As I have said before in one of my Editorials the motives of the two novice MLA’s who crossed over the Legislative Assembly floor is motivated by politics not by the nonsense that flows from their mouths:

Their conscious. They can be a much better MLA for their country by being on the other side.

They can pressure government by being on the outside.

They can get their own personal bills heard and passed if they put them forward from the other side.

Alva Suckoo, in particular, fought the last election by being a member of the Progressives.

Would he have been elected if he had fought the seat on his own?

I very much doubt it.

When you become a member of a group you abide by the rules and the majority. If you don’t you leave. You go. You don’t sit on the other side of the room and criticise the membership you once agreed with. You pack your bags. You go.

You were elected because you were a member. You didn’t just join. You weren’t asked to be a MLA. You were voted in by us.

When you resigned you should have given up your seat if you were so sure you would be re-elected by the public because they believed you would be more of an asset from the other side looking in.

What hypocrisy.

All government have to make unpopular decisions. All the great leaders made decisions that the majority of the people did not agree with at the time because they had the vision. They look behind the picture. You have shown to me you will never be a leader and I will never vote for you.

You believe you can get voted by saying, “I agree with all the popular things the party I was once a member of but my conscience will not allow me to agree with all the unpopular things and that’s why I left.“ Poppycock. It was simply political motivated and Premier Alden McLaughlin was absolutely correct when he made this point in the Legislative Assembly.

He said the voters are not fooled. He lumped in the other novice MLA, Winston Connolly, who campaigned as an independent but then joined the government as Councilor Education and Employment.

McLaughlin asked them how they could be on the government bench for two and a half years and be part of the decision making and policy formation, sit on government committees and now criticise what they were part of?

I loved his comment, “You had ten supporters; now you are part of a divided dysfunctional opposition.”

And dysfunctional you both are.

Thank you for letting us know so we don’t make the same mistake of voting for you next year.