Owen Arthur, Leader of the Opposition (l) Mia Mottley (r)
This anonymous contribution pre-empted BU’s blog on the subject of alleged financial infelicities which occurred under Mia Mottley’s stewardship as Leader of the Opposition, BU withholds our posting for the moment.
About ten days after running the most disastrous campaign ever ran by any leader of the BLP in St. John, a bitter Owen Arthur who was rejected even by BLP supporter, is seeking to do damage control but succeeds only in destroying Grantley Adams’s party even further. In short, Owen Arthur is a national embarrassment and disgrace, who is obsessed with his public approval rating! Time was when BLP members and supporters trusted Owen Arthur and his judgment but it is clear that a lot has changed since 2008 and he only has himself to blame.
No one expected that he was capable of putting so many thousands intended as campaign contribution, into his personal bank account unknown to anyone in the BLP. There are also BLP people who stop you on the road daily to tell you that the taxpayers’ money was not Owen Arthur’s’ to help-out a friend,’ even if that friend was in a tight spot.
There are two things that are not in dispute. One is that under Owen Arthur, the BLP is fast developing an image as a party, which is anti-women. If Owen Arthur is giving you, that seems alright but if as a woman you can make it on your own, then you immediately become a target for his unprovoked and caustic attack. Mia Mottley, Andrea Power and Mara Thompson are three of many examples.
The second thing which is not in dispute is that Owen Arthur is a tired, lonely and bitter old man who desperately wants power. Because of his serious love of himself, he is cranky and terrified by the notion that there can be a Barbados or even a Barbados Labour Party, without him. This is a man who made it clear to Barbadians that his sole aim in politics is to ensure that the DLP never becomes the government again. His intention is to orchestrate a rescue mission of himself as having been called to save Barbados.
The very man who is said to have gone to Parliament less than six times between 2008 and October 2010 is now being reported in the Sunday Sun of January 30th 2011 as having said: “I don’t want to appear as though I am fighting with Miss Mottley…I am trying desperately to hold the Barbados Labour Party together.” Mind you, Owen Arthur is talking about a party that has been in existence for over 72 years and had giants within its ranks like Grantley Adams, Tom Adams, Henry Forde, Cheltenham, Louis Tull, Bree St. John, Mia Mottley and Billie Miller. Wasn’t the BLP united before Arthur and his ‘gang of five’ ousted Mia Mottley in October 2010, which started the fast free fall to mistrust and confusion?
What does it mean when someone says: “those who are part of the party’s platform should step in sync with the party?” Should Mia Mottley have joined Owen Arthur and those on the platform in the St. John By-election who told the country that Mara Thompson was “unacceptable,” and that she was an “affront?” Should Mia Mottley now join with Arthur and others and criticise the DLP weekly for the sake of criticism? That is what this issue in the Sunday Sun is about: a seriously wounded Owen Arthur now seeking to do damage control! It shows the level of desperation on his part to be relevant and to grab headlines.
It is a desperate attempt by an embarrassed and seriously wounded Owen Arthur to create a distraction tactic to get the spotlight off him. After promising BLP members that in order to win, they only had to make him leader, Owen Arthur cannot deal with the humiliating rejection he got in St. John, even at the hands of BLP supporters. During the By-election, it was also quite noticeable that Mia Mottley distanced herself from the unproved attack made on Mara Thompson by Owen Arthur and other persons, who like his style of politics and as expected – spurred him on in his wrong doing.
In contrast, it was not surprising that Barbadians on both sides of the political divide as well as those in the middle – felt that Mia Mottley’s two speeches were dignified, mature and responsible, whereas two regional Prime Ministers expressed shock and total disgust at Owen Arthur’s un-called-for attack on Mara Thompson. Owen Arthur keeps finding himself on the wrong side of public opinion. But what could you say about a man who called a Media Conference on the very morning that Prime Minister Thompson died!
It is not often that the region sees in Owen Arthur, a man who has fallen so far from grace in a mere three years. Now realising that he continues to be an embarrassment to the BLP and a serious turn-off to the electorate, despite saying that there is a clamour for him, Owen Arthur has started on a renewed mission to seek to pull down and destroy Mia Mottley and ever other woman in Barbados he hates.
His is the behaviour one usually associates with a drunkard and a bully who engages in the most reckless acts and when spoken to, go home and take out his frustration on his family. This is yet another in a never-ending-series of unprovoked attacks on women, especially Mara Thompson and Mia Mottley.
