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Dr. David Estwick – A Phoenix Rises from the Political Ashes

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Dr. David Estwick, a key performer on the campaign platform
Dr. David Estwick, a key performer on the campaign platform

Although it might seem that I have been given the bad end of the stick it is my belief that I have been chosen by the Almighty, and my constituents of St Phillip West to work on behalf of this country.  My mother always said: time longer than twine and that the race is not for the swift but is for he that endureth.

Nation Newspaper (01/10/2010)

Despite a can-do attitude and an unmatched passion for politics the first term of the DLP administration was not been particularly kind or favourable to Dr.David Estwick. First there was the allegation of brandishing a firearm in the precincts of Parliament and then there was the public spat with a dying David Thompson ending with the now infamous Bajan quote ‘time longer than twine’.

Dr. Estwick who is affectionately known in the political arena as The Pitbull, undertook responsibility for crafting the economic message and arguments for the DLP campaign and also for analyzing the policies and personality of Owen Arthur and for the vicious attacks that resulted there from. Some will argue that it was the combined efforts of Dr. Estwick and Prime Minister Fruendel Stuart that ultimately destroyed the mystique and somewhat favourable memory of Owen Arthur as a leader capable of delivering prosperous times. The combined effort prove too fatal to Owen Arthur’s bid to regain the leadership of Barbados and the experience will serve these two well in 2018 when it is likely that they will be facing the more formidable challenger in Mia Mottley.

In addition, no other DLP candidate in the 2013 elections can match his 554 increase in votes nor his whopping 17 per cent increase over the 2008 vote tally. Not even the much acclaimed Chris Sinckler can match Dr. Estwick’s results in 2013 but that is not to undermine Mr. Sinckler’s performance in St. Michael North West but just to make sure the facts are not distorted, as is the want when it comes to Dr. Estwick.

In the 2003 elections Dr. Estwick secured 2714 votes, in the 2008 election he secured 2648 and in 2013 a massive 3, 720 votes. In each case defeating the same candidate in Lynette Eastmond.

The 2013 win for the DLP was delivered predominantly on the sharp intellects of Dr. Estwick and the Prime Minister and on the hard work of others like George Pilgrim, Donville Inniss, Ronald Jones and many others.

Clear the skies, the Pheonix has risen and is about to soar.

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332 responses to “Dr. David Estwick – A Phoenix Rises from the Political Ashes”

  1. ac Avatar
    ac

    good morning TTP .i have been around the block wid the miller and onions but look who WON! they have no ammunition left.lot of hot air!

  2. David Avatar
    David

    @TPP and ac

    The problem with partisans like you two is that you forget BOTH parties have ruled Barbados, almost a 50:50 split BUT more importantly the problems which the world faces can only be tackled by ALL stakeholders holding hands. Stuart and the DLP cannot do it alone. To MAM’s credit she realizes this and has already reached out to the government, has Stuart and the government done the same? Time to stop the boorish political carping and shift the level of debate.

    NB. Attacking BU will not cut it, it is like water off a duck’s back.

  3. ac Avatar
    ac

    sigh!

  4. TO THE POINT Avatar
    TO THE POINT

    @David

    and ur attacking Ac and TP will not do it. from the time u and ur party have been defeated, u have been onesided in attacking dlp supportes and it wil not work. Ur aattack is like trowing water on a ducl’s back.

    On another note, i believe i am much older than u, and is cognisant of the role both the dlp and the blp played in our social development, when u and ur cohaorts are balnced in ur reasoning i can be, but i will continue to point to the
    the hypocritcal ranting and ravings which u allow, what good for the goose sheould be good for the gander. This is not animal farm, where some animals are more equal than others.

    Amen. If i touch one of ur raw nerves, i have no apology to make.

  5. ac Avatar
    ac

    mia can reached out to government all she wants individually however she has to bring her party along. the question can she do itwith the division in her party. i think not, if she gives in any to the wishes to the dlp it would cause further division.

  6. David Avatar
    David

    @TPP

    T repeat the rantings of the political partisans on BU have become boring. The election is done, let us put ideas/issues on the table and have robust debate. The tit for tat nonsense only exposes how we have wasted our tax dollars on education. What raw nerve what, you must think a lot of yourself. You can have the last word as always.

  7. peltdownman Avatar
    peltdownman

    Actually, TTP’s post shows how much money we have wasted on education!

