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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 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

    To whom much is given much is expected..

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44254140

    https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/16B4D/production/_101750039_blp_manifesto_2018_02.png

  2. David Avatar
    David

    Long time DLP member Leroy McClean is on the radio spilling it all.

    The DLP a party in crisis.

  3. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    So Freundel seemingly create more than one historical record:

    ………First PM to be defeated by a woman

    ………First PM to lose all his seats

    ………First PM to be defeated by a first timer

    ………First PM to be be silent for so long

    ………First PM not to be Minister of Finance

    ………First PM without a Deputy

    ……..First PM to lose traditionally DLP strongholds

    ……..First PM to allow Parliament to expire without calling an election.

  4. Well, Well Avatar
    Well, Well

    DSW’s concerns are very valid, so are Bushman’s, but those like myself who when given limes love to make lemonade are very unforgiving when people feel they can use the kindness of black people to destroy them.

    Mia will be well advised to rein in the lawyers she will elect to parliament as well as those in her family, transform and upgrade the constitution to include an opposition, if it does not now provide for one given her election last night…. and don’t for one minute think she and her ministers will not be watched, people are very vigilant now, because the lawyers in her group, many do not have the best reputations and a few should not even be part of any government given their histories.

    The ball is in her court, now that people are aware of their 30 Articles of international human rights,

    now that they know they can appeal to human rights organizations to exercise and have their rights enforced,

    now that they know the Supreme Court should not be abusing the elderly or anyone else given that Barbados is signatory to various charters, treaties and human right protocols….she would have to be dumber than Fruendel and Adriel Nitwit to allow anything to happen to the majority black population because of a few criminal minorities and lawyers who lack ethics, morals and integrity.

  5. Corruption Avatar
    Corruption

    @ David

    I agree with your comments on George Payne QC of George Walton Payne & Co., who I know from personal and professional experience is not fit for Parliament and needs to clear the air on the alleged fraud of an elderly woman involving Barbados properties worth several million dollars.

    Being elected as a BLP member of Parliament does not excuse stealing and defrauding clients.

    Barbados have woken up but among the BLP some of the old Politicians they are nasty stained and are as crooked as the DLP former Ministers.

    I congratulate Mia Amor Mottley QC as I can attest is an great asset to Barbados from previous interactions and hopefully will continue to put the people of Barbados first and make the island a symbol of pride and industry.

  6. Are-we-there-yet Avatar
    Are-we-there-yet

    Tron et al;

    I remember early in this game suggesting that the only thing that would actually ensure that the BLP would be constrained to move away from the nasty behaviours of the last DLP government ministers and their cohorts would be if they delivered an overwhelming blow to the DLP at the then next elections. This was because I expected them (the BLP) to see and react to the just apocalyptic rewards meted out to the DLP by the electorate and thereby ensure that they themselves would operate on the straight and narrow to avoid their own apocalypse. They could only do this by drastically moving away from the negative behaviours of the obvious pay for play schemes that the DLP hierarchy would have participated in, avoiding such schemes as the Cahill catastrophe and avoid super-feathering of their own nests and transparently enriching themselves and a small albino hierarchy. For such to happen they would have to ensure that an enlightened Leader would wipe the slate clean and set the stage for ensuring that the whole Cabinet and all other relevant organizations would put Barbados first and that anyone anyone who dropped from that transparently high standard would be publicly punished.

    I believe that Mia has the intellect and drive to do this and that she will want to leave an undying legacy in Barbados’ history. I am prepared to bet that she will succeed.

  7. Are-we-there-yet Avatar
    Are-we-there-yet

    Doc Martin;

    That contribution was entirely from my own brain!

  8. islandgal Avatar
    islandgal

    Congratulation to our first and newest Prime Minister Miam Amor Mottley. You conducted yourself and party with dignity.

    You have a difficult task ahead of you and we Barbadians will roll up our sleeves and lend a helping hand. We need to clean up our island, from the litter and bush that is choking us. Please govern with honesty and transparency and please do not protect people who have done wrong to others even if it those amongst you. We need to have integrity badly we are tired of being taken advantage of.

    We need to make Barbados beautiful again. We need you to revive Agriculture,Tourism and Education ASAP. We need judicial reform expeditiously and real justice for all. Please send back the Chief Justice to Trumpland, he was a colossal waste of time and money.