First he told Barbadians to find her “unacceptable!” Then he tried to make her look childish by stating at the Party’s Conference: “Mia the BLP needs you.” After calling for healing, he sent a letter to the Clerk of Parliament asking for an investigation into his baseless allegation that files were missing from the Opposition’s Office. And now, yet another attempt to suggest wrong doings, as regards funds left in an account.
Is the information, which was leaked to the Nation Newspaper, suppose to downplay the fact that Owen Arthur is known to have put thousands intended as campaign contributions – into his personal bank account – unknown to any one in his party?
Why an investigation into the account being mentioned in the Sunday Sun, where (it would appear that) funds were used to advance the work of the party but not an investigation into the charge made by the Parliamentary Representative for St. James North, Rawle Eastman – as regards why someone paid the party $560 for 56 delegates he (Rawle) knew nothing about? Why not an investigation into why the Women’s League (headed by the very woman who is now Arthur’s Personal Assistant) was able to cherry-pick 210 delegates, when no meeting was held for that purpose? Why no investigation into why under-aged persons, as well as person who are said not be members of the BLP – and never made any application to join – were down as delegates to votes for George Payne?
Does this leaked report in the Sunday Sun, has to do with plans being cooked at the highest level within that party to discard two women: namely Mia Mottley and Cynthia Forde? Is it true that plans are being made to de-select Cynthia Forde and replace her with Clyde Mascoll; to deselect Arthur Holder and replace him with Rudy Grant; to de-select Rawle Eastman and replace him with George Payne’s cousin, Douglas Skeete and to de-select Mia Mottley and replace her with Ralph Thorne?
The issue is Owen Arthur’s insecurity and the speedy rate at which he is turning off even die-hard BLP members. Owen Arthur does not like what he sees when he looks in the mirror. He is a lonely and empty man who is searching for peace and desperately needs help. Because he is bitter, he feels that no one else should be happy. Despite presiding over a dysfunctional family he has manufactured in the last four years, he remains empty and bitter. The only thing that can cheer him up is he becoming Prime Minister again.
Mia Mottley is right! Ignore Owen Arthur, remain silent and do not get into a brawl or spitting contest with “yesterday’s man.” But: Exactly how did Owen Arthur reach this stage of thinking that there can be no Barbados without him?
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Truthman Burton
@HAMILTON HILL | February 1, 2011 at 12:13 PM |
“Fellow DLP Dimwits please practise restraint in your postings here , so that the glaring light of public opinion will remain focussed on THE ROEBUCK STREET RUCKUS . The euphoric sensations from this mess are semi orgasmic.”
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Hamilton, I am practising great restraint and patience, and there is no need for you to threaten me with censor just because the TRUTH hurts you.
No amount of fancy language from you will divert attention from the current pervasive inertia, stunning ineptness and monumental ignorance of this DLP excuse for a government to a temporary spat in Roebuck Street.
What is happening in Roebuck Street could never compare to the upheavals we have seen in George Street, whether it be Gov’t ministers going against their leader in a no-confidence parliamentary vote, helping the lost of the gov’t, or nasty public tustles between the dead Prime Minister who worked with devilish stealth to snatch back power, and the one who worked tirelessly to rebuild the party.
It is clear to those not only with physical eyes to see, but with a sense of discernment, to recognise that deep rifts still exist over there, so don’t pretend that George Street is some oasis of goodwill and peace. Mind your own backyard!
Your semi-orgasmic remark indicates the illicit pleasure that DLP people tend to derive from these situations, and it reminds me of Don Blackman’s public statement several years ago that ” .******.was politically masturbating the country.” You check your memory and discover who is the great man to whom those six dots refer.
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@George C. Brathwaite | February 1, 2011 at 12:15 PM
“Arthur is not a spent force by any stretch of the imagination, but in my mind, he has brought the BLP to an all-time low and therefore he cannot or should not be offered a free rein to do as he pleases and to silence who he chooses.”
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Hi George, exactly who is Mr. Arthur silencing? Do you think that Rommel’s very public strictures against Arthur, and his proposed run in St.Joseph is taking the BLP to an “all-time high”? What about well-known self-proclaimed “Mottley loyalist” and BLP member “tall-boy” making a public statement on the VOB call-in programme that he intended to contest the St.Michael North seat aagainst BLP incumbent Ronald Toppin? Who is behind all of this undergroung activity trying to destabilise the BLP?