  8. TO THE POINT Avatar
    TO THE POINT

    atleast i did not turn out to be a thief, a mudered, a coorupt person so therefore the values that have been imparted have sereved me in good stead, thats why i can stand up to any on this blog and have a persepctive of my own.

    the devil cites scripture for his own purpose. amen

  9. ac Avatar
    ac

    Look TPP a DLP yardfowl called me “a two faced dog” and not a word was said by David BU in his comment which followed directly in his response about “raising level of debate”.

  10. ac Avatar
    ac

    The above correction should be A BLP YARDFOWLIn reference to ac comment

  11. Gingerbread Girl Avatar
    Gingerbread Girl

    Pitbull was sitting next to the poodle, Dale Marshall at the opening of Parliament today. The poodle looked noticeably scared of the Pitbull, a case of guilty conscience?

  12. Yesterday Avatar
    Yesterday

    @
    Gingerbread Girl

    Time to stop these silly comments

  13. balance Avatar
    balance

    what about ur MIa and how she was treated. Mascoll was made coleader, she was cast to the wolves by uour dear leader owen, she was publicly ridiculed abd yet she remained, time longer than twine
    perhapsshe has a bigger objective in view

  14. TO THE POINT Avatar
    TO THE POINT

    @Daivid

    now i would liketo make a suggestion, it does not have to beaccpeted,but may i suggest that we keep politics for the politcal blogs, and development ideas for the development blogs. Pehaps we the bloggers can come up with a code for both side of the fencers and the neutralers.

    The silly season is over and we need to find soultions to our problems by offering constructive criticism.

  15. David Avatar
    David

    @TTP

    Agreed but it is up to commenters to exercise their best judgement. We are intelligent people and should be able to do as you suggested.

  16. Twistorian Avatar
    Twistorian

    Dr. Estwick Bio:

    1. Medical Doctor
    2. Senior Parliamentarian
    3. Former Minister of Health
    4. Former Minister of Economic Affairs
    5. Minister of Agricultre, Food, Fisheries and Water
    6. Chairman of Cabinet’s Subcommittee of Infrastructure
    7. Former Chairman of Cabinet’s Subcommittee of Economics
    8. Most popular DLP politician in Barbados
    9. A no nonsense politician known for his intellect and for getting things done.
    10. The next Prime Minister of Barbados

  17. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Twistorian | August 4, 2013 at 8:39 AM |
    ” The next Prime Minister of Barbados”

    You are really funny! You really do have a “twisted” sense of humour.
    In true Bajan fashion copied from the British you have a way with words to spin a rattling good yarn.
    But you need to put a bit more of a twist to your intriguing tale of a very quiet country lad from Brereton turning into a gunslinger pit bull to become a Primus inter Pares Alpha King Kong.
    We go along with the first nine steps of deserving qualifying success but the 10th is carrying it a bit too far, don’t you think?

    If you can explain the quantum leap from being the current neutered and silenced pit bull humiliatingly referred to as “Stuartie’s Lapdog” then we would agree that Pronville Inniss is now badly damaged goods and like Stinkliar has lost his thirst for ultimate power.

    We do have a healthy respect for Estwick’s intellectual steel and ability to get his people to work as a team. Moreover, we do admire his no nonsense approach to the business of government. He has been treated shabbily by his own colleagues and exploited by his boss who reneged on two promises made to Estwick in exchange for his loyalty to the current boss man and continuing contribution to the party’s electoral success as manifested in his last dynamic electoral appeal.

    Now how would the Good and Deserving Doctor ever get his Cabinet colleagues including Stinkliar to topple Fumble without the Molasses man doing an earlier than expected quick sharp Sandie turn of events by hurrying up to Government House to commit political hara-kiri and like a true suicide bomber create an implosion to ensure the DLP fall like ninepins as part of the electoral collateral damage..

  18. Twistorian Avatar
    Twistorian

    Have you ever read anything from the Unfettered Mind?

    You do realize the FS has been grooming him, don’t you?

  19. Caswell Franklyn Avatar
    Caswell Franklyn

    Dr. Estwick certainly has the intellect but I am afraid that he does not come across as having the temperament to be Prime Minister, and that is a load of crock. Would you say that Owen Arthur had the temperament? Yet he was a successful PM when it came to managing the economy, there is no denying that. Have you ever heard that Estwick ever called anyone early in the morning and abuse them. Forget the nonsense about the gun incident. If it happened at all, it might have been preemptive.

    I believe that he has the intellectual capacity to manage this economy, and do not see anyone else on either side of the isle that is so qualified.

  20. Twistorian Avatar
    Twistorian

    Caswell
    You are absolutely correct. Most people seem to judge the man based on what they see on the political platform.
    There is no one in Barbados who has a chance of being able to successfully lead Barbados given the present challenges.

