Why is it that when Dr. Brown loses on an issue he says the island needs to 'take an adult decision' on something, in this case gambling?
How condescending is that.
It wasn't particularly adult to try unsuccessfully to ram through a bill he knew he lacked a majority on in Parliament? That felt far from adult.
I believe that bill might have succeeded if handled properly and with respect, rather than by diktat. That move, on the heels of the secretive Uighar move, is what cost Dr. Brown what little political capital he had and now has him held captive to his backbench.
In the hands of a more credible leader who doesn't rule through brinkmanship, the cruise gambling bill may have succeeded.
He is solely to blame.
