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Mottley and BLP Create History 30-0

Update: 6:50 AM – They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The BU household points visitors to the traditional media sites to gather details about the final counts. The only  number that is important in the 2018 Barbados General Election is a 30-0 result in favour of the Barbados Labour Party led by…

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Update: 6:50 AM – They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The BU household points visitors to the traditional media sites to gather details about the final counts. The only  number that is important in the 2018 Barbados General Election is a 30-0 result in favour of the Barbados Labour Party led by Mia Mottley.

Cometh the hour, cometh the woman!

Update: 2:50 AM – more details to come soon to describe an historic win by the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).

On behalf of the BU household we extend congratulations to Mottley and team.

David – blogmaster

As midnight approaches on the day a General Election was held in Barbados, not a single box has been declared by a Returning Officer. There are disturbing reports starting to emerge, the blogmaster will hold his tongue for the moment- with great difficulty. At this point the reason being circulated is that the special boxes were delivered late to the counting centres. It begs the question why have these boxes were delivered late!

 

184 responses to “Mottley and BLP Create History 30-0”

  1. Well, Well Avatar
    Well, Well

    YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

  2. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    everybody in DLP out…great…more refugees…. to canada

  3. David Avatar
    David

    The blogmaster projected St. Andrew red before turning off the lights, what is the latest?

  4. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    A historic total rebuke to the nasty Dems. Stuart,Lowe,Estwick etc all must know that Bajans do take a lot of BS but never before has a woman beaten so many men in an election in Barbados.Great news for a beleagured country.This confidence must not be misplaced and Mia should rise to the occasion accordingly.

  5. David Avatar
    David

    The blogmaster is aware the blog is followed by members of the political directorate. After we congratulate MAM and her team we ask one thing- the story which broke on the eve of the general election about George Payne allegedly stealing her mother’s land, we expect a statement to be made asap to clear up the matter. If true we expect Payne’s resignation forthwith.

  6. Well Well & Cut N' Paste At Your Service Avatar
    Well Well & Cut N’ Paste At Your Service

    Love the caption…bus went over the cliff with all of Dem on board. ..lol….., maybe now they have no use for a bus, it can be returned to transport board.

    Dont worry Lawson…we can find a special place for all a Dem, preferably near a pond with raw sewage, am sure a lake can be found..they eill all be right at home…..Canada got room, until it’s time to extradite.

    The citizens are so deserving of everything good that come their way for their courage to stand up and make the necessary changes to move forward, every political party must learn to respect the voice of the people at all times….very proud to see an educated well informed population stand as one.

  7. Well Well & Cut N' Paste At Your Service Avatar
    Well Well & Cut N’ Paste At Your Service

    I second that…Mia has to show true leadership and deal with these masters of elder abuse and theft of land and property of the elderly…that bith Payne and Marshall are now publicly accused…. as well as the misuse of the supreme court to brutalise and abuse citizens by lawyers, insurance compsnies etc. ..especially the abuse of the elderly.

    She must remember that she is now responsible as leader for every wrong committed against the citizenry by her politicians and others…as of today.

  8. David Avatar
    David

    Another bit of free advice to Mia, BU and other social media sites provide an opportunity to feel how the wind is blowing. It does not replace the need to have political boots on the ground but it complements it. The DLP cohort used BU and other sites in 2007/8 and scaled down in 2012/13 when licks started to share and popularity waned.
    Be guided Mia!

  9. David Avatar
    David

    There is a role for yardfowls or ardent party supports. The key is not to be sidetracked by partisan commentary.

    We await Mia’s cabinet appointment with interest and her short term action plan.

  10. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Most await with interest Mia freebies. Very interesting times ahead.
    I belive today Mia had indicated to meet with the Unions to reassure their share of the pie

  11. Well Well & Cut N' Paste At Your Service Avatar
    Well Well & Cut N’ Paste At Your Service

    All the best to the people of St. John…they deserve nothing but the best of everything in their lives moving forward for themselves and their current and future generations.

