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The Houses of Parliament, seen across Westminster Bridge in England – Wikipedia

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Theresa May, has today ‘reluctantly’ announced that Britons could be going to the polls in a general election on June 8, 2017, three years shy of the due date of May 2020.

The UK has a parliamentary system of government. Since 2011, parliamentary elections are fixed for every five years pursuant to the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act. However, early general parliamentary elections may be called before the five year period, inter alia, where two-thirds of the House of Commons (including vacant seats) vote in favour of same. In the UK parliamentary system (also known as the ‘Westminster System’) and in most British-inherited parliamentary systems like those in the Caribbean, the Prime Minister is not directly elected. In practice, though, it is the person who leads the party which wins the majority of seats in the House of Commons who becomes the Prime Minister. […]

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129 responses to “PM May Calls Snap Election: Pros and Cons”

  1. curious Avatar
    curious

    Tron
    Do you know that 16 million Brits only have one hundred pound notes in their bank accounts as quoted by the Daily Mail today.If there is this great suffering in Barbados which I do not see then at least there is some poverty in England too

  2. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    The Global Wealth Report 2016 – Credit Suisse
    https://www.credit-suisse.com/articles/news-and…/the-global-wealth-report-2016.html
    Nov 22, 2016 – The 2016 Global Wealth Report has been published by the Credit … The report further establishes that wealth inequality, measured by the …

    Half of world’s wealth now in hands of 1% of population – report …
    https://www.theguardian.com › Business › Savings
    Oct 13, 2015 – Inequality growing globally and in the UK, which has third most ‘ultra-high net worth individuals’, household wealth study finds.
    …………………………………………………………………………………..

    READ IT AND WEEP………forget the foolishness of only one pigment poor or only one part of the world in poverty…..

  3. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    READ IT AND WEEP………forget the foolishness of only one pigment poor or only one part of the world in poverty…..

    The white world is richer than the black and brown world
    globally and locally

    3rd World is poor and has been poor longest (robbed of their resources)
    1st World is whinging more about wealth inequality now the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer

    Grade : F Fail
    must try harder

  4. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    LOLL @David at 4:21 PM re “FOX News fires Bill. The struggle by the people continues against the establishment….People power!”

    That is a good Bajan belly-laff, Mr Blogmaster. Which ‘people power’ exactly drove that ouster!

    There was ‘poll noise’ which said that 25% of his viewers wanted a cancellation but significant though that is it surely did not drive this act.

    Frankly even the many advertisers who boycotted the show did not itself push the act in my view.

    It was primarily very bad timing for him and Fox coming as it did so soon after the behaviour which caused the termination of the CEO, otherwise all the brouhaha would have been dodged and excused away and he would have moved on past this ‘news cycle’ as he has at other times in the past.

    I am personally still deeply amused that the guy Billie Bush who just ‘facilitated’ and was present when Trump made his crass pussygate remarks was fired from his job and yet the man himself Donald Trump who committed the offensive chatter was elected President.

    In short, people rail about this type of caustic talk but they also ‘move on’ just as easily…so it seems anyhow!

  5. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    Wealth inequality will only get worst going forward. Thanks to: inflated compensation to people who add nothing of value, tax cheating and avoidance schemes by mulinational and wealthy individuals, and corruption in government.

    There is nothing in the natural world comparable to this gross imbalance of wealth distribution.Time will tell, but under this morally repugnant system, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the system will eventually implode.

  6. David Avatar
    David

    @fortyacresandamule

    Never a truer statement has been written.

  7. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    @curious April 19, 2017 at 4:31 PM

    Right. I would never subscribe to the claim that Britain is some kind of role model for Bim. The poverty in Britain was a main driver for BREXIT.

    We should look how successful microstates like Singapore, Liechenstein et al manage their affairs. Their wealth and GDP per person is by far above Britain. Let alone the British role in colonialism and slavery.

  8. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    @555dubstreeet. Global capitalism and greed knows no color, tribe,ethnicity or nationality. The continent of African is a prime example. Africa so- called leaders and their beneficiary supporters since independence, have become the new black colonialist class. They have colluded with their former oppressors and robbed the continent of its wealth over the last fifty years. Most of the loot ended up in first world jurisdiction and offshore tax havens.

