Intelligent Gombey

Most people don’t actually want sovereignty. They prefer the feeling of being right over the responsibility of being free, and the cost that freedom demands… which is how classism survives, cloaked in moral superiority untouched by action or result. Listen closely to the language people use and ask yourself, whose words are they really speaking with?

And before the gov or Minister tries to deflect, spin, or deny involvement to dodge political accountability, let’s be clear… this was a PLP decision. On Friday, in a BBC interview, the Minister publicly misled the public by saying: “It's not an Owen Darrell decision. It's not a PLP decision. It's not an OBA decision. It's a decision of committee members that are made up of individuals from the community.” But here’s the truth. Section 5(2)(b) of the National Heroes Act 2024 states that three of the seven committee members are recommended directly by the Minister, with the Director of Culture, both PLP appointments. So let’s not pretend. The Minister said the decision wasn’t his. But under the very law he helped amend, his Ministry appoints everyone on the committee. Do they not read or know the legislation they pass? If they didn’t choose the heroes, they decided the people who did. And that is a government decision. Stop letting these lot mislead you and call it “process.” The media needs to do better.

That’s the logic I can’t comprehend. How can someone be honoured by the Crown by receiving an OBE or MBE for long-term service to Bermuda yet still cannot meet the threshold to be recognized by their own people, in their own homeland, under criteria set by us? 🤔

Just so we’re clear here’s who’s been leading the Cost of Living Commission year after year. Same names. Same party. Deepened crisis.