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Carson C. Cadogan
Royalrumble
“He seem not to know how to readjust to the life of a simple ordinary citizen.”
It is interesting that you should make such a statement.
Owen actually said that on CBC tv the night he lost the election whole being interviewed. If you can get hold of the interview tapes at CBC on election night Jan. 2008 you would see it.
My wife was shocked when she heard him make it. Of course I was not.
Truthman Burton
All of shallow invectives against the elected government of the day do not in any way show the non performance of a government experiencing the worst recession the world has ever seen. The government is doing its upmost best to manage the economy. They may have made some mistakes but your government of 14 years made even more mistakes which have us in this position today.
Your government never took the hard decisions to restructure this economy in the times of plenty. All you were concern about is winning the nest election.
The DLP must be congratulated for always willing to stand up to make the hard decisions even if they lose the governments to a pack of frauds like you.
Rommel Marshall hit the nail on the head with the best political quote of the year when he said that Owen Arthur has moved from the best statesman to being the best groundsman (LOL).
Another fact that you must face is when you are in opposition you have nothing to give and therefore no one care about you that is why the DLP went through it and you are going through it now. Face like a man and your turn will come again in about twenty five years
@Charlie: “All of shallow invectives against the elected government of the day do not in any way show the non performance of a government experiencing the worst recession the world has ever seen.
Please correct me if I’m wrong here Charlie et al…
But were there not promises (to the people of Barbados) of a Freedom of Information Act, and Integrity Legislation, being enacted within 100 days of the “Dees” being elected.
What, *exactly*, do either of these have to do with the economic environment?
As in, to be explicit, regardless of the economic situation, there is absolutely no reason these promises could not be kept.
But… They weren’t….
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Truthman Burton
Charlie, I would ather not engage you in GENERALITIES, and also, I wonder why you are so overly impressed with Rommell ….NOONE OF YOU DEMS NEVER WERE WHEN HE WAS A MINISTER. As a matter of fact you lambasted him.
With regard to the generalities, let’s discuss your comment, “The DLP must be congratulated for always willing to stand up to make the hard decisions even if they lose the governments to a pack of frauds like you.”
What were these hard decisions?
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Truthman Burton
“Rather” not “ather”
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Charlie
Christopher
I said on many occasions that if the DLP does not pass those pieces of legislation, I will not be voting for them or the BLP. Therefore I am in agreement with you but the 100 day time line may not have been possible but they should have been passed already.
It seems that all politicians have a gene to get rich or get somebody rich that they know off of tax payer’s money.
@ Truthman Burton —– You in your haste to reply have missed my point . Not once have I seen where you used profanity or any language that seemed unfit for civil discourse . Dissonant but never discoloured , why would I call for your censorship ? My point was you should advance your own arguments and not wait for David , nor Peter , nor Paul . My call for restraint went out to fellow DLP “Dimwits ,now you too want to heed the call . One wonders why ? By the way all Rommell is doing is reminding Barbados that the elevation of a Political Stepney to the position of Co-Leader on the other side , speaks little to expediency .He is gonna walk like a man .
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Crusoe
One surprise to me however, is that the BLP, aside from Santia Bradshaw, seem to be fielding more or less the same old, same old nondescript list of candidates as previously.
Have they learnt nothing?
The DLP spent its time while in exile, building a ‘new party’. Very clever and well done.
The BLP seems to be doing little to look to the future.
Unfortunate for the voters and citizens.
As for Charlie and Chris, maybe we need, as in the UK, a ‘Official Monster Raviung Lunatic Party’ , to inject some sense of calibration into the party assessment process.
@Crusoe: “As for Charlie and Chris, maybe we need, as in the UK, a ‘Official Monster Raviung Lunatic Party’ , to inject some sense of calibration into the party assessment process.
Answer me this.
If a third party presented a candidate in a riding, would that candidate get equal “air-time”?
Do the current two incumbent candidates in each riding get equal air-time on our publicly funded airwaves?
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The Scout
CCC
I’m no friend of or supporter of Owen or the BLP but anyone who can honestly say that Owen did nothing for Barbados during his regime, is politically blinded and the most powerful microscope can’t help a blind person.