  12. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    So what are most expecting. No NSRL
    No student fees
    Increase in pension
    No more taxes
    Increase in wages for govt workers
    The hilton would not be sold
    And of course the Hyatt would not see the light of day
    Sounds good to me
    Hope i do not have to wait too long to see these grandiose accomplishments
    Oh and dont forget hiring the FBI Really.

  13. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    Oh shut up and go away ac…. PLEASE
    Bajans know that those commitments were made with the understanding that the economy was in fact only as bad as your lying incompetents made out.

    Based on their record, it will be MUCH worse.
    No one really expects miracles from the BLP after the lotta shiite that wunna left…

  14. whiteHill Avatar
    whiteHill

    I guess I may have to take back some of the things I said of my fellow Bajans. The people of St. John, well I’ll be damn!!!

  15. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    The outcome of the elections will accelerate the complete failure of the Barbadian financial system and devaluation, since more civil servants will be appointed, higher wages for the very many lazy laggards in the civil service to be expected and higher consumer expenditures without adequate inflow of foreign currency.

    Barbados does not need more lawyers, more judges and more bureaucrats hanging around the whole day at the taxpayer´s expense.

    Instead, Barbados needs a full-scale purge in the civil service and mass emigration. The island is highly overpopulated and dependent on just one industry, namely tourism. Before any serious investors will come back to the island, the new gov must produce results, that is deregulation, privatization, firing at least 10,000 civil laggards and devaluation to balance the very low local work ethic against the strong USD.

  16. Well Well & Cut N' Paste At Your Service Avatar
    Well Well & Cut N’ Paste At Your Service

    Rambling ac, put out to sea…and will cry all day.

    As long as Mia realizes that the people as a COLLECTIVE gave her every seat last night and it is now her duty to treat the people AS A COLLECTIVE the right way…there will be no need to go after her….

    She was not elected solely by any yardfowl brigade……she had the full backing of the entire population and as long as she continues to remember and act accordingly, no one will need to remind her.

  17. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    @ David If true we expect Payne’s resignation forthwith.
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Don’t be simple David.
    In Barbados?

    So will this apply to ALL thieving lawyers?
    …only MPs?
    …former MPs?
    ..How far back?

    Have you considered the possible impact? … or are you still pretending that this is an aberration?

    That would be akin to identifying an unproductive employee somewhere, and firing his /her donkey…
    Will you be then open to summarily dismissing all workers who are unproductive once identified via video…?

  18. Well Well & Cut N' Paste At Your Service Avatar
    Well Well & Cut N’ Paste At Your Service

    Whitehill…you can only push people so far, as much as you want but not as long as you like.

    There is a lesson for politicians in there somewhere.

  19. David Avatar
    David

    @Bush Tea

    As long as we have breath we must believe, without hope, something to aspire to be what is the purpose? We have to keep working. It will be up to Mia and gang to decide f they want to be lampooned and embarrassed to the same degree as Fruendel and co. As always the Bu family look forward to your unique perspective on the many issues which will affect us as long as humankind are on earth.

  20. Dreamstarworld Avatar
    Dreamstarworld

    @David

    Barbados is now in “UNCHARTED TERRITORY”…

    This impending Barbados GOV will be a litmus test for the Caribbean political science arena & for the geopolitics of WESTERN British Parliamentary-Style Democracy, with all the ominous vagaries which will lend itself to a whole host of formidable challenges that no one today foresees except those who have a sound historical understanding of what has transpired in the past with other similar entities…

    Social scientists have been observing a trend in global politics of “ONE-PARTY DEMOCRACIES” arising around the world (especially within Black nation-states, e.g Africa (notably, Ethiopia) and for those who would like to use the Chinese model of governance as a template for economic prosperity & nation building must also be cognizant of the antithetical aspects of “ONE-PART-RULE” & the harbingers of crass authoritarianism & diminution of “HUMAN RIGHTS”…

    As it stands today, on this 25th day of May 2018, as I sit here in Barbados having “CAST MY VOTE” at Foundation School @ 4:35 PM yesterday – I am duly concerned about the “SOUL” of this nation and the MIS-direction of travel in which it is ultimately going to find itself in due to MASS CORRUPTION*, AUTHORIANISM* & SOCIO-POLITICAL MISMANAGEMENT!!!

