Submitted by Observing
With only three weeks to guesstimate, a dispassionate analysis of the ruling party both at the constituency and Government level clearly shows that coattails washed in some dead weight in 2018. To be fair, the other lot had to go, but, 3 and a half years gives enough time to see who we were working with.
Disclaimer: These views do not take the opposing candidate into account unless there is a glaring reason to.
Who must and should go
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Peter Philips – Did little to nothing for St. Lucy even after being planted in the Ministry of Housing.
Colin Jordan – Has done even less for labour than Esther Byer-Suckoo, go figure. A known name in St. Peter but little to no representation where it matters most.
Dale Marshall – Wins the award for being contradicted the most by the PM, for paying out the most taxpayers money SECRETLY even after winning a case twice and the most bungled rollout and retraction of recent laws. St. Joseph has sucked salt (without water) for too long
Sandra Husbands – Sandra who?
Neil Rowe – Coattails worked in 2018. Neil’s abundant and extraordinary weakness as an MP and a candidate are profound. The alternative is better by far.
William Duguid – For selfishly refusing to pass the baton and for being the worst Transport Minister ever. Didn’t do much better in housing either except for giving away contracts to Mark Maloney and money to the Chinese.
Indar Weir – Big talk, little action. St. Philip South hasn’t been this neglected since a certain former PM.
Ryan Straughn – Has done little to nothing for Christ Church East Central. Admittedly he was working with the 5 other Ministers of Finance, 4 consultants and reps from White Oak to increase debt and shaft voters with bonds every chance they get. Who has time to serve lowly constituents in all of that!
Sonia Browne – Nice lady. Should stick to the medical profession. Politics and politicking clearly didn’t work out for her.
Who can go back home
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Kay McConney – No amount of unilateral Constitutional changes can gloss over her being dead weight at the constituency level.
Rommel Springer – Just like the DLP’s Harry Husbands Dr. R only warmed a seat and did nothing in the education ministry for just over $180,000 a year
Who could go but won’t
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Edmund Hinkson – Backbencher extraordinaire aided and abetted by George. St. James North will no longer have a voice
Toni Moore – for pure betrayal of workers and shameless capitulation to capital and political expediency.
Charles Griffith – Nice fella, but you can only do so much after so many big promises.
Wilfred Abrahams – Waste of time, but the alternative is far worse. Far far far worse.
Ralph Thorne – Was never really a Bee but if the train is moving then roll with it!
Kirk Humphrey – For only showing up when a camera is around or too much noise is kept. Not to mention totally neglecting “certain specific” parts of his constituency
Who should stay due to good national appeal, constituency work, general competence or all the above
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- Mia Mottley
- Adrian Forde
- Marsha Caddle
- Ian Gooding-Edghill
- Santia Bradshaw
- Arthur Holder
- Trevor Prescod – Even though he now has to hold his nose and support his leader
- Dwight Sutherland
- Kerrie Symmonds
- Cynthia Forde
New toss ups with nothing on which to assess
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- Corey Lane
- Davison Ishmael
- Christopher Gibbs
There you have it. An objective 19-11 or 18-12 government come January 20, 2022 with the power to change Constitution no longer in the hands of one person or party.
Long live the Republic!!!
“A female caller later aslked where are the IT professionals.”
the lawyers is an idiot…straying outside her field of expertise…an IT Specialist would have better explained the legal standards for personal information in cyberspace…..one should not even be making public what people do on our websites, let alone sticking a huge cache of people’s personal information out there…
some of these fool lawyers like to pretend to be doctors when reading medical reports…they are never to be taken seriously, too uppity and know it all…
@DIW
1 opposition candidate per constituency.
The only hope.
You already see @Sarge licking his lips with the Bishop running he’ll split the B vote and the D may sneak up the rail?
Getting the D’s to stand down won’t be easy.
i have a relative who is familiar with internet security, IT Specialist, etc.. best people to speak to….what lawyer what, probably need an assistant to turn on her.computer…steupps…wish some of them would stop making fools of themselves…and believing they are more brilliant than the next person…
when you purchase anything online, they IMPLORE you, not to send them your PERSONAL INFORMATION….THEY BEG YOU, if they require something sensitive, they provide a SAFE PORTAL.,,but not some flimsy page..that’s so easy to penetrate..