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The Scout
CCC
Is this the same person who has praised the late David Thompson for the wonderful job he did in three years? Maybe I wasn’t in this country during that period, David had the potential to do well for Barbados, just like Owen did in his first five years, but fate didn’t allow it. However, I can’t in all honesty tell anyone that David was this GREAT P.M that some of you are saying. To some he was a demigod, I even hear that some supporters of the party wants him to be placed among the National Heroes of Barbados, what nonsense. Some of you are no different than the Isrealites in ancient times who had denounce God and was worshipping idols, some of you seem ready to follow suit and worship David instead. Somehow, somewhere that man is astonished by the behaviour of you David worshippers.
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Carson C. Cadogan
Lionel Craig has said on the 5.30 news that Mia Mottley and Owen Arthur will never see eye to eye.
Tell us something that we don’t know Lionel.
After Owen”seethru”Arthur gross disrespect of the Honourable MIA AMOR MOTTLEY and women of Barbados in general, I don’t think that there is a woman in Barbados who give a damm about Owen now. Not counting his secretary, I mean wife.
Can anyone tell me if seethru owns the Barbados Labour Party?
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Carson C. Cadogan
SCOUT
Are you blind in one eye and can’t see out of the other?
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The Scout
With the potential demise of the BLP and a DLP that is still trying to find their way, the time is ripe for some eminent persons to come forward and rescue this country and stop this slide because if nothing is done the fall is going to be long and hard and many would be like the guyanese running for a better land but by then no-one will be willing to recieve us. A NEW PARTY, NEW IDEAS, NEW VISION and NEW DIRECTION is what this country needs right now. We have matured and qualified persons to do the job.
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The Scout
CCC
Maybe I’m blind in one eye and can’t see out of the other but my other senses have taken up the slack, however, ALL your senses are POLITICALLY dead you’re nothing but a POLITICAl CADAVER. Pity the POLITICAL FOOL.
@The Scout: “A NEW PARTY, NEW IDEAS, NEW VISION and NEW DIRECTION is what this country needs right now. We have matured and qualified persons to do the job.
So says someone who doesn’t even have the balls to use their real name….
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The Scout
CCC
Maybe you don’t know but when Sandiford gave Owen the government in the early 90’s, this country was on it’s death bed, there were households in this country where ALL the employed there were either severed or made redundant with no means of recieving payment, business were closing, single people and even families were returning to their old family homes, many persons had to be concoled before they did something stupid. The BLP under the leadership of Owen Arthur rescued the working class bajans by first restoring the 8% Sandi had placed on those who were still working plus used other methods to get Barbados working again. Like the cow old people always talk about, Owen gave good milk but then he kicked away the pale, so we had to get a new “cow” who didn’t last very long. What we need now is a NEW BREED, different genes with the potential of producing good milk for an extended period, Those old “cows ” need to change their diet.
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The Scout
Christopher Halsall
What does knowing my name have to do with my saying that the time is right for a new party? How do I know that Christpher Halsall is your real name? Then let me tell you mine, it is A PROUD BARBADIAN, are you happy now? Still calling for a NEW DIRECTION WITH NEW PERSONS. Our old politicians are bringing nothing new to the plate, listening to a political meeting in this century is no different to listening to one in the 60’s. and the parliament debates are worse than in those times. We need to raise the level of our political debates and our transparentcy to the political dealings, politicals is too much steeped in secretcy and arrogance bordering on dictatorship. Many young people either don’t trust politicians or some see them as comedians trying to do a serious task. Do a survey of young persons between 18 and 30 and most likelt you would find most of them don’t take politics seriously; that is a matter that needs addressing.
hen I think of Owen Arthur’s actions over the past few months I think of Norma Desmond in the movie and Broadway musical, Sunset Boulevard. Miss Desmond is a fading silent-screen actress who strongly believes she is relevant in the current age of cinema. She dreams of a return but to effect such, she has to team up with a small-time writer to help complete the script she is preparing
In a major scene of the Broadway version, the faded star revisits the stage where she once reigned supreme. There, she reminisces and basks in the memory of her triumphant performances. She dreams about the adoration she once commanded of her adoring fans.
Her fantasy is cut short. The studio executives want no part of the Norma Desmond comeback. They just want to rent her vintage automobile for their next production.
Does the BLP and Bajans really want Owen Arthur back, or do they just yearn for the era he represented?
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The Scout
Does the BLP and bajans really want Owen Arthur back, or do they yearn for the era he represented?
