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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
————————————

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
———————————-
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
———————————–

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
——————————————————————–

  • 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!!!

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221 responses to “19-11 for BLP after Jettisoning Dead-weight?”

  1. David Avatar
    David

    @Raw Bake

    Makes sense.

    The last sentence in Tricia Watson’s WhatsApp was obviously delivered sarcastically for the more discerning.

  2. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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.

  3. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “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.

  4. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    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.

  5. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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?”

  6. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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.

  7. David Avatar
    David

    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.

  8. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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..

    .

  9. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    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.

  10. Lorenzo Avatar
    Lorenzo

    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.

  11. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet


    “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.”


    “Who gives a rasshole about DLP social media blitzing?????”

    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

  12. David Avatar
    David

    @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.

  13. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    and look at ignorantt lorenza the Slave…is out of the blocks first..

  14. David Avatar
    David

    The Duopoly politics is alive and well. The strategy has evolved to include the strategists.

    Former Gov’t Senator assisting DLP in upcoming general elections

    https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Lucille-Moe-730×456.png

    Article by Kareem Smith
    Published on
    December 31, 2021

    Former Government Senator Lucille Moe – who, for months, had been absent from the Senate – is now emerging as a campaign strategist for the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) ahead of next month’s general elections.

    Barbados TODAY has also been informed that David Bowen, who worked with Barbados Labour Party (BLP) St Lucy candidate Peter Phillips in the 2018 poll, is now the Dems’ campaign manager, along with long-time DLP member Steve Blackett.

    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.

    “She is not the campaign manager, she is assisting the party with strategic operations. That is the most I can tell you. I didn’t even get my president to confirm that but enough information has gone across in my party that I know that she is part of the team,” Alleyne told Barbados TODAY.

    “David Bowen is now managing our campaign and Steve Blackett is the other coordinator. The two of them are doing different things and this other young lady, Ms Moe, has come in to offer strategic advice. But she is not the campaign manager,” he reiterated.

    Earlier tonight, DLP President Verla DePeiza would neither confirm nor deny that Moe had joined her campaign team.

    “I am not confirming anything,” she told Barbados TODAY, but noted that “our team has strengths that we draw on from many different spheres”.

    Within days of the BLP’s May 2018 election victory, Moe was appointed Senator and asked to serve as Minister of Information, Broadcasting, and Public Affairs. But two years later, in June 2020, Prime Minister Mottley, amid a flurry of adjustments, removed Senator Moe, who had also acted as Education Minister, from her Cabinet.

    Though still a member of the Upper House, Senator Moe was absent for months on end with no explanation, prompting calls from Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn for her seat to be declared vacant.

    In September, after more than six months away, Moe returned to the Senate for the last time, complaining that provisions had not been made for the sittings to be conducted virtually.

    Numerous efforts to reach the Government Senator were unsuccessful up to press time.

    Alleyne said he could not speak definitively on the rationale for the decision to bring Moe into the campaign team, as his role as general secretary was to mobilise the party’s branches behind their various candidates. Nevertheless, he said the decision was likely based on the party’s intention to leave no stone unturned in its pursuit of the majority seats in the 30-member Parliament.

    “Politics is about who gets what, when and how. That is my philosophy,” said Alleyne.

    “The Democratic Labour Party was put to the sword and we are trying to build an institutional framework to ensure that Barbadians get the best representation that they can ever get.

    “I think that we have got the mix and any person that wants to be part of our team, we accept them as long as they are going to fall into the precepts and the concepts that we believe are important for the better improvement of Barbados,” the General Secretary added.

    Responding to the developments, political pollster and political consultant, Peter Wickham declared there was no conflict of interest emerging from Senator Moe’s decision.

    “Lucille Moe is a professional like me. She is a political consultant, as I am, and people need to get to a stage where they understand that a political consultant is a professional. Your willingness to go to doctor A versus doctor B is not a political consideration, so why should a political strategist or consultant like Lucille not have the right to work for whoever is employing her?” asked Wickham.

    “It is clear that she is not the strategist for the Barbados Labour Party and she needs to look for work, so she’s decided,” the pollster added.

    But he did suggest that Moe’s choice of a client may have been “ill-advised” given the low likelihood of success, and in the face of two recent defeats, apparently in the recent St Lucian election and another in the Cayman Islands.

    “I would be concerned about walking into a third [defeat], but that is my only reason for saying that if I were her, I probably wouldn’t have done it. But then I don’t know what kind of money they’re paying her. It might be an attractive paycheque,” Wickham added.

    The pollster noted that much like himself and current BLP strategist, Hartley Henry, Moe’s foundations are with the Dems and in that way, she was simply returning to her roots.

    He added that Moe’s seemingly friendly relationship with Prime Minister Mottley appeared to be under strain ever since her sacking from the Cabinet.