Vote 4 Me
4 Topless Care Centres
Boosting Nurses Incomes
OK I will bow down to the ignorant bumpkin people in the peanut gallery reasoning or lack of thereof
They know someone who does something with It although they are not sure what it is something about spreadsheet certification
Old mathematics
“The 2018 election featured a record 135 candidates from nine political parties, and a record 37 women candidates. The Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission reported that 255,833 persons were registered to vote in an election where Commonwealth citizens were allowed to vote for the first time.”
“Voter turnout was approximately 60%” . (We will probably have a lower turnout in 2022,)
Barbados Labour Party 74.58% (-44% of registered voters)
DLP 25.52% (_16% of registered voters)
Though the final outcome is determined at a constituency level, it is clear that shrinking that 44% so that the DLP/ a coalition wins is an uphill task. Voters abstaining may indeed return a second 30-0 in favor of Mia.
http://caribbeanelections.com/bb/elections/default.asp
I see there was an election in 1991 and one in 1994. There was a change in government in the two elections.
What is the history?
Coalitions
stick in a few emotive phrases to get people’s attention and support such as
“grass roots movement”
“people power”
“anti-establishment”
“local powerhouses”
and it may fly
DLP will have to swallow their foolish pride to join up with smaller parties
but as they are facing another imminent defeat and have nothing to lose
they may take the low road
when you can’t get over
you have to go under
@David, one can only hope …
Yes, yes it’s wishful thinking but – excuse the cliche – necessity is the mother of origination … or should that be, ‘politics make strange bed fellows’!
You recall how Republicans in the US joined with their forever opponents to turn back another ‘autocratic’ leader … not to get too hyperbolic here in comparison but if there is deep concern about her style/process/loyalty test autocracy then it’s not too far fetched to see alliances never previously considered.
But as I cautioned others, reality and idealism normally are not kindred !
Lata.
Best chance of an opposition
A all other candidates including dlp stand down from atherley constituency.
B. Same standdown by all In sinckler former constituency but for the dlp candidate to run
Who get the most votes if they both win will be the opposition leader
If either party win more seats then the one with the marjority
I am convinced that MIa called the election to try to contain an internal threat to her leadership.
@NO
You already see @Sarge licking his lips with the Bishop running he’ll split the B vote and the D may sneak up the rail?
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If I didn’t know any better, I would think that you are accusing me of having a hidden agenda, but you know that my opinion is based on solid analysis that obtains in this Northern clime during every Election when your PC’s and the NDP split the vote and the Natural Governing Party (The Liberals) win with 33 % of the vote.
To besides every Bajan who engages me in conversation no matter their political stripe do not want a repeat of the 2018 result of 30-0 and there is no harm in pointing out that a BLP stronghold may become a toss up.
Hants
By whom??? Who In the blp is the alternate. Leader/PM?
HantsDecember 30, 2021 10:51 PM
I am convinced that MIa called the election to try to contain an internal threat to her leadership.
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I’ve also heard it said she isn’t well … just a rumour like the no confidence … either or both of which may be true or not.
But I agree, sum ting upset the bread cart.
@David December 30, 2021 4:09 PM
An employee usually faces disciplinary action if his superiors concludes that he has committed some egregious act.
I just checked and there is still a “PERSONS DELETED FROM THE REGISTER OF ELECTORS PUBLISHED JANUARY 31, 2021” list available for download, so I would conclude that no disciplinary action is warranted. The EBC appears to be routinely publishing this information.
I may have missed it, but I haven’t heard any announcement form EBC promising a full investigation and apologizing for any distress caused to Bajans. This is who we are. Yes?
Now if it was Google or Fakebook….
@Raw Bake
Here is a WhatsApp making the rounds.
leadership Capital of Mia Amor Mottley.
From 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Political/Policy Vision = 10
Levels of Public Trust in Leadership = 10
Communicative
Performance = 10
Likelihood of Credible Leadership Challenge = 5
Relative Personal
Poll Rating = 10
Perceived Ability to Shape Party’s Policy Platform = 10
Longevity = 10
Perceived Parliamentary
Effectiveness = 10
Re-Election Margin for
Party Leadership = 10
Party Polling Relative to Most Recent Election =10
Maintaining popularity in Times of Crisis..
Mia knows how to play the political game. She also has the capacity to keep everyone on board, even when making controversial decisions
This type of leader is historically rare. The stature of most political leaders declines after a first honeymoon period.