    Please have the incensing Authority revamped and allow Barbadians to be able to do business there quickly and efficiently and not spend the whole day to get a picture taken and license issued.

    Please get rid of the old fogies who refuse to implement their departments digitally, such as the passport and immigration department, Plant quarantine and Agriculture, Licensing Authority, The QEH and Poly clinics. We need to play catch up since we have been set back 10 years or more.

    Good luck and best wishes,
    Islandgal

  9. islandgal Avatar
    islandgal

    Correction typo Mia Amor Mottley

  10. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    We see all kinds of people, acting on emotionalism, have descended into all manner of political illusions.

    They will all be brought to ground very soon from these emotional highs.

    You are all setting up yourselves for the kind of disappointments which could easily reverse this result next time around, since the electorate has now tasted a blood which may well send this politics into a period of bipolarism.

  11. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    @Are-we-there-yet May 25, 2018 11:19 AM

    I hope so for the common good.

    Many people including me are deeply traumatized from what happened the last 10 years. At least everybody, black and white alike on this island, got a smell how wicked, evil and corrupt the true plantation worked 200 years ago. Quite the same way the DLP and their supporters amongst the construction magnates operated from 2008 to 2018. Misdeed after misdeed and no punishment. The first black country on the way to become a developed country thrown back many, many years.

  12. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    If our Prime Minister the Right Honourable Freundel Jerome Stuart had only remembered the Bajan saying “night does run ’till day catch ‘e”, the DLP might not have found itself with a 30-0 loss.

  13. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    And to the BLP some of you might err and become contemptuous, poor great poppets. If you do the people will deal with you in 2023.

  14. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    Simple Simon. Like most Bajans neither “B” nor “D”.

  15. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    @Gabriel
    Mia has a golden opportunity to use the massive goodwill her programmes and plans have generated to make Barbados great again.
    +++++++++++++
    I wish people would abandon the Trump trope of “making something great again”. It doesn’t belong in our discussion, let’s hope the Government can create an economy and society where we all benefit.

  16. Well, Well Avatar
    Well, Well

    Pacha…despite the many warnings that were arrogantly ignored by the now exgovernment…that taste of political blood was freely given to the electorate, making them fully aware of the power they wield as a people.

  17. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    @Hal A
    The onus now is on the make-up of the Senate
    ++++++++
    The Opposition leader has the opportunity to name/appoint two Senators, what happens when there is no Opposition?

  18. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    The people spoke whats done is done. Barbados has all but use the power of the vote heavy handily but to whom much is given much is expected
    It would be interesting to observe how the voice of the media would remain observant in lieu of the election results
    A result which but all gives a one man power the authority to do as it pleases
    Shades of Trumpism.

  19. Freedom Crier Avatar
    Freedom Crier

    BARBADOS CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION AND ITS LEADERS

    All Hands and Minds On Deck Still Fighting the Good Fight that is what is required of us…

    Blessings and Prayers may we be Sustained in our Trials.

    https://www.brainyquote.com/photos_tr/en/s/socrates/107382/socrates1.jpg

  20. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @pieceuhderockyeahright May 25, 2018 12:45 AM “I gine see effing I cud get a job wid…HARTLEY HENRY.”

    I just send Hartley a reference fa you.

    Heh, heh, heh.

  21. Well, Well Avatar
    Well, Well

    ya such a little yardfowl plagiarist..

    I am going to give Mia intellectual credit and the benefit of the doubt that she is actually blessed with commonsense…and actually knows what is good for her…until she proves otherwise.

  22. David Avatar
    David

    @Sargeant

    Mia has it within her hands to be magnanimous and appoint pro opposition members after consultation. It would immediately grow her stature and continue to create history of a different making compared to Stuart’s effort.

  23. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Bush Tea May 25, 2018 1:20 AM “Somebody should talk to the short ugly fat woman…”

    I think that Liz is kinda cute…she is the sort of woman that we in Barbados call a heavy sweet.

    Lots of Bajan men prefer heavy sweets.

  24. David Avatar
    David

    https://www.facebook.com/BarbadosLabourParty/videos/1287087994767913/?notif_id=1527235567337017&notif_t=live_video_explicit

  25. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    Well Well

    ”””””””’Pacha…despite the many warnings that were arrogantly ignored by the now exgovernment…that taste of political blood was freely given to the electorate, making them fully aware of the power they wield as a people.”””””’