What a good question!!!!!! Personally, I don’t think Owen is able to repeat the performance he gave for the first term or even the second term in office but even the Great Errol Barrow was just a shadow of himself when he returned for his last term in office. Barbados is a progressive country, so what we need is for new blood to take the baton from David Thompson and run with it. Right now I don’t see ANY of our young politicians that exhibit these qualities, maybe their values are hidden behind towing party lines.
@The Scout: “What does knowing my name have to do with my saying that the time is right for a new party?
Absolutely nothing. My Bad…
But at some time in the near future people with testicular fortitude will need to stand up.
Or else….
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The Scout
Christopher Halsall
What is your name? how do I know that what you call yourself on BU is really your name? What is your proof that YOU have testicular fortitude? or that you have testicles at all?
I am quit capable to STAND UP when I need to, unfortunately YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW
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Crusoe
@CH ”But at some time in the near future people with testicular fortitude will need to stand up”
That sounds like a ‘Hoadism’ Lol.
But, as Scout says, he is well capable of standing up, even expresses regret that he cannot demonstrate for you.
😉
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Charlie
Scout
You are using sentiment and not logical thought to make Owen Arthur look like a savior in 1994
Mr. Sandiford cut the civil servants pay with a promise to restore it in eighteen months. Barbados was in deep financial trouble with a possibility of the currency being devalued.
He took that bold decision to cut the salaries and to lay off people and that caused him the government when his members deserted him.
Therefore Mr. Scout the hard decisions of restructuring were taken by Mr. Sandiford and not Owen Arthur.
He came in with the economy picking back up and the world economy showing growth.
He gave back the civil servants their money and in jobs number one is jobs, in fourteen years swelled the public service that it is now an albatross around this present government neck again. Where is his genius?
Construction all over the world was in full swing because of the ponzi schemes that permeated the world at that time. Barbados economy benefited. Where was his genius? The ponzi schemes crashed and the world economies went into recession and the Barbados economy followed.
Let me tell you his genius behavior. He borrowed more money in the good times than any other Prime Minister ever did. He taught us to live outside of our means; he made us a mendicant society with the politics of inclusion. Come to me and I will give you something. His power is now gone and he does not recognize it.
Owen Arthur has not made any hard decisions in his fourteen years of governing when it came to restructuring the Barbados economy
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Sentinel
What next for Rommel Marshall? To state that your political leader has gone from being a statesman to a “groundsman” is really more than a kick in the butt for Arthur.
@The Scout: “Christopher Halsall What is your name? how do I know that what you call yourself on BU is really your name?
You just have to met me.
Once….
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@ Charlie
Probably the most sensible and reasonable post thus far…
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smooth chocolate
the more owen does to make Mia look bad, the more he looks like a fool. i saw the headlines and did not even bother to read the article as i figured it was another of his ramblings. now that i’ve seen the previous, she used the money on the BLP not on her personal affairs.
I would really like to see if he is so stupid as to replace Mia Mottley with Ralph Thorne!!! that would take the cake… hahahaha. one thing for sure is that Patricia Inniss will definitely win the seat this time. what kind of Jackass would remove the person who commands the most votes out of the electorate just because he’s jealous of her popularity?
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Carson C. Cadogan
It is kind of sad as we watch Owen Arthur disintegrate before our very eyes.
It is interesting that perhaps the oldest BLP member in Lammie Craig would go public with criticism of the BLP hierarchy in such a scathing manner. He is an insider and stated very clearly he does not believe Arthur and Mottley will be able to reconcile differences. What next?
@CCC: “It is kind of sad as we watch Owen Arthur disintegrate before our very eyes.
Rather than talk about the opposition leader, why don’t we talk about the Party in Power?
Oh… The words are the same….
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Jenny M
George B, to speak of walking away from a party without extreme provocation smacks of a person who wants to return home. What has Owen Arthur done that is so terrible? Under a democratic system he was elected to lead the Opposition. Mia had her chance and blew it! Who else would you choose at this time? You would be wise to finish your studies AND WAIT YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. These people don’t care about you. Stay out of this nonsense. And please respect the man for the contribution he made at a very important time. He may have laid a foundation for people like you. A WORD TO THE WISE IS ENOUGH!!!
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Random Thoughts
Dear David:
What’s this I hear about Dennis Lowe being made Minister without portfolio? I’ve never heard the term Minister without portfolio before?
Has Barbados ever had a Minister without portfolio?
Does it mean that Mr. Lowe has all the priviledges and salary of a Minister without any of the responsibilities and work?