See you guys January 20, 2022
New Year Greetings Chancellor and the BU Community🍾🙌🏿
A 2020 amendment to the Representation of the People Act mandates that the register of electors be “prepared, published and made available by way of electronic technology”, giving the EBC no choice but to publish THE REGISTER electronically, or else it will be breaking the law.
🙂 🙂 😉
Barbados is truly a paradise.
At least they don’t require your phone number and blood group.
I seem to recall there now being a penalty if one moves from current address and doesn’t inform the EBC head honcho.
I really need to start paying attention to the things politicians are doing in my name. ;-(
Source: Nation
Source: Nation
Well since she is all of that; she should be able to run anywhere.
Why not help out one of her weaker teammates by switching constituencies with them?
Source: Nation
I am not normally for gerrymandering to get a specific person to win.
Either they have it or not.
However, given the short lead time to election, there may be little choice.
However, most have not mentioned the most critical vote swinger, aside from raw emotion and will of the mass electorate which drove the result of the last election.
That is donor money spend by constituency.
“no more rice grain, cyan swell up my brain”….but dollars count.
Who has those dollars this time and is it the incumbents? Or have they lost favour and hence, one reason for the early call, to ride the existing goodwill, instead of depending on such donor funds?
Just asking, as I know not.
But no doubt, we all hear the stories of millions that go in certain constituencies at election time.
On that point, how can the populace ask for integrity legislation in good conscience, when the same populace is party to a corrupt electoral practice in the first place?
My belief is that if not for this practise of donor money, independent candidates and third parties would have a much better chance at the polls.
A man spouting good governance has little chance against a man dishing out hundred dollar bills,csad, but true.
Cut to the chase, THAT is the problem.
But maybe, just maybe, this time is different, hence the short lead time?
To Observing,
On the article itself. Thank you for the laugh, you clearly have great wit.
Getting the point across, but with wit, is an art.
Good stuff!
Any thoughts from the BU intelligentsia regarding Cynthie running again? Is it for a sixth term?
There was talk about Lisa Cummins making the swap. Is this a case of bad timing because of the covid ravaged tourist industry and a couple missteps in that ministry?
Seems a life time when OSA now departed referred to her sitting on prime real estate. She must be patting herself on the back at her survival skills.
This is where the idiot lawyer got jammed up. Some of them barely pass the bar, if they passed at all and barely get an LLB…the 1978 Act that says REGISTERED VOTERS must be “published” did not include UNREGISTERED VOTERS ..i never reregistered and many on the list NEVER REGISTERED AT ALL ….or DEAD POPLE and never took into account the INTERNET AGE where personal information MUST BE PROTECTED from identity theft…because it did NOT EXIST in that timeline….and the jackasses IN DBLP never amended the act to include internet security but trying to use the internet to win an election and turned into another of their magnificent COCKUPS…,.they are all so BACKWARD and UPPITY none of it would sink into their corrupt minds and will just go right over their undereducated heads anyway because there is no bribery in that.. Now they are world famous and the people they PIMP BEHIND do not like their personal info in cyberspace. Stop voting for swollen headed idiots…a bunch of know nothing lawyers salivating for fake titles, opportunists for corruption and that is all they are or will ever be expert at and who CANNOT construct 2 critical thoughts. That act is over 4 DECADES OLD is NOT APPLICABLE to today’s world and should not be on statute. Stop voting for BACKWARD pretenders.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/government-barbados-has-just-doxed-entire-adult-m-jason-downey
The 11 plus FAILURES, low level whores of babylon, traitors to Afrikan people, FAIL AGAIN.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYH_gusMaPH/
She can be counted on to support MAM after she wins and will be expected to give way to one of the chosen early in the term. That is all, no big mystery. Upset the cart, but keep a grip on those good apples.
Foolishness ain’t sense.
@Raw Bake
Makes sense.
The last sentence in Tricia Watson’s WhatsApp was obviously delivered sarcastically for the more discerning.
See Theo…only an IT or internet security specialist could break it down into reality, not some stupid uninformed lawyer, who they love to push to the front or halfassed politician out of Barbados.