    My hope & PRAYER* is that this nation will not end up being the “BASKET-CASE” of the Caribbean but moreover, that the “JUDGMENTS” of GOD are not meted out against this land given that the ‘ole time maxim brandished about for donkey years is that “GOD IS A BAJAN” and that suddenly & swiftly, the said same GOD* revokes his “BAJAN CITIZENSHIP” and leaves this great nation to the “god” it has chosen – whose sole intent is “DOOM & DESTRUCTION” of everything & everyone in it…

    Maybe we have not learned any lessons from the historical past & any “NATION” who fails to learn from the past is “DOOMED” to the vicissitudes of past trangressors…

    REMEMBER SODOM & GOMORRAH!!!

  21. dreamstarworld Avatar
    dreamstarworld

    @David

    Barbados is now in “UNCHARTED TERRITORY”…

    This impending Barbados GOV will be a litmus test for the Caribbean political science arena & for the geopolitics of WESTERN British Parliamentary-Style Democracy, with all the ominous vagaries which will lend itself to a whole host of formidable challenges that no one today foresees except those who have a sound historical understanding of what has transpired in the past with other similar entities…

    Social scientists have been observing a trend in global politics of “ONE-PARTY DEMOCRACIES” arising around the world (especially within Black nation-states, e.g Africa (notably, Ethiopia) and for those who would like to use the Chinese model of governance as a template for economic prosperity & nation building must also be cognizant of the antithetical aspects of “ONE-PART-RULE” & the harbingers of crass authoritarianism & diminution of “HUMAN RIGHTS”…

    As it stands today, on this 25th day of May 2018, as I sit here in Barbados having “CAST MY VOTE” at Foundation School @ 4:35 PM yesterday – I am duly concerned about the “SOUL” of this nation and the MIS-direction of travel in which it is ultimately going to find itself in due to MASS CORRUPTION*, AUTHORIANISM* & SOCIO-POLITICAL MISMANAGEMENT!!!

    My hope & PRAYER* is that this nation will not end up being the “BASKET-CASE” of the Caribbean but moreover, that the “JUDGMENTS” of GOD are not meted out against this land given that the ‘ole time maxim brandished about for donkey years is that “GOD IS A BAJAN” and that suddenly & swiftly, the said same GOD* revokes his “BAJAN CITIZENSHIP” and leaves this great nation to the “god” it has chosen – whose sole intent is “DOOM & DESTRUCTION” of everything & everyone in it…

    Maybe we have not learned any lessons from the historical past & any “NATION” who fails to learn from the past is “DOOMED” to the vicissitudes of past transgressors…

    REMEMBER SODOM & GOMORRAH!!!

  22. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Oh well the excuses will begin .however i will be standing firm for my huge share of the blp pie and please do not ask or expect me to pull that overload debt wagon.
    Hell no i refuse
    All i want is my share of the pie.

  23. David Avatar
    David

    @TB

    The decimation of the DLP at the polls last night means that barring a miracle this is a party that will have to invest years to rebuild and reinvent itself to become relevant. To be honest the talent pool is limited on competence/skill-sets, let us see who will emerge. Given the lazy and ignorant thinking which led to its demise, one suspects it will take some time. Therefore this brings into play your perspective re- one party democracies. Let us continue to be eternally vigilant. This is the role of the people in a democracy anyway.

  24. Well Well & Cut N' Paste At Your Service Avatar
    Well Well & Cut N’ Paste At Your Service

    One very generous relative of mine is already talking, first thing this morning, about bringing in money from the diaspora as long as Mia and her ministers do right by the entire population and not just a few.

  25. Freedom Crier Avatar
    Freedom Crier

    A BLESSED DAY TO THE PEOPLE OF BARBADOS AND PM MAM…

    Remember Always as we go forward that the Only Power that Sustains us is His Power, and He is the Only One we Should Look to for Guidance, Protection and Wisdom…Never, Never, Look to the State as the Shepherd…Such has been the Downfall of Great Nations in History.

    https://quotefancy.com/media/wallpaper/3840×2160/2320903-Saint-Patrick-Quote-May-the-strength-of-God-pilot-us-may-the.jpg

  26. Are-we-there-yet Avatar
    Are-we-there-yet

    Doc Martin;

    Now is the time to start the march towards Proportional Representation. Indeed, I think that if Mia and the BLP are really strategic thinkers they will realise that the conditions are actually indicating that they should start the groundwork very soon to constitutionally change our system to a PR one asap. I say this because, as I read it, the BLP must have a number of unpalatable things to do over the next week, months and years. These unpalatable things could well swing the pendulum back to make the BLP as unpopular by next elections as the DLP was in this one. If that is so then only a PR system could stop the country from descending into chaos.

