The more the DLP dig their heads in the sand and pretendthe polls are flawed, the more damage they are doing to themselves. It is like a drunk man stumbling home but tell others who wants to help him that he is not drunk. Keep it up DLP, when you crash, you will crash HARD.

@Prodigal Son

I don’t need any lessons from you to understand what I read. Balance wrote about the DLP’s “brain washing exercise” and he also wrote the following “it was not unfamiliar to hear dlp leaning teachers inculcating in children that ‘ had not for mr barrow they would not have been educated”

Don’t tell me about any “report” of what a little boy was supposed to have said when you were the source of this “report”

Fair comment my patootie, do you think I just fell off the potato truck?

Pet er Wickham today read an email from a ” TEACHER ” whose criticism of PM Stuart was that every time he spoke she had to run to a dictionary ; she can’t understand what he is saying . She was obviously not ashamed to disclose that she was a “TEACHER ” .. Wonders never cease !!!!

What percentage of Barbadians understand “phlegmatic serenity?”

Are the PM’s and others’ comments dismissive of the 900+ Barbadians overall and approx (100+) dlp supporters who chose not to prefer him/them?

Did I notice a clear absence of “we” or “the party” in most if not all the “off cuff on the way to parliament” responses?

Is the dlp still the mature and visionary party of barrow? The politically agile and friendly party of thompson (albeit for a short time)?

Will they AGAIN hand back over a soon healing country to the BLP who will ride the waves that they started into another era of “better times”?

Will somebody pinch me and wake me up from this ’94 deja vu?

Just observing

@observing

You are correct we are witnessing 94 all over again. Something dramatic will have to happen which totally disrupts the current perception of the public to give the DLP a ghost of a chance. The longer Stuart delays calling the election, it gets worst. It is hard to see any significant change in the economy in the months to come. A change in leadership will be too disruptive and appear to be opportunistic. Let us see what Sundays poll analysis says.

Opportunistic” then it begs the question what do they have to lose as it is now the polls suggest that without a leader they will lose.

David i think that is the game plan now. hope that the BLP implodes. i could not believe that the PM would call the poll “irrelevant”. this guy is clearly living a bubble and clearly if the DLP wants a chance to win, they must remove this man from the role he is playing in pulling them down.

The Nation’s coverage will be very obviously anti DLP . The columnists never had the balls to confront the BLP leader on any issue whether in government or opposition. Now with Harold Hoyte retired, The BLP knows that they have the Nation choir singing together – Is it not a coincidence how Sanka Price in his economic analysis repeats word for word what Clyde Mascoll says- Price is not only a columnist , he is in charge of the Friday and Saturday paper.

I repeat and I will not be proven wrong- NO COLUMNIST at the Nation will attack or confront Owen Arthur on anything during or after this election cycle. It will be one sided DLP bashing from now until election day. The BLP journalistic prostitute known as the Nation newspaper will not touch the opposition leader in any of their columns unless it is something positive.
If any of them goes off course, a simple call from Roebuck Street to Kaymar will correct it.

@Observing

Will they AGAIN hand back over a soon healing country to the BLP who will ride the waves that they started into another era of “better times”?
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Colour you an optimist, have you paid any attention how the leaders of the G8 are trying to patch the mess in Europe with bits of hay, baling wire and tar paper?. Events elsewhere will determine whether the country “heals” or not, these waves are a portent of an approaching storm One can use the analogy that the country is like a “moses” caught in the middle of a hurricane it doesn’t go where you want it to go, it goes where the wind and the waves wants it to go.

@ NationBLPnewspaper

You DLP supporters behave like little children. Three media houses in Barbados, Advocate, CBC and the Government Information Service are all pro DLP. The Opposition cannot see the light of day coming from these entities, unless there is trouble in that camp.

The Advocate owns the DLP choir, as well as sings in it and conducts it, and you have no problem with that. The first eight and the last four pages – everything – DLP, DLP, DLP. I guess the Advocate is either a “call-girl” or the more politically correct term, an escort, in this regard.

