It is no secret that big money can buy anything and the most important commodity that big money requires to perpetuate itself, is government. Political parties are, therefore, useful tools in the hands of big money, and a political party in government is obviously far more valuable than the ones not in government. But at […]
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In 2018 I codified, via an article published in the Jamaica Observer of March 25, 2018, my strongly held view that Jamaica was on the path towards a dictatorship. (See link to the full article here). I listed four qualities of dictatorships, namely: Control of law enforcement agencies, particularly the justice system and the police
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The 2020 Governance Report on the UWI by the Dennis Byron-led Commission, was unfortunately viewed as an assessment of the stewardship of Sir Hilary Beckles, whose contract was, at the time of the report, up for renewal. The delay in confirming whether his contract would be renewed, was not only contrary to UWI Ordinances, but