    So go for it!

  27. 45govt Avatar
    45govt

    @ Yardfowl Mariposa – “All i want is my share of the pie.”

    You pie-eating days are over yardfowl – scratch grain for you now. Take yourself and your chickenshit snivelling somewhere where someone cares.

  28. The DLP Disgusting Propaganda Machine (formerly CBC TV & Radio) Avatar
    The DLP Disgusting Propaganda Machine (formerly CBC TV & Radio)

    Well Firstly….i want Freundel and Chris to make an apology to Barbados on the whole….even though they were slammed at the polls… They took the people for granted and got a result they truly deserve. Bajans will never truly forgive them if they don’t.. From at least 6 months ago the sense was that Barbadians had totally TUNED out from the DLP. Literally every day since then it got worse for DEM. The DLP simply gave up the ghost with the half hearted way they introduced their new candidates and treated the masses with contempt
    Secondly, and sorry to say, Owen Arthur started to dig his political grave circa 2009-10, dug it deeper with the 2013 electoral defeat..dug it even more with the snide comments to Mia…made himself a poppet for the DLP..and now Mia can now cover his grave….I knew from early that a vote against Mia would be a vote against history. Mia did him a service and not respond to him
    There will be a story as to what went horribly wrong with the DLP during the 2013-2018 term. Details may be revealed in the upcoming months and years from its former MPs as to what happened….i anticipate some upheaval within their ranks . Most of their former ministers CANNOT run again…they are damaged goods..people simply do not want them again
    I also want to hear the whats the apologists for the DLP will say now..Strakers tenantry, Ms undecided, arffur….Maureen Holder…the Trini DEM lady….How will they regard Freundal Stuart????….Truly, as was confirmed with this election result he is by far the worst PM in the history of Bdos…and headed the worst Govt in Bdos history…..Im glad, i could not take Freundel anymore..
    .Also the election it self was truly historic….i dont think the DEMS won 5 boxes in the whole…that is a CUTASS of the HIGHEST order….the magnitude of the popular swing and the way some new BLP candidates handed the DLP’s their asses with 70%+ of the vote in some constituencies …the elections numbers will make for some sorry reading for the DEMS….Mia has eclipsed the Big Dipper electorally…CONGRATS MIA!!!!!!!

  29. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    I wish Mia and the BLP well and hope they are successful in improving the lives of all Bajans.

    They have an opportunity to make Barbados the best country it can be especially given there is no opposition.

    I hope there are enough DLP members left to rebuild a viable political party.

  30. Jean Avatar
    Jean

    Tron, couldn’t agree with you more. What you propose will be the true test of her leadership.

  31. Jean Avatar
    Jean

    Tron, couldn’t agree with you more. What you propose will be the true test of her leadership.

  32. David Avatar
    David

    In light of how Arthur has been punching holes in his legacy will his memoirs be a best seller?

  33. Are-we-there-yet Avatar
    Are-we-there-yet

    …. but I forgot my manners!

    Congrats to Mia and the BLP for a job well done.

    The electorate has ensured that an abysmally unsuitable Prime Minister and his venal sycophantic cohorts got the comeuppance they deserved. This would never have happened if the Eager 11 had the strength of their convictions to do what was right. I fully expect that the Mia’s BLP will show itself to be a diametrically different institution to Freundel’s DLP and they will essentially do the right thing for the country by putting it First in every decision that is made.

    The work of the BU family is now cut out for us to keep the BLP parliamentarians and hangers-on on the straight and narrow.
    David, please note!

    Bush Tea; Cool off and give Mia and the BLP a chance to make some decisions before you react negatively. A slip is showing somewhere.

