> We now have the absurd position where Mrs Butler-Turner is the Opposition leader in the House, but outside of the House Dr Minnis is the leader of their party, the FNM. That certainly is not the spirit of the Westminster system of government. Mrs Butler-Turner should be the leader of both.

Well who caused the absurdity to be so? And if it is that she "should be" the leader of both, are you suggesting that there should be no Constitutional provision for a vote of no confidence against a parliamentary leader? Parliament is not governed by political parties. It is an institution unto itself in authority by convention.

> The election is right here, and I really hope these set know that they are fighting PLP machinery, with seemingly low voter registration mixed in for extra uncertainty. I'd love to see what's happening with the DNA base.

How are they fighting the PLP? Not together you mean? Loretta and the others are FNMs and have said they dont plan to leave and Bran is a DNA and said his Party is not dissolving and he is not moving. So they are two parties on the ballot. Well Loretta wont be running for the FNM obviously anymore so if she plans to run it will have to be as either an independent or she would have to join someone else's party. Either way, she is splitting the votes with the FNM, making the odds of a PLP victory higher.

The FNM and the DNA have no such coalition. The Constitutional Opposition is a not a party. It is all members that are not a part of the governing side, regardless of party or no party at all. The two parties have not formed a coalition. The Leader of Opposition simply chose a DNA member as one of her four picks for the senate. Loretta does not and cannot speak for the FNM organization as pertains to its forming bonds with other Parties. Only Minnis can do that

Hubert Minnis has got to be one of the most doltish men ever to enter Bahamian politics. So while his party is supposed to be fighting the PLP on the campaign battlefield next year, he wants to have his party tied up in tribunals for members who are not running on the FNM's ticket anyway and who will only be in Parliament for a short time left since Parliament must soon be dissolved. It goes to show that none of these FNMs have beating the PLP as their foremost goal. And Minnis is so outstandingly vacuous, he believes that he can waste time and precious party resources trying to get back at these MPs who got at him, and still win an election against the PLP.

I see why PLP Ministers have been celebrating since Wednesday's House sitting. They know that despite their treacherous and destructive term in office, the FNM is the gift that keeps on giving. Say what you will about the PLP, but they don't let anything get in the way of focusing on winning an election. That is why, though it should not happen, they are likely to do just that a short time from now.

> but conveniently forget that Minnis was elected leader at a convention that was also a democratic process.

That is for Party leadership. That has nothing to do with Parliamentary leadership. Why is there such pervasive ignorance about this?

> Yeah like you eh hnhanna

Internet trolls are everywhere!

Why are you talking about their Party's leadership when this has nothing to do with a political party's leadership? This matter is about the Leader of Opposition, remember?

Hello Minnis

It would help if that younger person wasn't an American citizen and hence constitutionally ineligible to run until he is no longer an American citizen!

Key's issue was not in an insistence on running. It was on already being assured of the nomination by the party's leader and hence already working as such.

If PMH was the hospital they and their loved ones went to, everything would be in working order no matter the cost. But they attend doctors abroad, so to hell with the majority of the people who access public health.