  9. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    fortyacresandamule
    if the hand picked black leaders collude with former oppressors then they are part and parcel of the corrupted system

    negroes are ghetto rich when they have a car house and video etc (and debt) which is the basic requirements in west

  10. David Avatar
    David

    @Dee Word

    Let us all hug our view on this matter.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/business/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-allegations.html?_r=0

  11. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    @fortyacresandamule April 19, 2017 at 6:33 PM #

    If only we profited as an offshore financial place from that! Let alone ethical aspects … 😉

  12. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    @ 40Acres
    You are 100% right @ 6.00 P.M., but not so when you conclude @ 6.33 P.M. …that “.Global capitalism and greed knows no color, tribe,ethnicity or nationality. The continent of African is a prime example……”
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Capitalism (albino-centric greed and selfishness) has its special expert proponents, who seem to be endowed with the natural instincts and the drive needed to excel at that game.
    On the other hand, there appears to be another class of humanity who always seem to fail miserably when they choose to take that particular approach to structuring their societies.

    Referencing African (or Caribbean) ‘leaders’ – who have only recently emerged from CENTURIES of domination and serfdom under the albino-centric cultures of our world DOES NOT reflect any true NATURAL tendencies of those societies, but the IMPOSED doctrines by their erstwhile masters. These brass bowl lackies are nothing more than ‘make-believe albino-centrics’ trying to emulate what they have seen in their masters.

    Libya, Iraq, Cuba and some other countries have demonstrated how ALTERNATIVE social constructs can produce outstanding (if also flawed in some ways) results in many areas of social life.

    Bottom line….
    African peoples tend to be most naturally inclined to community-centric, village-centric; extended-family-focused social constructs.
    Europeans on the other hand, have been outright capitalistic in outlook for millennia… and have managed to project that philosophy to the world…mostly ‘vi et armis’…. to our soon coming damnation.

  13. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    Did the BU family see and hear the untruths uttered by Donville Inniss on the Tv news tonight.What a bare faced liar and fraud.Comissiong won’t have had a leg to stand on if your PM had dealt fairly with the Hyatt matter.What a lying excuse of a man.You people have no principle,no morality,no sensitivity for the poor people of Bridgetown.Bastids.

    I think O’Reilly’s star pitched when the NYT fingered him in the 13 milllion dollar hush money payout but he made the additional miscalculation by attempting to insult a black congresswoman Maxine Waters.She quartered him in fine style and was equally insulting to him when she said he had no integrity.The man was knocked out by that comment from a black woman with clout.No Integrity!O’Reilly?And said on national TV by a black woman?Lawd de Lawd!

  14. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @David, re “Let us all hug our view on this matter”. Don’t we always! LOL.

    But for the record I do not disagree that public pressure led to O’Reilly’s ouster, I simply hug the view that it was not the groundswell from the average Janes’ public ; more so the confluence of timing of recent events.

    And too possibly a desire by the Murdoch clan to ‘clean up’ their enterprises from the last several years of really negative publicity. They even had issues (of a different sort) at their Wall St Journal operation.

    I love it when you cite links…I read them …LOL

    So here’s a quote from the estimable NYT’s article : ” After the dismissal of Mr. Ailes, the company struck two settlements involving sexual harassment complaints against Mr. O’Reilly and extended his contract.”

    So you really think they didn’t plan to let this slip by quietly if they could. LOL.

    The ROI of $13 million in settlements vrs revenue of $200 million was a large mote of hypocrisy in the eyes of the Fox News Corp.

    O’Reilly has been a scamp for years…

    I am NOT validating the objectification or sexual harassment of females but unfortunately guys like O’Reilly and Ailes have been doing this for eons.

    The US as others have said before is a den of hypocrisy on these issues of sexual behavior/harassment etc.

    Ousting O’Reilly is good for the soul but does nothing to really get to the core of the problem …after all hundreds of women voted to elect an ‘off-colour locker room’ talker to high office.

  15. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    Tony Blair,once a popular British Prime Ministers who showed a great love for Barbados by his many visits during his term in office.His view on the June General Election.

    https://inews.co.uk/opinion/tony-blair-theresa-may-called-election-end-hopes-second-referendum-/

  16. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    @Bushtea. ” African people tend to be community-centric, village -centric … ”. That was in the days of yore. We have have since lost our soul and innocence lock, stock and barrel to the system. The tragedy is that, all over the world, we have instead become a people of consumers vs producers… workers vs owners. We seemed oblivious to how the GAME is being played.