Next, you have the DLP CBC TV Evening News that is the propaganda machine for the party, each night highlighting ministers left, right and centre, and you happy with that,.

Then you have The People’s Business, whose programs are structured in such a manner that Ministers are not asked pertinent questions by the moderators. You get some ignorant people, who instead of asking questions relevant to the issue, would comment on the shirt, smile, hair-cut, dress, or hair-style. You also have on CBC radio, Talk-ya-talk with pro DLP moderators, John Lovell and Maureen Holder, and I notice that BLP supporters are roughed up by these two, especially Lovell. Well, Holder in a class by “she self”, a masters degree and she knows everything.

But what is surprising is that despite all of these avenues afforded to you to spread your message and propaganda (unopposed at that), THE POLLS STILL RANK YOU UNPOPULAR.

Man, doan blame de Nation fuh da yuh, you responsible fuh ya own demise.

Unfortunately Sidney Cox died, lo and behold, the DLP press secretary Reudon Eversley, secretly appointed as Director of News and Current Affairs at CBC. Whereas the Nation is a privately owned company, CBC is an institution owned by the taxpayers of Barbados and not the Democratic Labour Party. CBC and the Advocate, are they not politically compromised?

@ David

I notice that since Sunday when the CADRES poll featured in the Nation Newspaper you have had Chris Sinckler followed by Mia Mottley on the page top banner for BU.

I know you are not simply up to mischief, its more than that. Do you care to share with the bloggers on BU your role?

Nonsense.
How does all that information help to improve the service at the Transport Board, when the average man has to wait 2 hours for bus to get home? How does it help those persons whose light and water bills have increased astronomically because of ill-advised policies of this government? How does it help the 500 persons who were recently made redundant at Almond Resort? How does it help the students at the Alexandra School? Does this information assist in the reduction of the cost of living? Can this information assist those persons who have been awaiting their income tax refunds since 2010? Is it any help to those persons whose retirement income will be significantly reduced as a result of a decrease in pensions?

The only people who seems to care about the Nation and its internal activities is you and the man on the Cream-of-Wheat box.

Although Mr Stuart is not my all-time favourite as Prime Minister I think he is still the “best” person in the DLP to command that position. We need to take the emotionalism out and be honest in our assessment of the persons that we voted in to office in January 2008.
We say change Mr Stuart whom everyone views as an honest and upright person but is slow to act, I guess we now live in a microwave society everything must be instantaneous.
But change him for whom who do we have?
Mr Sinckler – has a certain amount of charisma but can we believe ANYTHING he says? He tells us that the Governments of Dominica and St Vincent are investing in the Four Seasons project but lo and behold the PM’s of those countries know nothing about what he speaks. He tells us that the increase in VAT is for 18 months now it is permanent. Before he was an MP he organised a rally in St Vincent against the EPA, when he became an MP he was on over the place champion the cause of the EPA. To my mind he cannot be taken at his word.
Mr R Jones – is seeking to take over the empire previously presided over by Mr Jack Warner. He will not do the right thing when his friend is the culprit. Therefore he is not good management material.
Mr R Sealy – has a certain amount of charisma and is too laid back shall we say lazy?
Mr J Boyce – Not accustom to working LAZY
Mr M Lashley – poster boy for housing and cannot travel to certain countries.
Dr D Estwick – Good man but side lined by the party because he is too plain spoken for some persons.
Mr A Brathwaite – Approachable but just there.
Mr D Kellman – Good heart but too much of a Mr I and I = one man show.
Dr E Byer- Suckoo- Easy on the eyes
Mrs M Thompson – ………..
Mr D Inniss – Too many question marks
Mr Kenny Best – Mr Green Verbs #2
Mr Michal Carrington- Good man but what else
Dr D Lowe- stupse
Now should we still talk about removing Mr Stuart before the General Elections? Think on these things Barbados.

Watching

Be careful, I have taken a lot of abuse for coming to the same conclusions. Let’s face it, Stuart is not the ideal leader, but who is? Yes, he is slow to act, but I am yet to hear anybody say that he is a crook. Quite frankly, I prefer an honest man who is slow to make decisions to a speedy crook any day.

