The United Bermuda Party have responded to the Premier's last ditch plea for support:
Tonight, Ewart Brown went on television and once again tried to mislead the voters.• That he could say the negative character of the election has been the responsibility of others is a joke. The Premier set the tone on Day 1 and Day 2 of this campaign with extreme rhetoric. His operatives have followed his lead with personal attack ads, distortion, fear mongering and lies. Dr. Brown must take personal responsibility for the deeply negative quality of this election. No one else. He is the leader of the PLP. He set the direction and has approved everything that has gone on.
• Dr, Brown’s disagreement with us on a tax cut speaks to the gap that has grown between the PLP Government and ordinary hard-working Bermudians, who clearly need relief from Bermuda’s high cost of living. No issue shows the difference between the two parties more than this one.
• Dr. Brown’s attempt to mislead and spread fear among voters on an immigration issue is simply a desperate attempt to cling to power. To say that the UBP plans to grant status to 8,000 people is a totally over-the-top distortion of our position. We have said we will study the issue of long-term residents in the name of family unity. Nothing, we repeat nothing that comes out of this study would happen without full approval of the Legislature.
• Finally, that Dr. Brown would hide behind the words of a UK Government minister to say that the BHC scandal has been thoroughly investigated is deeply ironic. All Bermudians know that the BHC scandal, with its allegations of public funds being used for private gain, remains a huge cloud over the heads of Dr. Brown and many of his colleagues. No one should cast a vote on Tuesday without thinking of the BHC scandal, where it appears that public money allocated to house the needy went missing, and that Dr. Brown has done everything in his power to stop people from knowing the truth of the matter.
