Comments on: Column: Democracy Is Young, Challenges Real

By: newperspective

newperspective — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 23:00:34 +0000

Agreed!. We need more independent thinking representation. My son has said to me more than once,young people need to come together and support a new movement, free from Party rules and Whip. Free to vote one’s conscience.

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:48:38 +0000

Stranger things can happen. Once the election is out of the way there may well be a number of switches. The PLP if they win are very short of MPs who can govern a business like Bermuda. Good on local social matters but nothing else. The OBA have business experience, and FDM have a bit of both but largely local. Give it a week and the political scene may change. Premier Burt is certainly under a likely challenge. AS new coalition may be in the works.

By: ProudBermudian

ProudBermudian — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:04:29 +0000

I am so impressed with the grit of the FDM launching so late and fielding an interesting and diverse group of candidates. The concept of a “movement” rather than a party is intriguing and follows a line of thought that I have been hearing that people are tired of OBA v PLP and just want to be represented by the people that are best for our country and all of us. Those same people suggest that when the teens of today are of age, they will start asking for exactly this because they don’t have the party indoctrination that their parents did and instead have been encouraged to be free thinkers. Imagine how wonderful Bermuda would be and how we could rise to any challenge if we could take the best of the PLP, the best of the OBA and the best of the FDM and have them governing us. The political equivalent of a fantasy football team : )

By: Jonathan Land Evans

Jonathan Land Evans — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:57:43 +0000

Actually, non-property-owners were first allowed to vote in 1963, not 1968.