  34. beautifulbarbadosblog Avatar
    beautifulbarbadosblog

    Bernard Coddington your guidance please.

  35. Well Well & Cut N' Paste At Your Service Avatar
    Well Well & Cut N’ Paste At Your Service

    Yep Fruendel and his chicken coup ministers sent out in disgrace because they put their own greed and arrogance before the needs of the people who elected them and before ethics, morals and integrity…..

  36. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @ David,

    “No school today and businesses will close at 1 p.m.”

    Hurricane MIA hitting Barbados.

  37. One2many Avatar
    One2many

    The result shows how much dissatisfaction there is about the state of Barbados at the present time. The real problem is debt and whether or not an eventual default will be necessary. Alternatively the government might examine issuing low interest rate “super debt” in US dollars, secured on some of the assets owned by the state which are not for sale just now.
    I don’t know what all the fuss is about hotel sites. The management contracts are the key to valuation, so if the rentals paid to government are artificially low “to create jobs” the sites are not worth very much until a new government finds a way to increase the returns.
    Sale of rights to create land offshore – the Dubai model – might be looked at. The central bank might look at creating a crypto currency backed by the future revenue from as yet uncreated offshore land.
    In short the incoming government needs to create a bit of cash out of thin air – this might be the key to moving out of the swamp.

  38. Doc Martin Avatar
    Doc Martin

    @Are-we-there-yet May 25, 2018 9:07 AM

    You read my mind! See upcoming posting(s)

    Nevertheless, Congratulations to Ms. Mottley and the BLP!

  39. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    Its astounding that not one DLP representative who by dint of personality or likability (we don’t like the Party but we like the man) was unable to hang on to his seat in the whitewash that was the Election. Freundel who was unable to govern in his concession speech reminded me of the first verse in the poem Casabianca, now he can go home and reflect having written an ignominious chapter on the island’s history page.

    The BLP should be congratulated on its massive victory but should be mindful of the biblical adaptation “To whom much is given much is required” as they move forward in Government.

  40. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    Well, the people of Barbados delivered the ultimate penalty to the DLP.

    A sentence which locates the DLP on the verge of political oblivion. We expect this worse case scenario to be resisted by Dem!.

    But this is not the end, nor the beginning of the end, we hope

    Until the election started we were forecasting an ‘over reaction’ by the people.

    Indeed, for years, we saw the possibility of a ‘constitutional crisis’ in Barbados.

    That day has now come!

    We also imagined what happened in those circumstances, meaning a crossing of the floor to capture both sides and solve an unsustainable problem for both wound-be sides.

    After the election started, it was our view that the DLP had started to muster some momentum. That was obviously insufficient to reverse the bottled-up hatred which the population had accumulated for the DLP, and not without reason.

    So the people have spoken, we accept their judgement, unreservedly

    It is now for MAM and her BLP to attempt to do the impossible.

    We also judged, that the election promises of MAM and her BLP constitute the largest threat to this fledgling government. That they are wholly impossible in the near, medium or long term, not on the present trajectory of this economy, evolving global conditions.

    Secondly, with such a large victory also comes other internal threats difficult to resist.

    However, the will of the people deserves our ultimate respect.

    Let’s see what will become of it.

  41. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    David

    This DLP government became very arrogant and conceited from day one……..with the famous rant in the House……………”we dont want to hear nothing from wunnah, any ideas wunnah got keep to wunnah self, wunnah had 14 years and now is we time and we gine do things we way”.

    On BU we warned them and tried to offer ideas and solutions to the problems they were creating but their yardfowls cursed us.

    It is very damning that not one person who is an economist or knows about public financing was ever in Fumbles’ cabinet, Jester Ince does not count……..his humiliating defeat last night should send him into oblivion forever.

    And to think that with the Stinkliar making mistake after mistake, going from one medium term fiscal strategy to another……..the ignorant PM would go to his party faithful in the diaspora and declare that should he be re-elected Sinckler would be MOF again……….and he really thought that Barbadians would re-elect the DLP?

    He found out dearly early this morning.