If Owen Arthur had done such the people on this blog would be all over him.
And yet here not a word.
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Hants
David wrote “Lammie Craig is an insider and stated very clearly he does not believe Arthur and Mottley will be able to reconcile differences.”
That has been obvious from the time Owen ousted Mia.
What he did was unforgivable as far as Mia is concerned unless she is truly a candidate for sainthood.
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Truthman Burton
@Carson C. Cadogan | February 1, 2011 at 2:39 PM |
“Appollo 13
“To win the next general election, the Dems need Mia to be the leader of the BLP.”
Owen is trying hard to remain relevant, but he is a spent force.
So it makes not the slightest bit of difference whether he is at the top or not.”
Carson, I am now totally convinced that you ARE a DLP Dimwit! You are so incapable of comprehending Apollo 13’s absolutely correct view that in order to win or vastly increase their [the DLP’s] chances of winning the next general elections, they need soft target Mia Mottley leading the BLP. Right Honourable Owen S. Arthur is the man who is giving them cold sweats. The Devil’s M.O. is to not waste his resources on those who pose LITTLE OR NO threat to his evil kingdom. So IN TRUE SATAN STYLE, the DEMS got their big guns trained on Owen Arthur, A MAN THEY VARIOUSLY DESCRIBE AS, “HAVING HIS SHELF LIFE EXPIRED”, “WASHED UP”, “OLD AND FOOLISH”!!! Why indeed, this constant DLP mass attack on a “useless man?”
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Truthman Burton
@The Scout | February 1, 2011 at 7:49 PM
Scout, you gave me pause when I saw this statement of yours: “Barbados is a progressive country, so what we need is for new blood to take the baton from David Thompson and run with it.”
Man, Thompson long dead and burried! How is somebody going to take a baton from him, or he hand over? You meant take it from Stuart no doubt. But then again, he acting dead too, just not burried yet! Cause imagine he still holding a dead man’s practically empty porfolio and still handing out ministries without portfolio.
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Charlie
Politics is based mainly on perception, therefore while Sandiford did start the process, his team was not meshing with him and therefore he handed the government over to Owen, who then had to execute the task and therefore he must be given the kudos. Remember barrow was the one who did the hard work on the airport and Harrison’s cave but Tom Adams got the praise because his party was in power when both were ready to be handed over; that’s politics.
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@ Jenny M
Your post is exactly why persons like me have to speak out. Not only Owen Arthur, but all the leaders that Barbados produced, all of the public servants, all of the labourers and workers en masse have helped me get to where I am and I am forever indebted to them. Indeed, I use my independent thought to be able to dismiss persons who would attempt to find round about ways to silence me, what are you afraid of? I have never disrespected Owen Arthur, I have never attempted to diminish his contributions to Barbados; I have not once said that he has not had a positive impact on the BLP and the country. What I have said is that since some time prior to 2008 he has made some statements that have brought him down in the eyes of ordinary Barbadians. I have also said that Arthur is the individual that ensured Barbadians saw him react to a situation in the most ridiculous of manners when he spoke from at Cave Hill on that dreaded Tuesday morning — that has single-handedly thrown the BLP into a tail spin from which they definitely cannot recover under the very person who spoke of demons while acting like a demagogue.
Jenny M, it is best that you leave me alone and see if you can help heal the rifts because as I have said, Arthur no longer has the moral capacity to do such. I am not going to kiss his ass, nor will I kiss yours (figuratively and literally), but I will maintain my respect for your views even if you are attempting to tell me not to speak because I may have something to benefit through my silence. That is exactly the hypocrisy that Barbadians do not need from our political classes. Arthur is (sorry was) a champion and he can fight his battles, would you please go away and reflect on your last words to me. By now you may have been told that I was always fearless and especially in dealing with those who would seek to cut me down. Over to you because it is your words and not mine — “A WORD TO THE WISE IS ENOUGH!!!”
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Tell me Why
I don’t think that there is a woman in Barbados who give a damm about Owen now.
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CCC, r u one of them? Lo!!!!
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Random Thoughts
Quoting Apollo 13 “so Mara has to answer about that FAMILIES FIRST account with all of CLICO, SOL and JADA money. David Thompson get all the money and put it in this account which only he controlled.”
Mara will never answer these questions.
I said on this blog that David Thompson would rather die and face the devil that give Bajans truthful answers to the CLICO questions. And so it happened.
It will be the same with Mara.