    And how are such warnings so different to those of 2008 or 1994, or 1986 or 1976 or 1961 el al.

  26. David Avatar
    David

    @Sargeant

    Hyperbolic language is a permanent feature of the lexicon of the politician.

  27. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    David

    Is Dale Marshall AG or deputy PM?

  28. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @pieceuhderockyeahright May 25, 2018 3:45 AM “You lot were simply not ready.”

    Quoting my sweet boy Owen again, “buncha wild boys”

  29. David Avatar
    David

    @Pacha

    He was sworn in a moment ago as AG. The position of deputy PM is a custom and not supported by the Constitution. It will be interesting to see if the former gang of 5 acts as deputy in her absence.

  30. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @ David are workers going to lose half a day’s pay when businesses close at 1 pm today ?

  31. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Sargeant May 25, 2018 12:14 PM

    It is one of the first challenges for the new prime minister. She must make sure the Senate is reflective of the different parties that contested the general election, it will be a test of her integrity, and, second, the governor general must make key appointments.
    Overall, the real challenge will be one for a well-trained and informed media, and our public intellectuals.

  32. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Hal Austin May 25, 2018 4:06 AM “Stuart will now be removed as leader of the DLP.”

    If he has any sense, he will resign.

    Jump before he is pushed.

  33. David Avatar
    David

    @Hants

    The Prime Minister designate made a request of the private sector to close at 1PM. It is a custom and in this case the umbrella body agreed. If there are members or not who goes rogue that is their judgement so to do.

  34. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @45govt May 25, 2018 4:12 AM “One of the first things MM should do is enlist the help of the FBI (if they don’t have their hands full covering up their own corruption) in investigating accounts held in the US by Fumble and his Fools.”

    If they have any sense they would have been declaring their hands to the IRS. Dem boys and gals in the IRS doan play, and when they come to collect, they come protected by the American 2nd Amendment, they come with the right to bears arms.

  35. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @lawson May 25, 2018 5:56 AM “everybody in DLP out…great…more refugees…to canada.”

    And under what basis would they claim refugee status?

    No blood has been shed in this election.

    Nobody has suffered not even a hangnail.

    Only Chris claimed that somebody broke a window of his office. And to tell the truth I don’t know if Chris is telling the truth or not, but I certainly don’t believe him.

    i don’t think that Canadians accept refugees on the basis of “fear of a broken window.”

    Lol!!!

    Ya killin’ me lawson.

  36. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    With that little mini dictator Commissiong in the background whispering in her ear we will be watching for his influence

  37. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Gabriel May 25, 2018 6:22 AM “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.”

    If I was a rude person, which of course I am not, I would say that the DLP has been comprehensively pussy whipped.

  38. David Avatar
    David

    Extracted from BU’s Facebook newsfeed:

     

    Roland Clarke

    49 mins ·

    Yesterday’s election results of Barbados are 30 seats to zero in favour of the opposition Barbados Labour Party.

    Here are my six points of advocacy to address the constitutional crisis now made evident in Barbados as engendered by a lack of a Leader of the Opposition. This post of Leader is prescribed by the country’s Constitition with the inherent assumption that there will always be a minority group of elected representatives in the Lower House who in turn will choose their leader.

    1. Introduce greater democracy by changing the Constitution to allow for the people to vote for ALL Senatorial seats (Upper House).

    2. Introduce greater resilience in governance by changing the Constitution to allow for proportional representation. Perforce this would mandate the allocation of seats in the Lower House in such a way that the perils of having a slender majority will be a thing of the past. (This severely curtailed PM Stuart, and allowed Sinclair to ruin the country’s finances imho).

    3. In the likely event that multiple political parties emerge, the Constitution should be amended to allow for coalitions amoung the parties.

    4. Given (2) above and as a practical matter, the electorate would vote for a slate of candidates (same as Guyana), but the party that wins the majority of votes will be assigned say 60% percent of the seats, if and only if the voter margins are between 51-60%.

    Similarly, the winner be assigned say 65% of the seats if the voter margins are greater than 60%. This guarantees that the Opposition will always have at least 35% of the seats in the Lower House. (Of course we can always optimise the numbers given the potential constraints.)