Watching

It might not be nice to admit, but if Barbadians were honest with themselves, they would admit that you are absolutely correct. But I would go further, even though I criticise him at times, I prefer Stuart to Mottley and Arthur any day. Mind you, he is a big boy and should be able to take it, otherwise, tough because I don’t plan to stop.

Stuart, what?

He was never a leader and has proven that. Have you ever seen any country progress with a leader like Stuart? Stuart became leader by default and he has behaved like a default leader….like he is still keeping house for the dead king.

As in “Jennifer Lazlo” election when the dead king and the kingmaker came up with the “Crime and Violence” election theme, they decided to come up with that corruption theme in 2008, knowing that with people wanting a change and that Barbadians hate to hear that their politicians are corrupt, they knew it would be a winning strategy.

They won, the people actually believed them. It surprises me that educated people still believe the Dems’ lies. Do you really think that with all of the government files at their disposal, they would not have found the evidence and would exposed the BLP for all to see saying …”look here is the proof”. To this day, not a shred of evidence of any wrong doing but we saw the evidence on the one who was really corrupt, Mr I will not lie, cheat or steal. Freundel continues to associate with the CLICO “terrorist” and you all keep saying, Freundel is all that clean. How else could he call in CBC to say he calling on behalf of his friend, the PM?

Give me a break! Every one has one vote, and the electorate will decide!

They are in denial!

I repeat, they are in denial. They believe that Barbadians always give governments two terms, so they are resting on that belief.

I heard a DLP lady today on Brasstacks who admitted that she has known the PM for 46 years, pleading for a second term for the DLP. She pleaded….the people must give them a second chance and if after two and a half years Freundel does not change, the other members can then bring a no confidence motion to move him. David asked her if she thinks that could ever happen.

Well, Sleepy Smith in the run up to the 2008 election on Brasstacks asked the people to give the DLP a chance and if they did not perform, after one term, they were free to throw them out. I think the people of Barbados need to make good on that pledge!

@Just wondering | May 23, 2012 at 3:16 AM |
Pet er Wickham today read an email from a ” TEACHER ” whose criticism of PM Stuart was that every time he spoke she had to run to a dictionary ; she can’t understand what he is saying . She was obviously not ashamed to disclose that she was a “TEACHER ” .. Wonders never cease !!!!
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JW, you have to admit that the PM uses vocabulary that is way beyond the average Bajan. His vocabulary is extensive, but he should save the high level vocab for the high level meetings he attends.

@islandgal246 | May 23, 2012 at 8:18 AM |
The winds of change are blowing and will blow stronger each day as the present government hangs onto power. AC you are trying too hard to change the polls. Just accept it and plan your life accordingly, that is if you still have one after the elections. Remember my lifeboat is still afloat.
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Ha ha ha…that’s good advice you giving to your girl. BTW, were you known as PiedPiper in another blog?

@Caswell Franklyn | May 23, 2012 at 10:21 AM |
Watching
Be careful, I have taken a lot of abuse for coming to the same conclusions. Let’s face it, Stuart is not the ideal leader, but who is? Yes, he is slow to act, but I am yet to hear anybody say that he is a crook. Quite frankly, I prefer an honest man who is slow to make decisions to a speedy crook any day.
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This is where you and I differ Caswell. Since there is no ideal leader, I prefer a speedy crook who can achieve results over an honest man who appears to be politically comatose and impotent.

Zack ….I am only familiar with the real PiedPiper of Hamelin town in Brunswick near Hanover city.

@Prodigal Son | May 23, 2012 at 1:33 PM |
I repeat, they are in denial. They believe that Barbadians always give governments two terms, so they are resting on that belief.
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That’s a valid comment. Many of them believe that a second term is automatic based on history. They are in for a rude awakening.

If the PM does not call an election what can we do about that? Can he stay in power without an election? Is the present party so desperate that they will hang unto power at any cost? I wonder if they sleep well at night? I know for sure they are trolling this blog for sure.