“It may be a requirement to publish the voters list, something which was enacted eons ago. But in today’s world of identity theft, there is undoubtedly a better way to do this. Sure, make it available, but in a controlled manner. I know in these COVID times we can’t go to the Electoral and Boundaries Commission and inspect the list, but there are more sensible ways around this than to just blast it out into Cyberspace. Cybercriminals see everything. They are experts at turning bits of data into information, and turning that information into profit. During the previous election cycle, there was a portal where you could check to see if you were registered, and where you would be going to vote. That portal needed you to have certain information before giving you the results. This time, the entire world can see who you are, where you live and what your National Identification Number is.
The Government is embarking on a Digital Transformation programme, but with this latest faux pas, how can we trust them with our data? 2020 “curfew passes” looked like something a 5-year-old can do in MS Paint. 2021 COVID vaccine certificates (first gen) were no better. Both easily forgeable. Which now begs the question… what of the National Digital ID project? If the technocrats cannot discern what is right from wrong from an IT Security and Privacy perspective, I have little faith in that project. Again, publishing this list was mandatory, but certainly someone should have thought “wait, is this right?” The term “publish” has a much different meaning now than it did almost 50 years ago.”
That’s why i can’t pin my faith on political scientists…whatever the hell they are…..Marshall gives a well thought out synopsis of what is likely to occur without sounding like a political pimp or a juvenile….no wonder he features so heavily in my first book…
.the others sound like a bunch of school boys trying to convince themselves that everyone who is NOT aligned with 2 corrupt political parties, DBLP, cannot succeed…and will be rejected by the electorate because that’s what fits into their school boy fantasies..nuisances.
“I seem to recall there now being a penalty if one moves from current address and doesn’t inform the EBC head honcho.
I really need to start paying attention to the things politicians are doing in my name. ;-(”
penalty…they should be SUED for publishing names of people who voted once or twice and NEVER REREGISTERED…..people who NEVER REGISTERED TO VOTE in their lives and FOR ALL THE DEAD PEOPLE THEY GOT ON THAT LIST…
they have no problem BREAKING THE LAW TO TIEF BILLIONS….BRIBERY to fill their bank accounts, .setting up the people for slavery, oppression, racism, TIEFING from the people to enrich criminal minorities and violation of the people’s human rights…..but they got a problem breaking an ARCHAIC nonlaw.
I am not an IT specialist, neither am I paranoid but I take serious issue with my NR number being out there screen shot and saved along with my middle names and address. Too much information in one place.
A blind man on a trotting horse could see why that would be problematic in the age of the internet.
The election is clearly being STAGED…with DISENFRANCHISEMENT of eligible voters the ONLY GOAL..
Source; barbadostoday
“Reviewing what occurred with some of our neighbours who chose to stage elections, some of the concerns outlined by political parties here, echo those from our regional neighbours.
Belize which held its election on November 11, 2020, did not allow people who tested positive for COVID-19, and those whose quarantine period extended past election day, to vote in this election. Effectively Belize disenfranchised eligible voters based on quarantine regulations.
Bermuda staged its general election on October 1, 2020. Its polling station staff were responsible for ensuring all voters and candidates maintained appropriate physical distancing. Frequently touched areas such as booth counters other contact items and surfaces were sanitized regularly.
In addition, amendments included advance voting ahead of polling day for seniors over 65, COVID-19 patients and voters with other underlying health conditions to reduce health risks. This could either be done from home or at the “Advanced Polls”.
Bermuda already had Advanced Polling under the Bermuda Parliamentary Election Act 1978, but it was also extended to voters with COVID-19. Advisories for those who had travelled just prior to the elections were issued. Those who were in quarantine because of recent travel were not permitted to attend polling stations to vote, and on the eve of elections, the Minister of Health provided free COVID-19 tests for election candidates and officers.
The issue for us in Barbados is can we, at this late stage, ensure a safe environment for our election process and address many of the unanswered questions that linger regarding required adjustments to processes?”
as the IT security specialist pointed out, cyber criminals are EXCEPTIONALLY EXPERT at what they do, much better than corrupt politicians because they are GHOSTS IN CYBERSPACE, you most times never find them or find out who they are……
everyone now has to protect themselves…..from their enemies, the government….because without them giving free access those trolling the internet to mine data….cannot penetrate.
Interestingly enough the DLP is out of the gate first with its social media blitzing etc and is a vast improvement on the last time around.
