Speeches by Christopher Famous, JP, MP

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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20 words

I should have 40 minutes considering what happened to me last week. But, Mr. Speaker, I won’t be that long.

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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87 words

Mr. Speaker, I sat here and listened to the Honourable Member from consti tuency 22 wax empiricall y, if that is the word, emphat i-cally about the airport, it’s a great airport , let’s put the past behind us . Some people are making a lot of money off that airport, Mr. Speaker. Some people made money. Some people will …

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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221 words

“Every time I hear the crack of the whip my blood runs cold. I remember on the slave ship how they brutalized our very souls.” Mr. Speaker, I heard the previous speaker talk so much about the airport. But he never mentioned the path that it took to get to that airport. He did not mention December 2, 2016. He …

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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9 words

Mr. Speaker, so what is the point of order?

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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2 words

Mr. Speaker.

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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39 words

Mr. Speaker, this was my motion to adjourn last week that did not get read. Anyway, Mr. Speaker, he said We had a right to go into the House to do what we had to do. Mr. Speaker —

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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412 words

I wanted to properly quote the former Premier. And I will quote him again, We had a right to go into the House to do what we had to do. You see, Mr. Speaker, the fact that the OBA wanted to go in the House is why the police came there that day. There were eight calls between the Premier …

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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449 words

Yes, I am moving on to another subject. Mr. Speaker, there is a quote by somebody (I don’t know who), The British are coming; the British are coming! Some s ay it was Paul Revere, some say it wasn’t him, so I am just saying it was somebody. In February of 2020 (this year), two British MPs took it upon …

4 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Can you hear me, Mr. Speaker ?

4 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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6 words

Can you hear me? Mr. Speaker.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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3 words

Yes, Mr. Speaker.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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3 words

Yes, Mr. Speaker.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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22 words

Can you see me clearly, Mr. Speaker? The Spe aker: Is it a red tie you are wearing? Conti nue on, sir.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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189 words

Mr. Speaker, I want to associate myself with the comments of a great man, a proud, genius stalwart when it was dangerous to stand up for worker’s rights, a proud PLP stalwart when it was disadvantaged to wear the colour green, a proud pond dog on Saint Augustine Hill, or Smith Hill, when people looked down on us. Some people …

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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171 words

He instilled in many that workers’ rights must be protected. And more often than not, he put himself on the first line, working with persons such as Dr. E. F. Gordon and Mose All en, Wilfred Mose Allen. You see, Mr. Speaker, he was not just a union man; he was a proud PLP man who i nstilled in us …

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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7 words

Yes, I said thank you, Mr. Speaker.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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2 words

Mr. Speaker.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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8 words

How much time do I have, Mr. Speaker?

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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90 words

I am not going to need that much time, but the first thing I am going to address is the inaccuracies of the newest Member of the OBA. He infers that property values are going to go downwards and that the Government should, in his . . . he is imputing that the Government is going to make people be …

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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—that Honourable Member has.