Column: Sir John On Politics, Election & More
[Opinion column written by Sir John Swan]
Take a deep breath Bermuda. For the last several weeks, the political participants have been attempting to convince you of how good they are and how bad the others are. If nothing else, this election campaign should be convincing us that all party politics do is try and divide us.
We are now only a short while from when Bermudians should be deciding the destiny of Bermuda for the next four years, and perhaps for decades to come. On Tuesday, each and every one of us has the opportunity to cast our vote for our future.
The Independents have been on the doorsteps and in the media making clear the need for change and explaining how and why a vote for an independent candidate will be a vote for the change needed so desperately in Bermuda. We have not been telling you how bad others are, we have saying we need to change, we need to get better. We need to act together.
We all know in our hearts that Bermuda is in a dangerous place. We also know that despite all the promises made over several elections in glossy party platforms, so many of those promises have not been kept. We know that if we keep voting the same way, we cannot expect different results. So, this time, we need to take a chance on a new idea and vote for your independent candidate.
We know:
- Our economy is faltering, the cost of living is rising at a far greater rate than our wages, our pension fund is being emptied at a faster rate than it is being topped up – your future pensions are threatened
- Our health care system is failing, with thousands of Bermudians not even insured and many, many more unable to afford treatment or needed prescription drugs
- Our housing situation is in crisis, so many are unable to afford to even think about owning their own home or afford the rents being charged
- Our education system is failing to prepare our most precious asset, our children, to meet the needs of the future
- We know so many have left Bermuda because they cannot afford to live in their own country and many, many more are thinking of leaving – none of this is fair, none of this is right
It’s Time for change. Independent candidates will:
- Seek solutions from all of Bermuda residents and beyond, anyone with the skills and will to help can be engaged in finding and delivering solutions to these and our other problems
- Work together, bring all of Bermuda together, put an end to the “them and us, and introduce the we.” A Government of the people, by the people and for the people
- Form a movement of hope, eliminate the endless political bickering, focus on solutions and not blame. Get Bermuda moving forward again, together.
We must create change and on Tuesday its our time to make our voices heard. On Tuesday, vote for your Independent Candidate, vote for Bermuda.
For full coverage of the 2025 Election and past elections, visit the links below, with comprehensive coverage available on our network website BermudaElections.com, the leading source of data and election videos.
- All: Our coverage of the 2025 General Election here
- 2025 Candidates: List of the 109 candidates
- Constituencies: Data/past results of all 36 constituencies
- Videos: Over 200 videos spanning multiple elections here
- Official: The Government’s election website here
- Comprehensive: Our BermudaElection.com website here
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SIR JOHN. W. SWAN.
You will see up above that I reside behind the convienience of a pen name .
What matters are the thought and ideas that come from the pen ,as I have no reason to play the game of tricks as we have far too much to loose from others political division.
This up~ coming election is divided and un~ even, also many people were simply not invited.
OBA was beaten and disenfracnchised before the up coming election . a tiranical way of doing business .
As before i think many may have lost interest as we all know snap election is a trick shot which i wll call foul , and serve the purpose of only that of the few and creats anamosity.
It appears to me that many have place their future in” HOPE ” that is a thin thread too hold on to and that which we have been doing for years, only to see a decline.
Excessive TAXATION has suceeded in beaking Bermuda’s back, also subject to the lack of our non sustainable income we are now eating into savings .
BERMUDA’s river of gold will run dry subject to national plan of “AMERICA FIRST “.
Bermuda works half a year and the rest of the year the hotel business goes into hibernation because they / we have not found a way to make warming and day light saving work for us.
Never the less Sir Jonh W. Swan , my family and I wish you and your friends the very best of all the luck in the world .
Regretably, my tired old computer makes errors every 9.99 seconds .