Podcast Episode 81 We are independent. But it seems we just don’t know how to quit the British. And I find that very vexing … indeed. Listen.
The Bahamas: Happy Independence Day, My Bahamaland!
Sunday, July 10, 2022 at 6:41 AM
Privy Council
Removing Statues of Racists? Begin with George Washington?
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 11:53 AM
Anti-racism protesters have begun lynching statues dedicated to white racists of all types. Baying “Black Lives Matter!,” they seem hell-bent on dishonoring the legacies of those targeted for the wrongs they perpetrated against blacks during their lifetime. Triggered by the police killing of George Floyd … protesters in Bristol, in the south-west of England, tore… Read more.
For Independence Sake, Caribbean, Abolish Privy Council!
Monday, February 1, 2016 at 7:26 AM
The migration crisis is only the latest issue threatening to blow the European Union asunder. From “Brexit” to “Grexit,” respective countries are chipping away the categorical imperatives of integration by reasserting the political imperatives of sovereignty. In fact, more and more Europeans are longing for the days when the EU functioned primarily as a trading… Read more.
Idle-minded debate on the Privy Council continues…
Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 8:21 AM
I am frankly ashamed when I see the list of Commonwealth counties that still cling to that jurisdiction (the Privy Council). Even more so to know it is a list dominated by the Caribbean. Former Commonwealth secretary general, Sir Shridath Ramphal, made this instructive admission during an address at the Inaugural Conference of the Caribbean Association… Read more.
No more Privy Council; take care of your own judicial mess!
Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 5:29 AM
The failures of CARICOM have become so notorious that talking about them incites more contemptuous laughter than lawyer jokes. And there’s probably no greater monument to these failures than the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which was established in 2001 to replace the Privy Council as our final court of appeal. Establishing the CCJ codified… Read more.