“Not even close ” is what Cliff Hughes, Jamaica’s only Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist, was muttering to himself last Friday evening during his show on Nationwide. He had just been covering the RJR polls done by Ian Boxhill and his team (the former Stone pollsters). The polls being discussed were done in 2 constituencies – [...]
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The Jamaican 2007 elections : Not even close ?
August 6th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Jamaica days, Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister Bruce Golding
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4 biggest non-debates in the lead-up to the election in Jamaica
July 22nd, 2007 · 4 Comments · Jamaica days, Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister Bruce Golding
1. The debate over numerology and the place of religion in politics Pastor Phillip Phinn Everyone (from the talk shows to the columnists) attacks the Prime Minister for supposedly advocating numerology and/or being guided by Pastor Phinn’s prophecies in her choice of election date. This debate reminds us that this election will be about who [...]
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The general elections in Jamaica : All over bar the shouting ?
July 11th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Jamaica days, Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister Bruce Golding
The Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has announced that August 27 will be election day in Jamaica. So who will win the election ? There have been no new polls published this week (well, Bill Johnson has produced polls of a sort) , so the PNP is still ahead as far as we know. How [...]
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The week: Blowback
June 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Jamaica days, Portia Simpson Miller
Blowback : an unforeseen and unwanted effect, result, or set of repercussions The Woolmer investigation DCP Mark Shields gets his revenge on the pathologist in the Woolmer case, Dr Seshaiah, whose testimony (i.e. that the police version of events was correct and the men were NOT killed at close range) in the Braeton Seven killings [...]
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Watching reruns: is this 2002 or 2007 ?
May 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Jamaica days, Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister Bruce Golding
It’s like deja-vu, all over again….. Yogi Berra For those of us who remember the last General Election in 2002, today’s polls, columns and media commentary seem to be a rehash from those days. 2002 : Prime Minister of Jamaica and the Leader of the Oppostion Here we have a Don Anderson poll published one [...]
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