    On the continent of Africa, some of our people are so tainted and corrupted to the core, they make the looting by the colonialists of past, seemed honorable.

  17. Well Well & Consequences Observing Blogger Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences Observing Blogger

    Let’s hope this is about also protecting Caribbean people and npt an excuse by the US to harass everyone…they know which island have the idiots prone to be brainwashed by ISIS, focus on that group, all the rhetoric about US citizens is uncalled for, seeing as everyone is at risk and US citizens can be among some of the most violent, racist and dangerous people.

    “CHIEF OF THE OFFICE of Security Cooperation in the United States Military Liaison Office, Lieutenant Colonel Jorge Jaramillo, says any terrorist threat to the Caribbean must be defeated “before it shows up”.

    He made the point while revealing there were efforts to track the movement of Caribbean nationals attracted to the radical group ISIS.

    The US military official, who was in Barbados Tuesday for preliminary meetings associated with the upcoming Tradewinds 2017 Exercise, said part of that joint US/Caribbean initiative was “a show of force”, giving regional military forces an opportunity to practise and “to show anybody out there that is not well intended, that the United States with all its partners is willing to protect all its citizens. (GC)

    See more at: http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/95914/-nip-terrorist-threats-bud#sthash.rcBVnbRb.dpuf

  18. David Avatar
    David

    The challenge for Labour/Corbyn is that it will have to sooner rather than later have to share a more coherent position on Brexit

  19. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Labour is not campaigning on Brexit. He is campaigning on health, education, social justice and equality.

  20. David Avatar
    David

    @Hal

    Please enlighten those of us who have to google if May has called a snap election to negotiate a hard Brexit how Labour can NT have a coherent position on the campaign trail? Unless it wants to leave the door open for the Lem Dems?

  21. Well Well & Consequences Observing Blogger Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences Observing Blogger

    This should bring some amazing comfort to Hal.

    “Blacks are the Roots of Europe(Grimaldi People in Pre-Europe) Greece,
    Russia (Black Abkhazians) Siberia (Early Saami, Sami, Lapps)and Moors

    General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) Will begin teaching that Blacks were in what is now called Britain, far before the English.”

  22. Well Well & Consequences Observing Blogger Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences Observing Blogger

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/yvette-cooper-theresa-may-general-election-pmq-not-honest-uk-voters-cant-believe-word-labour-tories-a7690961.html

    So what did she expect, people worldwide are fed up of white lies and black lies from leaders/politicians, she is still expected to get double the votes of Labour, however.

    News UK Politics
    Yvette Cooper accuses Theresa May of not being honest and claims voters ‘can’t believe a word she says’

    The senior Labour MP attacked the Prime Minister over ‘false claims’

    Joe Watts Political Editor @JoeWatts_ 18 hours ago222 comments

    Yvette Cooper accuses Theresa May of not being honest and claims voters ‘can’t believe a word she says’
    POPULAR VIDEOS

    Theresa May backs Tory MPs under investigation for election fraud

    Theresa May accused of ‘running scared’ over TV debates
    Senior Labour MP Yvette Cooper has accused Ms May of not being honest with voters claiming that people “can’t believe a word she says”.

    The chair of the Home Affairs Committee took the Prime Minister to task over her claims that Parliament was blocking Brexit and her U-turn on calling an election.

    Speaking in the Commons ahead of a vote to approve her election plan, Ms Cooper said: “The Prime Minister yesterday said she was calling a general election because Parliament was blocking Brexit.

    “But three quarters of MPs and two thirds of the Lords voted for Article 50 – so that’s not true, is it. A month ago she told her official spokesman to rule out an early general election, and that wasn’t true either, was it.”

    The future Labour leadership contender added: “She wants us to believe she is a woman of her word. Isn’t the truth that we cannot believe a single word she says?”

    Ms May made her call for an election from Downing Street on Tuesday, saying it was necessary in part because MPs and Lords had attempted to stymie her drive to Brexit.

    The call also came after months of clear denials from her and her aides that any election would be called, on the grounds that it would create instability and uncertainty for the country.”

  23. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    @ fortyacresandamule April 20, 2017 at 12:57 AM
    We are saying the same thing…

    Bushie’s perspective is VERY long term, and looks BEYOND the fact that for four hundred years, another culture DOMINATED ours, and left us with misguided brass bowls WHO DO NOT KNOW their history, strengths, culture or heritage.

