I hope the premier does not think that the result of the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) referendum last Wednesday that failed to get the 50% plus one of registered voters is a victory. It was not. It was an over whelming success for the OMOV campaigners.

Approximately two thirds of the people, who voted, ticked the “YES” square. TWO THIRDS!

But the government has already said neither the “Yes” nor the “No” votes achieved a binding result. The only district that voted “No”, and even there it was close, was, not unsurprising, West Bay.

Can premier McKeeva Bush take comfort from that? He shouldn’t. His own stronghold is divided almost down the middle whilst the rest of the country has said “Yes”.  And, most of the districts overwhelmingly so.

Yes, he can say, the ones that didn’t vote counted as a “No” vote. If that is the case why was it not announced only the registered voters who are in favour of the OMOV can vote? Why was their two squares to tick? Yes and No! So that argument won’t wash.

Two thirds of the country voted YES! Two thirds!!

Can the premier honestly ignore that?

I must congratulate the OMOV campaigners for all the hard work they put in, including using their own money to pay for the advertising.

You won convincingly.

Now how does one convince a government that used the public purse to “educate” us on the evils of OMOV and not to change because it has worked well in the past. The only words I can agree with is, “in the past”.

This is 2012, Mr. Bush. Your countrymen want change. Perhaps it is you and your government that want educating. You have had the lesson.

I hope, with all my heart, you learn from it, but after reading your quote after the referendum that the people of Cayman had “said clearly that this country has other more urgent and important national issues than single member constituencies”, you haven’t.

The premier told reporters that his government would give no further consideration to the possibility of single member constituencies. “Why should we?” he asked.

Why am I not surprised? Now, if the boot was on the other foot what would he had said, then?