Letter: Your columnist’s party-first outlook sometimes clouds the issues

Dear Sir,

Christopher Famous should be commended for his ever-spirited defence of the PLP in power. Sometimes, however, his enthusiasm gets ahead of the matter.

His March 8 column is a case in point. He used words by OBA chairman Thad Hollis to say the OBA wanted the PLP to apologize for its record in office.

Not so. Mr Hollis had specifically urged the PLP to apologize for leaving the Island “in the worst, most perilous financial position in its modern history”. The sooner that was done, Mr Hollis said, “the sooner Bermuda’s Parliament will have a credible opposition on the economy”.

That Mr Famous sidestepped Mr Hollis’s very specific reason for an apology should tell readers that he is first and foremost a diehard partisan when it comes to writing about the controversial issues of the day. 

Readers may also want to consider whether the party-first mentality Mr Famous upholds week in and week is a Bermuda-first mentality.

The OBA isn’t asking the PLP to apologize for the many things Mr Famous listed in his column. But we do feel the PLP should acknowledge its role in Bermuda’s economic decline, especially if it wants to have credibility on economic matters going forward. The truth, in other words, will set you free. n

Toni Daniels

One Bermuda Alliance