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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

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29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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264 words
Mr. Speaker, I am going to move on, and I am not going to call any organisation’s name. But the theme I want to work with is, See the hypocrites. In one place such as somewhere similar, they say, Great legislation! So good! We support this. Then they get on the media and say, The PLP has not done anything …
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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38 words
Mr. Speaker, the Jamaicans say, When you shake a tree, the leaves shall fall. Mr. Speaker, over the last three weeks the Royal Gazette has, I would say, hmm, enjoyed added readership. They have got a new columnist!
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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239 words
Someone who has been revived from the ghosts of 2017 has been re- activated. We need you, we need you! Come out and tell them that we told you so! Trying to conflate giving away thousands of Bermuda status with increasing the working population. The two do not add up! Mr. Speaker, anyone who realises, anyone who has watched politics …
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, let me move on. During the 1970s there was a show called All in the Family. Anybody remember that? Archie Bunker, right? And out of that they had a neighbour. Anybody remember who their neighbour was?
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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George Jefferson! George Jefferson and Archie Bunker always got at it now and then, more now than then, but they got at it. I say this to my PLP family: All in the Family. Barak Obama said, There are many ways to be I. Some people are light - skin Black. Some people are black -Black. Some people are light …
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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160 words
That three- word consultation. But that is who we are. That is who we have al-ways been. But out of those three words, we have al-ways risen. We see clearly what they are up to. So I am calling on my PLP family, those here, those listening and those who are going to read it online. We cannot allow people …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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7 words
And you will get to that later.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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85 words
Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Good] afternoon, colleagues and listening public. I will be very brief, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you amongst others would know that very rarely do you hear certain people from one side of the aisle speak so glowingly of the Caribbean. Usually, it is always in the negative, like, We should not be like them. We …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, exactly. Money, money, money. Mr. Speaker, my sister has a house in the Virgin Islands and it used to have a very nice view of the harbour, but then a big building was built that blocked her view. That building has on the side of it “Conyers.” Does anyone know that name? [Laughter]
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Anyone? Someone? Anyone? The point I am making, Mr. Speaker, people go . . . some people are loyal to Bermuda; some people are loyal to money, money, money. Mr. Speaker, this Government under the present administration and under the Minister of Economy and Labour is making concerted efforts to rebuild our economy on multiple fronts. If the Honourable Minister …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, indeed, Mr. Speaker. I would not want you to say that you did not see us.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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I will not be long, Mr. Speaker, because others want to speak. Right, others? [Laughter]
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, earlier today you made mention of something that happened In Lon-don 190 years ago —
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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—in the world’s oldest parliament called the (what do they call that?) Palace of Westminster where they passed legi slation, I might say reluctantly , to abolish slavery in the British colonies. And some might say, You know, that was so great, so nice. But they reluctantly did it because on the table they also passed legislation to pay slaveowners. …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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89 words
Let me move on, Mr. Speaker. Six years ago, the majority of Bermudian voters voted for this administration. They endured four and a half years of what could easily be called the worst Government in modern history —a Government that did not give seniors money, had cut down on funding for education, left many places . . . people complain …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Well, it was 1 ,842, but we will round it off to 2,000 jobs. And these are the same people that . . . let’s just say a chain of events led to seniors being pepper sprayed. The people had enough so they voted for us. Mr. Speaker, during that time we did much those first three years. We started …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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378 words
Slave Oversight Government . Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: It could be that too. Or it could be Secret Oversight . And these people sit up on the largest house on Langton Hill and they determine who is going to be investigated and prosecuted. And I am not making this up, Mr. Speaker. I have . . . and if …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker, colleagues and people of Bermuda. Mr. Speaker, I would like to give condolences to the family of Mr. Boyd Smith of Cherry Dale.
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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[Mr. Smith] was a man for the people is all I would say. I also would like to give congratulations to Dr. Greene on her 40 years of service to the people of Ber-muda. I had the privilege through the Minister of Education of serving with her on the board for the last five years. And I can say without …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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204 words
—and they are starting to recognise it. Mr. Speaker, when colonialism started to end 50 years ago, some independent countries, namely, Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados and Guyana realised we have to work together. And over the last 50 years al-most every English- speaking island in the Caribbean and N orth Atlantic region (for those who get offended) have joined an association …