And now trotting out a bunch of shite laws and shite lawyers….ya can’t CALL BACK/RECALL that type of BREACH… or smooth it over with MORE lies and sleight of hand….and as the days pass will look more and more BACKWARD TRYING…
on another very serous note, this is the result of oppressing GENERATIONS OF BLACK YOUTH….this is the result of A FAILED SYSTEM that oppresses the young to the point that SOME become too STUPID TO THINK RATIONALLY..
https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/12/30/teen-robs-his-grandmother-sister/
it’s been DECADES that we understood that the youth LACK CREATIVE AND POSITIVE OPPORTUNITIES…that corrupt governments REFUSE TO give let alone look into…this is the result of FAILED GOVERNMENTS who would then use these youths once they become successful gang members, community drug dons, assuming they are not dead or in prison very early….to BRIBE communities to win an election to elevate them to parliament so they can continue the cycle of poverty, oppression and disenfranchisement of another generation every 5 years..
the last bunch of drug dons invited to the opening of parliament is living proof….i think one or two of them just got upward of 25 years in prison….this are the failures of the DBLP…..CORRUPTION..
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Who gives a rasshole about DLP social media blitzing?????
I lived here during their last administration.
As Michelle Russell reminded us last Sunday, “By their fruit ye shall know them!”
Any party that has the gall to bring back that Lowe man has not yet begun to learn their lesson.
Some joker suggested the bishop will split the bees votes really? I suppose he means Rev Atherley who in casr he forgot won his seat under the bees and chose to leave in my view after not getting a ministry.My view is Rev Atherley, s days are numbered and hence will not effect the bees period.All of these oppodition parties are now scrambling to get candidates in place far less having any effective strategy to convinve many they are ready.Imagine Barbados being led by Ms Depeiza or Rev Atherley in these critical times?In my view either will be disastrous for Barbados. I gone.
Agree with you Lorenzo, Atherley is on shaky ground.
in my opinion people would be better avoiding engaging in the online political teams arguing on internet and social media chat forums during election campaign cycles as this medium has become a hideous monster stoking up divisiveness and ignorance
@Kiki
It is what it is, this is the world we now have to exist, one heavily influenced by messaging from electronic media and what it brings to the table.
and look at ignorantt lorenza the Slave…is out of the blocks first..
The Duopoly politics is alive and well. The strategy has evolved to include the strategists.
Source: Barbados Today
It is what it is, this is the world we now have to exist, one heavily influenced by messaging from electronic media and what it brings to the table.
here are some random words
bots
foreign agents
trump
brexit
scum
rednecks
The point has been made many times one of the big challenges for new so-called political parties is being hamstrung by lack of financing. This is the vicious cycle that has to be broken . He who has access to financing will be able to deliver consistent messaging supported by all the underhand activities that occur on the ground. Who can forget former prime minister Stuart and attorney general Adriel Brathwaite admitting to eyeballing these underhand activities. They went so far as promising to do something about it.
PURE NASTIESS AT PLAY HERE …taking the electorate FOR FOOLS….
William…..fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice…….
“DLP General Secretary Derek Alleyne late Thursday evening confirmed the developments amid swirling rumours that Moe, who was long thought to be a personal friend of Prime Minister Mia Mottley, would serve as the DLP’s campaign manager for the January 19, 2022 polls”
THROW OUT DBLP TRASH….THEY HAVE COMBINED FORCES..
if i win you lose, if i lose you win..
@ Lorenzo December 31, 2021 7:21 AM
Come off it, Lorenzo the purebred red fowl!
Can’t you read the Bajan political zero-sum chess game called the ‘Duopoly’ of ‘William Skinner’s’ design?
You can’t be that politically daft as to believe the red bishop left the hive just because he was not given a ministry?
How about the other ‘all-red’ MPs who were not members of MAM’s obese ministerial clique?
Why didn’t they cross the floor out of disappointment of being ‘rejected’ for the fatted-calf ministerial treatment?
The red bishop, out of sheer personal gain of pieces of silver, accepted the heavy role of Judas, Her Majesty’s ‘LOTO’ man, in order to salvage what little was left of the existence of the Bajan parody called parliamentary democracy à la Westminster.
We assume you, the great red yardfowl, would really relish an outcome in the upcoming elections similar to what took place in May 2018 primarily because of a fumbling jackass at the DLP steering wheel.
But ask your self the following question:
With the red bishop now wearing ‘Paint’ donkey colours who would be the new LoO as required under the same old ‘royal’ Constitution?
Another crossing of the floor by one of the still disgruntled ‘red’ turncoats or, Frankly(n) speaking, a Presidential-appointed Caswell-type carpetbagger character?