    We now have resulting personality anomalies of “African, Albino-centric personalities” ….which are fundamentally unworkable – because the two innate cultures are mutually exclusive.

    Don’t you see it…?
    We have politicians getting together with rich exploiters to rob the taxpayers (typical Albino-centric behaviours)…. while at the same time seeking to provide free education, free health care, free transport, low cost housing to the dispossessed masses (typical Community centric behaviour)…… THAT is brass bowlery.

    Do you see any massive drive in Europe to provide free education, free health care, free transport, cheap housing to THEIR masses…? True albino-centrics DO NOT PLAY that….

    …and true community-centrics DO NOT side with the rich to rob the poor.

    There could only be one result from such warped, brass bowl personalities…..
    Financial ruin.

  24. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @Bushtea, the wise one who so obfuscates and misleads so often. For a man of your obvious intelligence and apparently extensive education you are exceedingly disingenuous on occasions.

    Would you care to highlight the factual force which gave birth to: “Do you see any massive drive in Europe to provide free education, free health care, free transport, cheap housing to THEIR masses…? True albino-centrics DO NOT PLAY that….”

    An excellent half-truth that totally falls flats if one speaks of primary and secondary education- which is ‘free’ across most lands; health systems in Canada, England and other Euro capitals which offer some level of care ‘freely’ (at minimal cost).

    Even in the US with all their issues you walk into an Emergency Room and (wait forever surely) and you can receive care if you are so designated as ‘poor’…(broadly speaking, of course)

    Where is transportation totally ‘free’. How then does one pay for upkeep of roads? The fuel. The drivers. The logistics. The plant, materials and equipment.

    Preach, preach,preach …as much as you want wise one but good heavens try to be practical and balanced at least. LOLL.

  25. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    David,
    It is not my job to enlighten those who have to Google. I only wish they would seek serious education rather than being rude and aggressive.
    Mr Corbyn launched his campaign this morning with a meeting at Central Hall, chaired by Dawn Butler. During the speech, he spoke about social justice issues, of the rich versus the poor. He went as far as to mention two maverick businessmen by name.
    On Tuesday when Ms May that she would be seeking parliamentary permission for a general election on June 8, Mr Corbyn in his response talked about the same social issues: minimum pay, the living wage, the national health service.
    It so happens that in England today is the local government election; I have had Labour campaigners knocking at my door not a single one mentioned hard Brexit, soft Brexit or Bajan biscuit.
    Ms May may call a general election about Brexit, but that does not mean other political parties must play ball.
    Yesterday Vincent also made the wild claim that now Article 50 has been triggered there is no going back. I thought the Supreme Court had clarified that parliament has the last say, not the Executive. Ignorance rules supreme. Parliament can reverse the decision and only the EU can say no.
    I know it is part of Bajan culture to be aggressive, very aggressive or even violent – to be wrong and strong. I know it is part of the culture of this forum that to have a different opinion makes one the enemy.
    But, as I have stated before, neither aggression nor rudeness intimidates me. I was born and raised in the Ivy.

  26. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    David

    You are correct as

    Labour will concentrate on the home issue such as the faulty NHS and the Educational system,

    May will be busy telling everyone that Corbin does not know how to implement Brexit and defending the issues that Labour has charged them with

    and Farron if he has any sense will zero in on the remainers and offer a soft Brexit i.e. EU travel,with the help of the Greens.

    We said Brexit&Trump could not happen……well lets see if a Lib-Dem/Labour/Green coalition will win these elections.

  27. David Avatar
    David

    @Vincent

    Do not forget the SNP.

  28. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    David

    Oh definitely not……The SNP will be against May and have their own agenda……will not affect Farron.

  29. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    The SNP is not a national political party. This is a parliamentary general election. The SNP has candidates in Scotland, but that is irrelevant unless they form a coalition with Labour. The importance of an SNP vote is the pressure it piles on for a referendum on leaving the UK. Good riddance to them.

  30. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    Vincent also made the wild claim that now Article 50 has been triggered there is no going back. I thought the Supreme Court had clarified that parliament has the last say, not the Executive. Ignorance rules supreme. Parliament can reverse the decision and only the EU can say no.

