flip flop is the new minister of f*** all!
Lol…. something about deck chairs and the Titanic.
Sandgrownan, you win the award for the best comment of the day. LOL
Well then, he’s a minister of something he is good at…
Poor Wally Brown, losing your job to Flip Flop is like losing it to a 4 year-old. Ouch.
Now we have the arch anti SSM person in cabinet, oh great, but why oh why do we need a minister of cabinet at all???!! A complete waste of money
Grace and Favour.
You praised him when he was on ya side, then crucify him when he wakes up.
LMAO
Actually, I’m not sure that I did. WF aka Flip Flop has always been an idiot.
And you lot criticized him relentlessly when he wasn’t on ‘ya side.’
Huge missed opportunity from the premier to reduce the ministerial wage bill and show leadership and empathy to all those who are suffering in this tanking economy.
Poor, very poor indeed
My thoughts exactly. Why do we need a minister for the cabinet office ?
it likely actually has been reduced. Furbert was a junior minister already, so even though he gets a raise for his ascension, Brown being removed from cabinet saves more than the raise Furbert will go. So there is likely some savings made.
Dumb to Dumber.
Amazing how the Pee El Pee can welcome a former UBP’er to the lofty ranks of uselessness.
I only have one question…why???
It might be that Walton Brown is perceived as having greater ambition and poses a threat to Premier Burt. Wayne Furbert poses no such threat.
what is going on in the P.L.P ? I hear that there is a lot of in fighting going on..
What does the Minister of Cabinet do?
So does this mean that Brown is retiring from politics altogether? Or do the Bermudian taxpayers get to pay for yet another minister without a portfolio?
It’s also hilariously ironic that the more sycophantic element of the PLP’s voter base harps on and on about the UBP like it’s some boogeyman and decries the OBA as being the same spiritual entity as the UBP, as if the UBP wasn’t already defunct for years now. Yet interestingly, they’re quite happy to have their money fund former UBP career-politicians’ pockets so long as they are on the green team, even if they lack a portfolio.
Quite amazing what a little political tribalism can do isn’t it?
All we are doing is getting rid of one piece of mugness for another. SMH Mr Burt.
I love the bi-partisan spirit of Premier Burt.
The leader of the PLP has appointed the leader of the UBP as Cabinet Minister.
I’d say it’s a stitch up job. Walton’s trusting good nature has always been his undoing.
It’s part of the PLP’s dinosaur exchange program.
Great choice. Wayne works hardest and has the experience! Congratulations
Please make sure you are at the head of the line for the Kool-Aid station.
I agree, what does a minister for the cabinet office do all day?(Actually, what do they all do all day!)
Pick up the paper and get the coffee?
Another few hundred thousand THROWN AWAY BY PLP!!!! 2 Ministers without real portfolios…hmmm, come on Bermuda OPEN YOUR EYES!! I would rather take away these friends and family positions and really help the needy…!! Add up all the bad PLP decisions they made and they didn’t have to introduce Sugar Tax, and increase our cost of living!!!
The minister of flip flop lawd a merci what April fool has passed
Like an ole
Flip flop u put them
Anywhere