Since you are so dead set against the blue Pres. V. d. P becoming an MP, which one of the following you would like to see appointed the LoO under the re-elected MAM’s republic?
Lashley?
Sealy?
Estwick?
Worrell?
Or, Heaven forbid, the downright ‘Lowe’ the down-low devil incarnate??????
@Miller
In all political system you have loyal supporters, call the country it exist. There is no point dueling with a loyal supporter.
Too many political PIMPS like to see the people/electorate being TRICKED and younger generations reduced to lives of poverty, misery, prison and DEATH…but THAT WICKEDNESS COMES WITH A PRICE….and can follow YOUR generations too..
..KARMA and RETRIBUTION are moving swiiftly NO TIME TO WASTE…
Change in mindsets by the young and intelligent. Being a political pimp in a colonial slave system will take you nowhere.
@Sarge
Your analysis was ‘spot on’. Splitting the vote is a Canadian pastime.
Yet for the purposes of ‘winning’ a riding, vs a good race, splitting the vote against plays into the incumbent 9 times out of 10.
There is little doubt who is winning in the overall, the goal is a few on the other side of the aisle.
Who is Worrell?
As long as the voters realize that they are being SET UP…in a rigged colonial slave system pretending to be a republic…still waiting for the 21st republic constitution…not holding my breath.
Wuhloss..ah forgot…i heard Preconco’s main building BURNT RECENTLY, isn’t that Mrs. Maloney’s husband…….ah can’t even say they burnt evidence of fraudulent government contracts because everyone is into fire proof safe these days, but ah did hear that there is a track record of calling up insurance companies and demanding checks for this and that…
I found it instructive (?) when new B City candidate Lane was interviewed after the election call, he had no qualms admitting he didn’t know it was coming?
Well, well! That was the best interview I have EXPERIENCED for a while.
I now have a new soul daughter to go with my soul brother. And the interviewer will be my soul nephew.
Clear as what?
Remember that name!
She should form a party so that I can enjoy my vote.
TheO, we got another one. Score one more for you!
William,
You need to contact that young lady.
Miller i do not normally respond to you as you tend to use a lot of big words and red herrings to confuse people and say nothing.However to the question you asked i have been on record as stating that Mr Sealy was the only shining light of the lost dems.Therefore providing he wins his seat or not i would suggest for their sakes he is appointed leader after the election.I suspect Ms Depeiza will lose yet again and would have to go ad leader as she does not inspire any confidence whatsoever not even to some dems.I gone.
2022
There are so many people on the electoral roll. Partly Corona dead and many expatriate Barbadians. The list is really no basis for regular elections.
We risk a situation like Guyana in the spring and summer of 2020, here in Barbados with massive electoral fraud in favour of the DLP by DLP-affiliated election agents.
It is therefore time to engage the UN, CARICOM, the US and the EU to mount pressure for fair elections. This has worked magnificently in Guyana.
Any result other than 30-0 is an indication of massive electoral fraud in favour of the DLP.
Someone said they found 15 dead peoplle on the list so far that they know are dead, so why are they on the list, and the government cannot call it back, it’s back online but you have to give them some info to see it, …what’s the point it hit the world at a sprint via cyberspace….data miners grabbed that already and sharing it everywhere…..free candy..
Of course i will never be sharing it…..unfair to the people whose personal information is all over the internet for anyone to see…because of government incompetence..
@ WURA
The Duopoly cool aid drinkers are just enjoying themselves. Their jug runneth over .
Clowns.
@ Donna
There are many young people who want to be involved in politics. Unfortunately, with few or no alternatives, they will probably end up in the Duopoly and become politically contaminated.
Hopefully their courage will grow and they will try to create change from the inside.
The struggle for true change will not cease on January 19th. The cannibalism will continue .
Yep…the dumbest Slaves are enjoying their own CRASH and BURN…..won’t see the flames until they are alreay turning TO CINDER…..
we always knew they will present themselves as who they REALLY ARE….
William,
Maybe this particular young lady could beat the odds and form a new party. She is earnest and believable. Maybe enough people have finally had it with the slick talkers.
2 times 30 = 60
I am afraid that too many candidates is a stripping away of votes from one 3rd party to another. Only Mia benefits.
