by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 29, 2022 | Uncategorised
Last Friday afternoon, after the deadlines for the Saturday papers and with material for the 6pm news bulletins already well planned, it came. The announcement we all should have wanted to hear. Except that we didn’t. As any seasoned politician will tell you, Friday...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
I’ve been chatting to a few people about the Prime Minister’s speech at the United Nations. I’m surprised at how many people knew she had spoken there just a few weeks ago. I’m equally surprised by how few people have any idea what she talked about. She spent the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 24, 2022 | Uncategorised
They say a week is a long time in politics. And yet, in the course of a nation’s development, five years is merely the blink of an eye. The past five years in this young country’s history has seen many of us stunned by the speed and scale of our downfall....
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
I watched Wednesday’s announcements with great interest. Of course, we had the Finance Minister in celebratory mood as he opened the books for the year ended June 2022 and declared the highest tax revenue in our history. On the same day, the governor of the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 28, 2022 | Uncategorised
The local body elections are just around the corner, with the October 8 close-off date now just a couple of weeks away. So the candidates have their signboards out and their websites up. They’ve delivered more public speeches, press releases and commentary in...
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