Having a legal degree would not have stopped some lawyers from stealing 42,000 anyway.

That particular crowd has been embedded in the political landscape for over two decades and see what they have done to the taxpayers as an entitlement, unfortunately again, there is no legislation in place to lock them up. I have been saying for the last 10 years that no political party should be giving more than one term to be allowed to take root. Regarding Donville, all of these guys are colleagues and friends and we do not even know if they are business partners, I would not go painting Donville as a victim until we hear he is free from any writs or indictments that may very well be served on him.

@Observing(…) | February 23, 2013 at 11:06 AM |
Your posts are all the same you start off sounding fair and forward looking then degenerate to scolding the Dees and wishing failure upon them.

who is the person that won a blp seat and want to go over to the dems.

While we DEMs have all the right to celebrate our glorious victory at the polls – because in a tight election race – we won the:

# popular vote of the Barbadian electorate
# all of our winning candidates were able to increase their margin of victory over their 2008 showing

Let us spare a thought and our fervent prayers for Dale Marshall and the BLP that they would be able to:
# sell enough SUGAR CAKES , SWEET BREAD and PONE

To pay back their ‘ CORPORATE’ sponsors for the $$$15 million they got to try and BRIBE the electorate !!!!

Oh what a tangle web they weave ….when at first they try to DECEIVE !!

Congrats to the returning government and to those from the opposition party that were reelected.

@musing
You would have to be really musing (or dreaming) to see where I criticised the DLP or wished failure on them in that last post. I just call things as I observe them. Both good and bad. Both B and D. Country first.

The new “philosophy” and focus of the Opposition will depend on who emerges as leader. In a 2 party state both parties need to be strong for reasonable governance so I would personally prefer if that were resolved soon. DLP supporters should accept the reality that it would only take 2 by-elections or crossovers to be sent to the opposition benches. Celebration is justified. Over confidence and exuberation is ill advised.

Time to govern, oppose, lead and communicate in the interest of the PEOPLE. The people have spoken. We wait to see how our leaders perform now that they have heard our voices

Just Observing

@Observing(…)

We have an example in Guyana where the Executive has bee hamstrung because the opposition forms the majority in the House. Stuart will obviously have to make decisions which fact his parties tenuous majority in parliament. It will test his leadership. As you have stated the type of government we get will depend on the position which a strong Opposition takes.

@Piece…………….maybe you can bribe gittens wid one yuh book and she might fall face down then yuh get yuh pick at the nation. your satire is hysterical.

When it came to the popular vote the DLP got close to 6 thousand more votes than the BLP. Now that surprised me.

@ Fractured BLP

Agreed. As I said on this blog before I knew the BLP were exaggerating their crowd size after I went to their 1st meeting in Bay Street, I would say 7 to 8 thousand were there. And then the next day, I read in Nation the BLP advert: “Thanks to the 20 thousand who showed up in Bay Street”.

Well I am here at BLP headquarters following the post 2013 elections development for the Associated Press (AP). It is with much dismay that I now report that the first salvo of the post 2013 debacle for the BLP has been fired.

The BLP is in caucus trying to elect an opposition leader to inform the GG of Barbados.

Mia Mottley a few moments ago just held Owen Arthur in a ‘throat hold’ and threatened to out his lights if he tries to stand in her of becoming opposition leader.

George Payne openly declared, ‘she should kill he…he had no damn right trying to sell she off to the DEMs’. ( By George….Imagine that !)

Thank goodness fuh Santia Bradshaw…she was able to get Mia to cool down.

Police were soon summoned to the scene.

Well I am not surprised…….the FRACTURE widens !!!

For those of you who think things sweet in Canada.

http://www.thestar.com/

@ac
Why you don’t leff me before I bite ya???

@david
Test of leadership is an understatement. Time will tell and we will see.

@hants
You really think Freundel will “hurry up” and do aything? Lol

@bushie
Man why you so pessimistic yet got so much faith in Freundel????

@brekfoot blp
Ya win already. Give it a rest nuh!

Just Observing

Observing(…) wrote”You really think Freundel will “hurry up” and do aything? Lol”.

Yes I do. It is obvious to me that the PM is smarter that he appears to be.

I am not fooled by his measured response to problems. I think if he believes a problem requires immediate action he will deal with it promptly.