    5. The notion that at most, only 30 persons are permitted to choose our Head of Government (i.e. the Prime Minister) is simply not the best system today. That system is called a parliamentary democracy. While it’s nice and elitist, and fitted well with the post colonial era, we the people are now more mature and capable of making our own decisions. I am therefore in favour of a system that is "closer" to a people’s democracy.

    6. While I’m not advocating for perfection in regards to democracy, I do years for a more involved democracy from the perspective of we the people.

    BTW … As far as I am aware, India is the country where EVERYBODY gets to vote for the Prime Minister as an individual. That’s as close as it gets to a true people’s democracy.

    Sincerely,

    Roland Clarke

  39. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @David May 25, 2018 7:03 AM ” the story which broke on the eve of the general election about…allegedly stealing her mother’s land,

    Probably an anonymous attempt by God knows who to damage the gentleman’s reputation, and his chance of being reelected. I have know the man from the time he was a lil’ lil’ boy in short pants (not that he is very big right now) and the story seems highly, highly unlikely.

  40. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    You cannot have an election for the Senate. What happens if the House of Assembly returns one party and the Senate another, and an elected president is also independent?
    By the way, India is the most corrupt country in the world, and that at includes the Russians.

  41. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Simple Simon May 25, 2018 12:42 PM

    Stuart should have announced his resignation when he conceded to Mia. But he is not a man of integrity.

  42. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Mariposa May 25, 2018 7:26 AM “Most await with interest Mia freebies.”

    We ain’t expecting na freebies.

    We know that manna hasn’t fallen from heaven in a long, long time.

    We expect hard work, discipline, to pay our fair share of taxes, and we expect that the government will spend the people’s taxes on the people and on their children.

    If Mia does that we the people will give her a second term, if not not.

  43. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @whiteHill May 25, 2018 8:22 AM “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!!!”

    After so long in America you may have forgotten a little how Bajans are.

    Unlike Americans, and unlike New Yorkers (and I love Americans and New Yorkers, some of them being my family and friends) Bajans are not aggressive.

    Bajans are passive aggressive, as seen in this Bajan saying “night does run ’till day catch ‘e”

    Bajans went yesterday one by one and brought the day.

    No fighting, no blood shed, nothing so.

    Just an X where each man and woman felt it should go.

  44. David Avatar
    David

    Of interest:

    New post on caribbeansignal.com

    Barbados General Election Results St Andrew Constituency

    by Amit Uttamchandani

    Barbados General Election 2018 Results for the constituency of St. Andrew:

    Source: EBC/DPD Feed| URL: URL: https://wp.me/p2RyvP-9H

  45. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    People here, living in Westminster call other countries corrupt.

    No country, throughout the annals of all times, could possibly be more corrupt than the British.

    Right now, Britain, is the global home for most of the criminal finance, Russian oligarchs themselves.

    A country/countries which have invented a religion just to spy on the world. Employed all kinds of social institutions to steal the trust of the peoples of the world.

    Have overthrown many governments with criminal intent.

    Conducted genocide, Blair lied and killed 1 million Iraqis.

    Need we go on ……………….

    Perceptions of corruptions lie in the mind of that supplicant, now himself benefiting from crimes of empire.

  46. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Simple Simon May 25, 2018 1:17 PM

    Unlike Americans, and unlike New Yorkers (and I love Americans and New Yorkers, some of them being my family and friends) Bajans are not aggressive.(Quote)

    Are you real? Bajan culture is one of the most aggressive in the Caribbean, if not the region. This can, and often does, overflow in to actual violence.
    Just read BU to get an idea of the aggression, even if it is over a difference of opinion.

  47. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    The terrible Brits do not even understand that logic is not core to philosophy. How silly. They have even invented Christianity.

  48. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    @Pachamama. You are right. Some folks are getting too carried away believing it is all peaches and cream from now on. We have seen this script played out time and time again since independence. It never fails, …it’s like deja vue again.

  49. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    In the spirit empathy for the losing side. I will be a straight man and throw mariposa a bone. Did the whore get in.

  50. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Well a promise is a promise. No getting around and i will remind all and sundry of the time day and month i was told by Mia that manna in the form of money will be put in my pocket and i await that promise

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