Fragmentation of the voting population into three or more parties will have the greatest impact on the weaker parties. The BLP can lose a few votes and survive, the DLP/third party need every possible vote.
The DLP and third parties need to unite, coalesce and present one front. United it is an uphill battle; divided they all will fall.
Nobody expects them to do well. We just need them to do well enough to cause people to pause and think of possibilities for the future.
In my view RevAtherley pretense as Opposition leader will end January 19 th as will his cantankerous sidekick Mr Franklyn, s time in tje senate and not a moment too soon. No wonder Rev Atherley ranting and raving his sweet life politically will likely come to a sudden end..The old people had a saying sweet life don, t last long..As for the political nightwatchman we will see how ready she isPersons remember her as being part of the last administration as a senator who did little to prevent over 20 downgrades to junk bond status.She believes bajans have short memories but npt that short.I gone.
David,
Another coalition!
William,
There may be hope for the future. The itty bitty parties are getting smarter.
Maybe next time!
Nice way to describe them.
It’s going to be interesting to watch the fallout…
people are being warned about their passwords containing birth dates etc, also police and bailiffs are going to be happy for the addresses on the list… Stalkers and lowlifes with malicious intent and criminals will be glad for the list to find who tey been looking for for years, if yall owe anybody find them first and pay them…..🤣🤣🤣..
. Unfortunately, people hiding from abusive spouses and others are now in extreme danger..
so yall better adopt my mentality and put those who think they struck gold in the ground first…
TLSN…the end result of monkey handling gun…Piece would be laughing his ass off now, if he was around…..to see them SHOOT THEMSELVES….just so outta the blue because they had a panic attack and called a snap election….lawd…
One should never use one’s birthdate in a password. If anything you use the birthday of somebody who they would never think of. Not your child’s or your mother’s either.
2 times 30=60
The only coalition that makes sense is one that yields a maximum of 30 opposition candidates.
I believe the DLP fielding their own 30 candidates is a serious mistake. SB looking for a next 30 is a second mistake. Smaller parties fielding their own teams is a third mistake. Everyone rushing to deploy their own team benefits just one person – Mia
It would appear that some expected the election announcement. It is also clear that they are just responding instead of trying to see a few moves ahead.
Pundits are correct when they comment on the uselessness of these smaller coalitions.
These are extraordinary times and require more than the ordinary political campaign. Like it or not, at this time Mia stand heads and shoulders above the others; her mid-game is impressive. I wait to see her endgame.
It is only by uniting that they can effectively compete against her. As things stand ….. 30-0 is not outside the realm of possibility.
Helter Skelter
If there really was a disgruntled 14, now would be the time to set the cat among the pigeons.
Unfortunately for us too many who offer themselves for service are only interested in self-service.
Have no fear., there will never be a 30-0 ever again.
Ask Liz, she knows this.
Have no fear, there will never be a 30 – 0 again.
Ask Liz, she knows this.
Source: Nation
BLP stands by poll decision
https://www.nationnews.com/2022/01/01/blp-stands-poll-decision/
A smart and insightful fellow:
Atherley predicted the early election.
Atherley formed an alliance with a second party.
Atherley realized the futility of fielding 30 candidates.
It seems that he cannot overcome the realities of local politics. A merger of more parties would be a stronger opposition, but how do you accomplish this and satisfy all parties?
Impossible? No! But some parties would have to compromise on things they consider sacred (name, best candidates for different constituencies, …). Near impossible? Yes.
This fragmented opposition (SB, DLP and AAP) makes a victory by Mia even more certain – 30-0 is still a possibility.
I suspect Mia (equally smart and insightful) is counting on this continued fragmentation…
David BU the mere fact that Rev Atherley form this coalition tells me he was not ready and scrambling for candidates.Tells us all we need to know about him and his readinesd to lead anyone in this environment.It is one thing to be critical it is another to have serious alternatives.A master stroke by Ms Mottley.All the former cabinet ministers who were in hiding suddenly had to declare their hands like Mr Lashley and Dr Estwick.However i nelieve some of them will be sucessful.Persons like Mr Payne also was for ed to declare his hand.Lastly they were a few mostly oversea bajans syating Ms Mottley wss a dictator for not consulting the people on dome issues.Well Ms Mottley has returmed to the people for the votesomething which dictators do not do..Therefore the ball is in the people, s hands.This talk was obviously a lot of hot air designed to undermine Ms Mottley a lot of hot air.I want to hear from people like Mr Skinner , TLSN Sarge Gazzerts and a few more who was pudhing this propaganda on BU.Where is AC and Piece?I gone.
