John Swan lays it out in today's Royal Gazette with regard to the hurdles that the UBP face.
I'm not sure what provoked this but he's got it right about the need for change, although he's not quite correct when he states that "the UBP has to go through some very fundamental changes which I don't think it recognises". The Party recognises it and are implementing it, while some of the older membership are being dragged along. But both Pamela Gordon and now Grant Gibbons have been an impetus for change since the 98 election defeat. That's what attracted me to the party.
Sir John is also more than a little unkind to the black Bermudian candidates who put their necks out, at the risk of ridicule and viscious attacks by the PLP, when he refers to them as "a number of blacks who didn't have that intellectual background". That sounds pretty elitist itself.
My only question is, why did he choose to endorse the Party during the recent election campaign? What's changed since July?
Posted by Christian S. Dunleavy