Oh shiiiiite .Just saw this.

from BBC,

The UK has lost its top AAA credit rating for the first time since 1978 on expectations that growth will “remain sluggish over the next few years”.

During the election campaign I bought into the BLP narrative that things were really bad in Barbados especially since I was personally disadvantaged by a number of elements in CS’ strategies against pensioners over the last 4 years or so.

Today, I really have to wonder where Bajans are getting money from. The huge crowds and big trollies at Cost U less, Pricesmart and Supercentre and the traffic Jams at the roundabouts connecting these business places had to be seen to be believed. Did the people all get some of the money that the politicians were alleged to have been giving away in the last week or so? Nah, Impossible! Relief at the outcome of the elections? or buying goods now for the coming storm when the DLP have to cut expenditures of 150 Million from April? orsomething else?

Bush Tea or Observing or best yet Wickham; One of you could probably explain this very noticeable uptick in economic activity. Pay day is still a few days away afaiK.

@ FED UP

What national appeal Clde Mascoll has? Please go and come again.

Just for the record was Wood declared the winner and then a second statement made ? Or is this only rumour?

@Princess Red
The BLP received the majority of the votes cast in the election but are still in Opposition
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That statement is incorrect, the DLP received the majority of the votes cast 525 to 48% .

S/B 52%

David
You asked the DLP supporters to cut down on the rhetoric but since the elections the BLP Doom and Gloomers have ben bombarding the blog with bare negativity and must be responded to.

Princess red like she did not read the papers with the stats or she could have gotten a calculator and add up all of the votes and see that the DLP won the popular vote.

There was never an eager 11 but a concerned group who wanted the PM to become more visible. He did and nearly half kill Owen Arthur. He said that you never pull a sleeping lion tail (lol)

Now I agree with you that they should be 31 seats. My proposal would be create a new seat by removing Orange Hill and Diamond Corner from St. Andrew because they are in St. James and St.Peter. Place the new constituency in St. Philip between North and South and call it St Philip central.

Check it out Barbadians were shopping like that since the DLP came into power. If Barbadians would just share some of their wealth with their poorer relative we could survive any world recession. They are living way beyond what is required in serious economic times.

Most of Cost U less products will suck up foreign exchange.

BU family must put their thoughts together on what are the things the government should do to cut back on unnecessary expenses without hurting the most vulnerable in the society

Mr. Stuart Please go back to having a monthly or quarterly press conference to keep the public inform of what is going on and your government will get its third term

Become creative go into villages and hear the opinions of the average citizen and how to get this society living in a sustainable way until the recession breaks.

There was young lady on Brass tacks with David Ellis talking about getting Agriculture going. Invite her in for a chat, place her in the Senate and make her Minister of Agriculture.

@Clone

Agree 99% with your last comment. You know that there is a difference between gloating and being negative or pessimistic.

Final results to the 2013 General Election in Barbados.

Tpp
I am not an active farmer but has an interest in agriculture and must tell you that all of the Ministers of Agriculture in Barbados for the past twenty years were bare talk.

There is too much idle land right now in Barbados. A creative policy would be to take half of the NCC workers and retrain them in agricultural production. Place them to work on acquire the plantation lands that are idle and waiting for sub division which they should not get.
Crops of lettuce, cabbage, sweet peppers, beans, onions, carrots, sweet potatoes and yams would be planted and none imported.

Scotland district should be replanted with fruit trees such as breadfruit, mangoes, golden apples and cherries. I think that the defense force would also have to shoot a large percentage of monkeys because they are affecting our food security

A follow up policy would be set up an agricultural protection wing in the Defense force to guard these lands from praedial larceny at night. This is like a war for our food security

‎This is a rumour on facebook
48 hours after the bees were rejected by the Barbadian public and the fighting start for leadership of the Opposition already .Roebuck Street was in a uproar today .With Mottley getting 6 votes ,Kerry Symmonds 5, Dale Marshall 3, and the outgoing leader Arthur is backing Symmonds to be leader as he plans to step down on Monday .Cynthia Forde is contemplating sitting as an Independent as she does not support Arthur’s move to back Kerry . Thank god these pack of wolves not leading Barbados . We all know there was no unity just a put on show to get in Bay Street. More fighting to come ,stay tune to PARO!!!!!