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The Scout
Turthman Burton
Stuart is right now only holding the baton that David had, he’s not running with it, so we need some progressive person to take it and run with it. All stuart is doing is carrying out the wishes of David Thompson, the first bold step he has taken is to bring Denis Kellman into the cabinet, Denis would have never made it under David Thompson. The next bold step will be to make David Estwick his Deputy and this is going to anger some senior members of the party and disappoint Sinckler. One would argue that this may not be a progressive move but Stuart will feel safer with his friend David next to him than David Thompson’s nominee
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David re your post of Feb 1, 2011 at 9:00 PM;
You said;
“….. Lammie Graig would go public with criticism of the BLP hierarchy in such a scathing manner. He …. stated very clearly he does not believe Arthur and Mottley will be able to reconcile differences. What next?”
I think it looks as if he’s right.
Neither Owen nor Mia appears to be willing to pull back from the brink. I think the BLP as we know it will need extraordinary leadership to recover from this impasse. I don’t think Owen Arthur at this stage in his life can provide that leadership. No one who would try to pull off that “leak” last weekend could be thinking straight.
You asked “What next?”
There is a strong possibility that the BLP will be in the political wilderness for the next 2 to 7 years. I would not be surprised if Owen is repaced as leader for the next general election as his future actions make him appear to be more and more a liability to the party. I think Mia could be that leader but that would depend on a number of factors including finding someone else in that group who could command his/her seat in another swing against the BLP and who could gain the confidence of the BLP hierarchy. The BLP, I expect would, in any case, be actively building up a cadre of new young candidates in practically every constituency to prepare itself for taking over Government eventually. I don’t see any of the gang of 5, with the possible exception of Arthur himself, surviving the next general election. I see Mia, Cynthia Forde and Arthur possibly being the next reincarnation of the “three blind mice”.
But all the above is dependent on the DLP providing strong, forward looking and enlightened governance under enlightened leadership. Unfortunately, that leadership seems to be seriously lacking at this time and the portents are not good for it to improve. In addition, the inexperience (some would say ineptitude) of the current set of ministers is showing even after 3 years, with only one or two possible exceptions. The evident pressures and irritants within the DLP suggests that it is possible that they too could be headed towards serious in-fighting problems in the not too distant future. There is therefore a good possibility that Stuart might not be the one to lead the DLP in the next elections either and the smart money says that the economic situation, despite anything the apparently partisan Central Bank Governor says, does not seem to be coming out of its tailspin.
Such instability, as I’ve suggested above, bodes nothing good for Barbados.
I hope that both the BLP and DLP can move off the slippery slopes they seem to have embarked on and get back to a more barbadian steady state situation. How would that be possible? you might ask. I’d say, if despite all appearances to the contrary; there is a palpable genuine rapproachment between the antagonists in the BLP in the very near future; The DLP governance improves despite their current seeming poor leadership; and the Barbados economy improves significantly.
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Carson C. Cadogan
Christopher Halsall
“Rather than talk about the opposition leader, why don’t we talk about the Party in Power?
Oh… The words are the same”
You are funny.
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Carson C. Cadogan
DAVID
“What next?”
The name of a 14 year old girl.
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Hugh
This blog is fascinatingly humorous…….filled with twisted theories to fit the facts and fallacious reasoning to fit the theories….
Is it only me and my wild imagination , or is it a fact that The Scout now seems to be trying to put distance between himself and Owen . Should you need assistance my friend ,Check- with the one who found a way Out , and now enjoys the spoils that detachment brings . You mentioned a demigod . The actions of the people may have conferred such . I have mentioned a despot . His actions on his people bring justice to that title . Spent force and a source of irrelevance may well be debated . What cannot be is the irrefutable fact that Owen S. Arthur is a bitter vengeful old man , filled with spite and fueled by hate . For the sake of your party Mr. Scout , tell your boss that hate is like an acid . It destroys the object on which it is poured , as well as the vessel in which it is stored . Let him go now so that all Barbados can deal with George Payne . It has to happen .
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Jenny M
George B, you missed the point. Let me put it simply. why are you fighting Mia Mottley’s war? She can fight for herself. She has been blessed to rise to Deputy PM and Opposition Leader along with all the rest. You need to brek fah yahself. She can do without your support. But who will back you after u burn your bridges over foolishness? I don’t have to back Owen. He can defend himself. But give the man respect and if you have no sin keep casting stones.
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