    “I think the Democratic Labour Party sees it as a coup for them to get somebody on board who was a Government senator, but I don’t know if I necessarily feel that way, because the reality is that I don’t know if it’s going to help them to win,” said Wickham. kareemsmith@barbadostoday.bb

    Kimberley Cummins and Anesta Henry also contributed to this story.

    Source: Barbados Today

  15. David Avatar
    David

    Agree with you Lorenzo, Atherley is on shaky ground.

  16. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    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

  17. David Avatar
    David

    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.

  18. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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..

  19. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ 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??????

  20. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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…

  21. David Avatar
    David

    @Miller

    In all political system you have loyal supporters, call the country it exist. There is no point dueling with a loyal supporter.

  22. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Change in mindsets by the young and intelligent. Being a political pimp in a colonial slave system will take you nowhere.

  23. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    @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.

  24. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Who is Worrell?

  25. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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.

  26. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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…

  27. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    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?

  28. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    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.

  29. Lorenzo Avatar
    Lorenzo

    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.

  30. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    2022

  31. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    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.

  32. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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..

  33. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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..

  34. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    @ WURA
    The Duopoly cool aid drinkers are just enjoying themselves. Their jug runneth over .
    Clowns.

  35. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    @ 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 .

  36. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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….

  37. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    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.

  38. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    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.

  39. David Avatar
    David

    Political commentators say new party of ‘convenience’ not a serious contender in election

    Article by Kareem Smith
    Published on
    December 31, 2021

    An alliance between the People’s Party for Democracy and Development (PdP) and the United Progressive Party (UPP) has been pronounced ‘dead on arrival’ by two of the country’s leading political pundits.

    University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, Dr Kristina Hinds declared that, although stronger together, the “marriage of convenience” would falter over its failure to attract mass-based support.

    Meanwhile, pollster, Peter Wickham, believes the merger may be taking much-needed support from the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which is considered Government’s strongest opponent.

    On Thursday, Opposition Leader, Bishop Joseph Atherley added to a week of political surprises with one of his own, announcing that the two parties would unite under the name ‘Alliance Party for Progress’. Along with UPP founder Lynette Eastmond, the organisations have vowed to “preserve” Barbadian democracy.

    But Dr Hinds warned that they will have a lot of work to do to convince the electorate to vote for their candidates, many of whom are believed to be new to public life.

    “I am not certain that this coalition will be very stable because this is something that has been stitched together for an election and it may be a marriage of convenience, rather than a long-term strategy to build a mass-based political party,” Dr Hinds told Barbados TODAY.

    “Both the UPP and the PdP have the problem of not having a mass base and if they want to be taken seriously either separately or together, they need to build that,” she warned.

    The UWI lecturer noted that Atherley’s overall experience and ability to win a seat in the last election would be a useful asset.

    However, Wickham was adamant that Atherley, who crossed the floor weeks after the May 2018 polls, secured his seat “on the coattails of Mia Mottley”. He then dismissed the UPP as irrelevant over their failure to amass more than three per cent of the popular vote during the 2018 poll.

    “It’s dead on arrival. I think that’s a good way to put it… I don’t think that either of them is a significant player and I think the merger of the two doesn’t make a huge difference. I think, however, that it will be a blow to the Democratic Labour Party, because ultimately, the more third party activity we have, the more it divides people who are not prepared to support the Barbados Labour Party,” said Wickham.

    Like Dr Hinds, Wickham criticised the absence of a solid philosophical stance from the less established parties, with the exception of Solutions Barbados. Historically, he noted that the DLP is known for its push toward independence, free education, and other social goods based on the philosophy of its founder, Errol Barrow. Wickham added that the Barbados Labour Party has its own philosophical underpinnings.

    “I don’t really get that from the UPP and the PdP. They have not taken a central position to say ‘this is what I stand for’ and ultimately, that is what we look for in a political party,” said the pollster.

    Dr Hinds on the other hand believes both of the two major political parties will lose votes to the alliance, as some voters search for alternatives.

    “So it is something to take into consideration, but I would say that that is true of any of the additional parties contending in these elections. So all of these small numbers and votes that get picked off could have gone to either of the two established political parties of the BLP and the DLP,” said the lecturer. kareemsmith@barbadostoday.bb

  40. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    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.

  41. Lorenzo Avatar
    Lorenzo

    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.

  42. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    David,

    Another coalition!

  43. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    William,

    There may be hope for the future. The itty bitty parties are getting smarter.

    Maybe next time!

  44. David Avatar
    David

    Nice way to describe them.

  45. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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…

  46. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    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…

  47. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    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.

  48. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    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.

  49. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Helter Skelter

  50. Raw Bake Avatar
    Raw Bake

    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.

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