    What is Article 50? The only explanation you need to read
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk › News
    Mar 31, 2017 – Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon gives any EU member the right to quit unilaterally, and outlines the procedure for doing so. … Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50 shortly before 12:30pm on March 29 2017. … This is the text of the letter that Britain’s Prime Minister …

    What exactly is Article 50?

    Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon gives any EU member the right to quit unilaterally, and outlines the procedure for doing so. It gives the leaving country two years to negotiate an exit deal and once it’s set in motion it can’t be stopped except by unanimous consent of all member states.

    ……………………………………………………………………………………….

    Chuckle…..comprehension again…..where ignorance is bliss ’tis folly to be wise

    Hal

    Simple question to you ……do you honestly think that the UK could ever get unanimous consent of all members states to reverse Brexit???

    Perceived wisdom has that as an impossibility…….no doubt you will wish to differ…..and you are free to do so without any bullying from me……for the record I have never bullied you or attempted to denigrate you……you can achieve that all by yourself…..have an enjoyable day.

  31. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    Chuckle…..this has put the cat amongst the pigeons…..Tajani knows he cannot live up to that guarantee but it will be something for Farron to run with…..lots of fun&games before the 08th of June all bets are off.
    …………………………………………………

    The president of the European parliament has said Britain would be welcomed back with open arms if voters change their minds about Brexit on 8 June, challenging Theresa May’s claim that “there is no turning back” after article 50.
    European parliament will welcome Britain back if voters veto Brexit
    Exclusive: European parliament president Antonio Tajani said departure process could easily be reversed if there is change of UK government
    theguardian.com
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/20/european-parliament-will-welcome-britain-back-if-voters-veto-brexit?CMP=fb_gu

  32. David Avatar
    David

    @Vincent

    Farrage will not run on the 8 June 2017.

  33. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    David

    Chuckle….one never knows with him.

  34. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @Vincent, for a guy who speaks so vociferously about accuracy and as a former news editor @Hal has a tendency to leave a lot of loose stuff dangling…his statement was basically wrong on two fronts.

    One re “only the EU can say no” as you noted and then when he intimated that “…the Supreme Court had clarified that parliament has the last say, not the Executive….Parliament can reverse the decision..”

    Of course ” Parliament can REVERSE (my emphasis) the decision …” but no where have I understood that the Courts ruled on that question itself or that it was even under consideration as there was never a doubt of the constitutional rule making/nullification power of Parliament.

    A ‘comprehensive’ appreciation of the ruling is found in statements such as:

    *** The ruling is not expected to impact the UK’s move to leave the European Union, with MPs highly unlikely to block a Brexit bill after last year’s majority referendum result.

    ** The lord chief justice said that “the most fundamental rule of the UK constitution is that parliament is sovereign”.

    ** The Government must get Parliament’s approval to launch Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and formally begin the Brexit process, the Supreme Court has ruled.

    ** “No prime minister (and) no government can expect to be unanswerable or unchallenged. Parliament alone is sovereign,” she said, adding that MPs will now have the chance to help the Government select the “best course” in Brexit talks.

    So in essence the entire conniption was about the power of the Executive PM and her Ministers vrs Parliament to initiate and not whether Parliament could or would override the referendum.

    So the question should be, where exactly does “Ignorance rules supreme” …! LOLL.

  35. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    dpD

    I used to read Hal with interest and some agreement in the early years of his conributions but I am not sure when he turned into this rather mean spirited quarellsome old biddy of a person………this change reminds me a bit of a close relative of mine who when they developed Alzheimers behaved the same way…..sad.

  36. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/videos/1631919106837365/
    Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrats leader, can be positive about the UK snap election after his party added 5,000 new members

  37. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    Labour will try to tempt Remainers with promise of Brexit deal veto
    Labour is considering making a pledge that would give voters the chance to reject any Brexit deal negotiated by a future government. Senior party figures are…
    http://www.thetimes.co.uk
    http://thetim.es/2pGPa3X

  38. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    Are things looking up for the progressive coalition idea? We crunched the numbers
    Tactical voting to beat the Tories: does the maths equal a coalition?
    Every few years, someone suggests forming a progressive coalition to beat the Conservatives. Could a Lib/Lab/Green alliance really beat Theresa May?
    theguardian.com
    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/20/tactical-voting-to-beat-the-tories-does-the-maths-equal-a-coalition?CMP=fb_gu
    ……………………………………………………………………….