  42. dreamstarworld Avatar
    dreamstarworld

    @David

    I have always been an eternal “OPTIMIST” 4 all the reasons aforesaid after all my years on BARBADOS UNDERGROUND, but my beloved BRUV*, that optimism has been shattered after the people have spoken yesterday!!!

    Nevertheless, although the “ELECTORATE” have spoken overwhelmingly in favour of that woman called #JEZEBEL & the allegorical [450] FALSE PROPHETS who will now sit at her table (a clear BIBLICAL throw of the DICE* this morning at those who will be in authority over my mother, family members & those I love in this great land), let it be known that the “HANDWRITING ON THE BU WALL”…

    Thankfully, I am outside of the ambit of such sociopolitical control or observable tyranny – yet myself & others will not hide out in the caves of Adullam for fear of the serpent tongue of Jezebel… For if this is the time of “SERPENTINE FIRE” – then let it come swiftly, for the SERVANTS OF ELOHIM are ready 4 whatever comes!!!

    LET THE WRATH OF GOD BE KINDLED!!! THE TIME HAS COME…

    An “ONE-PARTY” system cannot work in Barbados given the bastardly ignominious levels of CORRUPTION* that has existed for decades given there will be no check & balances on the power of this runaway train wreck…

    This will inevitably lead to even more CORRUPTION as FOLKS* feather their nest with the largesse of those who really wield the baton of power in this country – as abuses of power will become mainstream with ZERO* accountability!!!

    What is even more ominous David, an “ONE-PARTY” state cannot be adequately maintained without SECRET POLICE, vindictive repression & suppression given the myriad of EVILS* that will hit this nation, in the light of DISINFO, FAKE-NEWS & the curtailment of the free flow of proper information…

    Without efficiency protocols in place, this nation will be overwhelmed by even more WASTE (check the streets – both sanitation & useless vanity project endeavours); FRAUD* (check the amount #LiarPoliticians who are now MILLIONAIRES & MULTIMILLIONAIRES), and to add insult to what is an already INJURIOUS situation, will be the levels of VINDICTIVE ABUSE that the poor, marginalized & dispossessed will have to face & live with…

    NOW WATCH THE SUICIDE & MURDER RATES HIT THAT PROVERBIAL CEILING OF BRASS!!!

    If the “SO-CALLED PROPHETS” in the land are prophesying anything “GOOD” – no wonder the BIBLE* call them “LYING PROPHETS” as you understand the words of Jeremiah in chapter 5 verses 30-31: “A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?”

    #StayTuned

  43. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    Take a bow Pieceuhderock. Nothing more from me at this time, just watch muh.🤣🤣🤣

  44. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    We have to give MAM some breathing space to get settled and to find out exactly how bitter is the chalice that she has been handed.

    She has promised to make public the hidden IMF report as soon as possible and from there we will see what hand she has been dealt.

    She has a 100 day plan, she has to stick to it or depending on what she finds, she needs to speak to the people and keep their confidence.

    If she and her ministers speak often to the people, she will be alright. I support her but I will not condone any arrogance.

  45. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    What will happen to all the lads from the DLP? Surely, the plantation will reward many.

    Baloney, COW et al.: Will continue to be the true masters of the plantation called Barbados, whereas the clueless black masses believe that they live on an independent and free island.

    Frundel: Ambassador in NYC, Canada or London.

    Sinckler: counsel of Credit Suisse for his deal in 2013 with many millions of interest; also: COW and Baloney will appoint him as a “honorary white man”, since he did everything during the last 10 years to destroy a black country on the path to success.

    Donny Inniss: Will relocate to Zurich to do his shady business.

    Speaker Carrington: president of Barbados Bar Association.

    Deputy Speaker Thompson: will retire as a multi-millionaire in one of her many villas abroad or be appointed as first para-legal at the High Court of Barbados.

    Foreign Minister McClean: Ambassador like Frundel.

    Chief Justice Marston: They will try to install him as judge on the bench at CCJ.

    Registrar Cock-Alleyne: Will be promoted as judge at the Court of Appeal despite the chaos in the registry; since in Barbados you get not promoted by merit but by tribal connections.

