I think he should resign over this. Be graceful and go. Now how many other politicians are/should resign over their claims? I can think of a toilet stealing woman beating promoter in the house now. And that's one, how about all the others in house that have not done right by the code of conduct for someone in the house of assembly? Surely we will not have anyone in power if this lot did the right thing and step down.

I hope they replace him with a black man because black bahamians never forgive white bahamians for anything. I dont know why white bahamians even run in the first place. Its obvious that its a waste of time unless you run for the PLP then they dont bring up colour then. The minute a white man runs for the fnm or any other party they bring up colour and UBP.

**.....The Race Card Is Played-out. We're All In This Mess Together! .....**

It is just been recently revealed both the PLP and FNM secretly ***sold us ALL out*** to the UBP oligarchy for under the table kickbacks from mining of the countries natural resources.

Pindling, Ingraham and Christie are equally guilty of massive corruption, conspiracy and treason!

It counterproductive and a total nonstarter to live in the past. Color is irrelevant. These pirates embezzled and plundered from black, white and yellow Bahamians, pitting us against each other while they led by a handful of UBP families defrauded us of Billions of dollars.

**The Bahamas needs "every hand on deck" if we are to rescue our country from the UBP, PLP and FNM pirates!**

Lighbourn wrote his own political obituary at the FNM convention. He now has to pay the piper. It would be unwise for the FNM to give him the Montague nomination. He misrepresented the party by expressing his own, distorted point of view, and angered much of the populace, of all political persuasions. He probably would not be re-elected.

yea - the PLP don't even have to try to jack with the constituency boundaries in montague this year - if the FNM runs Lightbourne the FNM will lose montague for the first time in forever

Worthless Carl Bethel wants to run in Montagu, hence their pushing for Richard to stand aside.

Carl Bethel? Good Lord. Why do Bahamians who go into politics think of it as a life time career? Bethel needs to sit his azz down and keep Foulkes and Turnquest the younger (s)- home with him. It is incredible how these guys become so regular without the boost of a blue plate. Their wanting to reenter the arena has nothing to do with Bahamas and service to it and everything to do with fragile egos and a sense of self importance.

Comrade GreenTea, it's a political given that if say the DNA or any other political party were to show signs of having a shot a winning the government/official opposition in an General Election, the family likes of a Carl B , Dion Foulkes, Symonette, Tommy T, a Maynard, Lightbourne, etc, or their bloodlines, would soon beat their their paths over to join up with the DNA. Political opportunists at the highest Bahamalander order. Did I mention the direct descendants of the late, great Milo B?

Comrades! What happened to the night of the long knives cause without anyone's ever seeing even a short knife drawn, down and out of politics does goes Montagu's Richard as one of the ‘Coup of Six’ Red MPs who wrote to the party’s Central Council outlining what they perceived as Minnis's many weaknesses as a leader. That Coup also included the soon to depart from politics St Anne’s MP Hubert, North Eleuthera MP Theo, Long Island's MP Loretta, and Fort Charlotte's MP Dr Andre. But these six are some strange set politicians and all are deserving of their House seats being yanked from under each and every one them's Coup members.

"Tubes Be Tied" Lightbourn is from a family with a history in UBP/FNM politics that deserves the very worst that Bahamian voters of today can throw their way! We can hear Michael Lightbourn saying to Richard: "Didn't I tell you active politics in the FNM party is no place for a white man to be today, unless you happen to be an old planted useless agent of the PLP like Edison Key?!"

It is clearly time for some new ideas, these baby boomers are reaching their expiration date and it's time to clean the shelves of these old and tired political dinosaurs. Mr. Lightbourne please leave now while you still have some dignity.

FNM not gonna risk an easy win in Montagu with Lightbourn behind the reigns, they'll have to find someone else.
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Big LOL to the claim that FNM is seeking big business men to back them...after all the talk about "elites" you can't be serious.