    Logical thinking.

  39. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    Where Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron stand on the NHS, Trident and same-sex marriage.
    Where the party leaders stand on key issues
    Brexit Theresa May has made no secret of her original opposition to Brexit despite becoming the Prime Minister to trigger Article 50. She voted in favour o
    inews.co.uk
    https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/politics/party-leaders-stand-key-issues/

  40. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    Vincent
    Agree with you that the statement by Tijani has thrown a cat among the pigeons.This is the kind of ruthlessness of which politics is made.Ironically,the metropole voted Remain and May voted Remain.Since then she has taken the Brexit role with a fire of enthusiasm that has left even some Tories in awe.It is going to be interesting but I am of the opinion that the Brexit crew will be the victors.The Brits want control of their borders and their courts.After those two conditions are met any number can play to quote Barrow…….after me is Sandy,after Sandy is Philip…after that any number can play.

  41. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    de pedantic,

    The Supreme Court ruled that parliament is sovereign, not the Royal Prerogative, not the so-called Referendum. Referendums (a) are foreign and irrelevant to our constitution.
    Parliament has the final say on Brexit; and hypothetically, if it is reversed the EU has the right to tell Britain it does not want it back. There is an argument that unless Brexit goes down to the wire Britain has not left the EU. I think once Article 50 has been triggered, and it has, it is in the waiting room.

  42. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    Yesterday’s terrorist attack (owned by ISIL) in the very heart of Paris should have some serious repercussions on the French presidential elections this coming weekend.

    It could result in many undecided voters going with Marine Le Penn given her strong anti-immigration anti Muslim position.

  43. David Avatar
    David

    The timing of the attack makes one go hmmm.

  44. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Militant Jihadists have launched a global war. We are all in this together.

  45. Exclaimer Avatar
    Exclaimer

    Life on the Plantation, previously called Barbados, has become dire; yet here we have an article that prefers to focus on the “mother” country. When will we ditch this colonial mindset and learn to set our own agenda?

    The link below highlights the difficulties faced from within the Caribbean region: namely the region’s non-competitive economies.

    “CARIBBEAN ECONOMIES HAVE have hardly grown in the last 30 years. The last significant growth was in the 1980s when tourism and banana production expanded, but has since declined due to the loss of competitiveness in the bananas market and the emergence of other tourism destinations.”

    See more at: http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/95769/obstacles-productive-caribbean#sthash.XRxIv68E.dpuf

    Yet, it was not always thus. There was a period in our history, even after independence, when we had a mixed economy – before the advent of ” king tourism”.

    David, why you continue to give this writer – Alicia – a platform to promote her blog and her open liberal beliefs which run contrary to the well being of our region and our citizens continues to confound me.

  46. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Exclaimer,
    You are right. This obsession with Trump, Brexit, anything but Barbados, unless we are talking mumbo jumbo about devaluation or foreign reserves. This educated nation.
    Although the internet has added enormously to human knowledge, in most cases it is the easy way out for those who are cognitively lazy. But it is no substitute for real education.

  47. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    millertheanunnaki April 21, 2017 at 2:31 AM #

    Why do I feel that random acts of violence and lawlessness are being piggy backed on the latest catch phrase of terrorism……irregardless of the claims by them.

    The chap in France just finished serving 15 yrs for murder(some say of a policeman) and it would appear he has something against police……one suspects that he would have done it with or without help of the latest terror fad.

    Oh yes….Marie Le Pen is smiling all the way past the 1st round as it is a welcome occurence for her.

  48. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    Alicia thanks for these articles.

    Chuckle……when will people realise that we are part of a global village……we trade with the world and must be cognisant of the happenings around us.

  49. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    Gabriel April 20, 2017 at 8:19 PM #

    Brits want control of their borders and their courts.
    ………………………………………………..

    Courts yes but borders are highly negotiable as this election will prove.

  50. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Exclaimer,

    Claims that the Caribbean economies (Barbados in particular) have under-performed for decades are not new. I have been saying that until I was blue in the face.
    Barbados has underperformed the region and global economies for decades, yet some people believe the Owen Arthur peddled myth of growth during his 14 year rule. It was like living the high life on a credit card. At some point the chickens will come home to roost.
    We must live in the real world.

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