    So at the end, all of Barrow´s heirs made a glorious gain and the taxpayer still is the new slave. Nothing will change on the big plantation called Barbados.

  46. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    Enuff

    I am still in shock…………I expected a win but truth be told I really thought that Michael Lashley and Chris Sinckler would have held on to their seats……..even though I knew that Sonia Browne was working hard on the ground.

    Stinkliar came with the last big lie on Wednesday night…….he should go into his hole for a long time now.

    I cant wait to hear the Trini, Straker’s Tenantry and Affa……….dem lost, we won, hope they get over it.

  47. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    Hants @9.12a
    My sentiments also.Mia has a golden opportunity to use the massive goodwill her programmes and plans have generated to make Barbados great again.By our acts of May 24th,investors and the traditional financial institutions would likely make concessions they would have withheld from the DLP ‘wild boys’ brigade whose claim to notoriety was ‘what was in it for me’.I said before and repeat…Mia has a capacity for hard work and long hours,so public servants should beware who you have for a boss woman.Fortunately,the Bees have among their number some very intelligent MP’s,all of whom will be expected to deliver the goods.I was impressed with Kirk Humphrey and Ian Gooding-Edghill on the platform.Very confident oratory.Lots of challenges beckon,lots of changes beckon,lots of hard work and the political will to make things right are the order of the day.I recall the day of one of her marches to Government Headquarters and Mia attempted to deliver a resolution to Stuart.He refused to see her and sent a security guard to meet her.If he had a sense of decency or common sense he would have gone to meet her and use the opportunity with the cameras rolling to capitalize on the opportunity to outfox her with some humour and fact mixed.Now,here we are with that same lady outfoxing him and consigning him to the political wilderness,beaten into ignominy and disgrace by a woman,superior in intellect and qualities of leadership.If OSA had not taken back control of the party in 2010,Mia would likely have defeated Stuart in the 2013 election.

  48. Well, Well Avatar
    Well, Well

    My hometown yall..lol

    Mia do right by the people and ya will be always a winner.

    https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/807161659474402/?t=189

  49. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    The media would soon be trembling in their boots as often has been the case when criticisms of Mottley becomes vocal and her legal attack dogs are send to defend her every move.
    Indeed interesting days are ahead a Ttump moment has arrived im barbados

  50. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    dreamstarworld May 25, 2018 10:08 AM

    Barbadians had a chance to vote strategically, but preferred to do so emotionally. The strategy should have been to elect a BLP government, but within a diverse parliament, including Natalee in the City.
    The voters have done wonders: removing the prime minister, Kellman, Donville Inniss, Sinckler and the other members of the high command of the most incompetent government in our history. But in so doing, they have made mistakes. There should be no place in parliament for Thorne, for example, nor for the dentist Duguid.
    I would have also preferred to see one or two more of the lawyer/politicians lost their seats because of arrogance and chutzpah. By returning all those lawyer/politicians it has confirmed their belief of entitlement and professional and intellectual superiority.
    The onus now is on the make-up of the Senate and its expertise: it must be a competent chamber to scrutinise, review and amend government policy as seen fit; i9t must stand up to what the ate Quintin Hogg called an elective dictatorship; it must put as an objective the refinement of our democracy.
    There is a role here also for a well-trained and competent media in the battle for greater transparency, integrity in public office, and holding office holders to account. No more secret midnight meetings at the homes of the wealthy and influential; no more civil servants discussing government business with diplomats from foreign states and the rich and powerful.
    There is no time to rest and party, the new government must start working straight away: tell us what it thinks about Chinese debt; the gridlock in the Registry and courts; our poor education results; a new board at the central bank along with a clean-sweep of the executive; tidying up the public transport system; sorting out the health and social care system, including the management of the QEH; putting in place a proper financial regulatory system; the creation of a Barbados-domiciled bank; a new programme of homeownership; new consumer protection legislation, in particular regarding mortgages; the promotion of financial mutuality; a new and radical Companies Act; the creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund; the overhaul of the NIS, including a new chairman and a new investment board; put meat on the bones of the proposed local government structure; introduce open competition for ALL public sector positions; and a full audit of state assets.
    All this can be spelt out within the first 100 days of taking office.

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