  21. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Twistorian | August 4, 2013 at 9:44 AM |
    “You do realize the FS has been grooming him, don’t you?”

    Grooming him to become what? The angry MoA to use his medical skills to revive a dying sugar industry?
    If that is the way you prepare someone for greater responsibility well we wouldn’t want to see the way he is treating Sinckler or the one called Pornville that shows him total disrespect.

    Come on Twistorian, stop twisting the mirror of your imagination and see how badly the doctor is being abused so much to the point that he is on the verge of crossing the floor to sit as an Independent.

    Unless the PM has the immediate plan of making him MoF after this budget sinks Sinckler further into political ostracism and despise among the public he Dr. Estwick would be seen as just the loyally subservient loopy lapdog of Stuart. But such promises were made to the doctor before.

    Don’t get me wrong. I like the chap and think he has the most intellectual capacity of them all in both Houses after MAM and would made an effective and well respected MoF potentially capable of filling the shoes of a PM.

    But he must move now and depose Sinckler if he is to shine at the ministerial level and in so doing save the nation from the lies and incompetence of the charlatan and buffoon currently holding sway and swinging like a monkey in a circus conducting the people’s money business.

  22. Twistorian Avatar
    Twistorian

    Miller
    There will be no Budget on the 13th, that is FACT. Dr. Estwick does not want the MoF unless it comes with Prime Ministership, comprehend?

  23. Equal Amongst First Avatar
    Equal Amongst First

    It appears Dr. the Hon. David Estwick has parted company with the Stuart administration.

  24. Tell me Why Avatar
    Tell me Why

    Why do people make questionable statements without facts. We need to be more professional.

  25. are-we-there-yet? Avatar
    are-we-there-yet?

    Equal amongst first; Re. your post above @ 12.53 pm.
    Why is there this continual effort to cast Dr. Estwick in the role of a spoiler? There were several earlier rumours to this effect which were shown to be totally premature and of no effect. Why should this one be different?

  26. Equal Amongst First Avatar
    Equal Amongst First

    Tell me Why & are-we-there-yet
    then why don’t you use factual sources and see whether to PM has received two letter from Estwick last week……………………….both of which are resignation letters.

  27. Equal Amongst First Avatar
    Equal Amongst First

    3,000 – 6,000 jobs cannot be lost without the government will to explore all options. if job cuts of this size are effected then chaos will reign in Barbados shortly thereafter.

  28. are-we-there-yet? Avatar
    are-we-there-yet?

    Equal amongst first;
    You said above “why don’t you use factual sources and see whether to PM has received two letter from Estwick last week……………………….both of which are resignation letters.”</>

    The only sources I have to such sensitive information is BU. I don’t have any friends or confidants in any branch of Government that could confirm or deny the rumour you are spreading.

    But perhaps David, who obviously has good and reliable sources on all matter of things, could try to get some credible information on this matter.

    The Traditional media might also see this as a most important story and seek to get some circumstantial information that might point one way or the other.

    For example, send a reporter to Dr. Estwick’s office at the Min. of Agriculture and see if he is still there or seek an interview with him if he is, or keep their ears to the ground in that Ministry and skillfully talk to some of the workers there. Indeed, they could kill two birds with one stone by seeking out some of that Ministry’s temporary workers and getting their confidential views on the coming layoffs, etc. The exercise might not be a failure if, true to form, this new rumour of Dr. Estwick’s resignation proves to be again untrue.

  29. Back in Time Jack Avatar
    Back in Time Jack

    are-we-there-yet?

    The DLP bench is really pack muppets without Estwick and Stuart there.

  30. Back in Time Jack Avatar
    Back in Time Jack

    How in the name of all seriousness you can call Michael Lashley, John Boyce and Denis Kellman eminent persons? They are all totally and and permanently useless as it relates to running a Ministry and a country.

  31. Watching(not the attorney) Avatar
    Watching(not the attorney)

    Eminent -(of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession.
    e.g. “one of the world’s most eminent statisticians”
    synonyms: illustrious, distinguished, renowned, esteemed, preeminent, notable, noteworthy, great, prestigious, important, influential, outstanding, noted, of note; famous, celebrated, prominent, well-known, lionized, acclaimed, exalted, revered, august, venerable

    “an eminent man of letters”

    Do these MP’s meet these descriptions?

  32. The Pibull bite FS and CS in one Avatar
    The Pibull bite FS and CS in one

    So Dr the Hon David ‘Pibull’ Estwick finally put a bite in the FS and CS today. Can’t wait for the press conference.

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