@David
BLP stands by poll decision
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This is a non story, why would the individuals bite the hand that feeds them?
The objective for the DLP and opposition parties should be to achieve a maximum of 50% of elected MP’s.
The opposition parties should target the weakest 50% of sitting MP’s. They should throw 100% of their resources into attacking the most vulnerable BLP outposts.
One individual, Lucille Moe, cognisant of Barbados creep towards dictatorship has defected from Mia’s party to assist the DLP to nullify this threat.
If 50% of BLP MP’S could be eliminated, Barbadians would have a hung parliament and at a stroke would crush Mia’s ambition to become the first female Caribbean dictator.
My message to the DLP and to other groups is as follows: do not put your resources into fighting 30 battles. Pitch up your tent in the parishes of those 15 MP’s whose seats are vulnerable and fight like a pack of dogs to win them.
Rest assure if this government is reelected as it was previously when it won every single seat, we should all kiss goodbye to democracy.
Throughout the ages, mankind has sought absolute power. From Nero, to Ceasar.
When Lucille Moe defected from the BLP, she like, Brutus – in the link below, had to weigh up her conscience. Her Integrity and love of her country meant it was no longer morally acceptable for her to be associated with the BLP.
Let’s hope that others from within this party reassess their positions and do what is right for the good of the country.
https://youtu.be/op0DQ0Z65iI
We are very easily distracted by the games politicians and political actors play. All members of the political directorate.
The above by the non resident is pure bullshit.If this is the best she could come with to support the dems we in Barbados know they are in serious trouble.As stated before dictators do not call elections therefore tjat is pure hogwash.Secondly few in Barbados want to be led anywhere by either Ms Depeiza who was part of the last dem government who was redponsible fpr over 20 downgrades to junk bond status or rev Atherley who was not even ready for rhe current election now scrambling about for candidates.Therefore neither of these two are ready for anything and in my view could only lead Barbados down the drain.Heard Ms Depeiza talking about the outgoing government, she really should be in comedy fest.The only outgoing person will be her as leader of the opposition when in my view she loses yet again in St Lucy.I gone.
“As stated before dictators do not call elections therefore tjat is pure hogwash.”
Let us remove the one plank that you based your argument on. We have numerous cases of dictators calling elections. However, these elections are never free and fair.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/03/14/youd-think-dictators-would-avoid-elections-heres-why-they-dont/
Why do we wast time debating nonsense. MOTTLEY has an aggressive style and as a woman she will attract critics. When Arthur and his band was kicking up and down the political curb what was being said then? There is a popular blog on BU ‘ Mottleyism’ that makes for an interesting read.
If nonsense is allowed to stand, it may be taken as truth by others.
As with alternative facts, refutation is a must.
Interesting question is how much of a difference Ms Absent Moe can make.
Frustration is high but nowhere as near as 2018. Freundel and crew HAD to go. Some of this crowd SHOULD go. It’s still unfortunate that only 60% of the population turns out and only 20-30% of those truly discuss the issues.
We seem to always get the government we deserve
Gazzerts instead of majoring in minors why don, t you come home and help the nightwatchman win the seat in St Lucy.Yoy would then be serving some purpose.As stated before neither TSLN or you nor sny of the overseas dems will not influence sensible bajans to return Barbados into the hands of the dems in under 15 years or more.Many of you do not have to live with the consequences of such a decisuon we here do.As for Rev Atherley i will predct here and now he will likely lose his seat and not surpass 100o votes.I gone.
I expect the following seats to go to the dems:
St Michael north west
St James south
Christ church east central
St Philip north
St Philip west
Possibly
St. John
And one or two other st Michael or Christ church seats that are not strong holds
@My own views
What is the basis for your prediction?
It has been reported Joseph Atherley switched constituency – he is now St. Michael Central.
https://starcomnetwork.net/blog/2022/01/02/bishop-atherley-switches-constituencies/
I predict three DLP seats. Sealy, Lashley, Worrell. 27-3.
But not so blind mice.
BLP 30 DLP 0
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022, 5:34 AM Barbados Underground wrote:
> President Gort commented: “I predict three DLP seats. Sealy, Lashley, > Worrell. 27-3. But not so blind mice.” >