Two things come into play today on the UBP's leadership saga:
1) The Royal Gazette runs poll results showing a bounce back in favourability for Wayne Furbert, but the numbers still aren't that great. [More on the poll later. Contrary to the campaign to present the PLP under Dr. Brown as overwhelmingly popular and the UBP in total disarray, the PLP's lead is barely outside of the margin of error.]
2) UBP MP Neville Darrell has come out backing Maxwell Burgess for leader. While the rule in politics is to expect the unexpected, I really can't see this one coming to fruition after Maxwell was dismissive of his UBP colleagues only a couple of months ago and undermined the party's re-election prospects with his comments. That's not quite the way to generate support for a leadership challenge. But it does make things a little messier.
Regardless, it's time to wrap this up. This can't go on into the weekend. There needs to be a resolution by Friday.
But I just can't see Wayne hanging on. I think they're past that point. The question now is who will take over.
