“A chattel house on a prime piece of real estate.” That’s how the top brass of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) are describing Cynthia Forde’s current occupation of St Thomas. We understand that the property has been valued by a newly formed company called Forde’s Realtor and has a price tag of three million dollars.
Where is all this going? A promise was made and an all-out effort is being made to keep it. Arthur’s method in party politics is no different from his method in administering the country’s affairs. Don’t forget that under the Arthur’s BLP, land was to fetch its highest economic value, and now parliamentary seats fall under his model of economic development.
Rawle Eastmond indicated he doesn’t mind being a sacrificial lamb, but he is not the only one who will experience the venom of Arthur’s style of leadership.
The past week in politics in Barbados has opened the eyes of the public as to what Arthur’s Barbados Labour Politics is all about. We have seen the cracks in the BLP camp turn into gigantic divisions. The Arthur faction is fighting two others, the Payne and Mottley camps. These three divisions represent the three faces of the Opposition Barbados Labour Party. By the way, these guys have interpreted the term opposition in a very literal sense.
There can be no doubt Owen Arthur is in charge once again. He has promised to heal his Barbados Labour Party, and the healing will take place by a purging. It is clear that anyone who opposes Arthur will perish. Rawle faced such a fate and he perished.
Rawle Eastmond’s support for Mia Mottley two years ago came back to haunt him. He has been pushed out of public life through public humiliation. The political venom of Arthur’s BLP went in a new direction in the last week. We saw that opposing Arthur is more perilous than opposing the Barbados Labour Party.
We have already been informed the venom will be extended to Cynthia Forde and later Mia Mottley. Of course, Mia’s fate will be a lot more terrible. She has been targeted for expulsion. Ask the Georges? The support of Cynthia Forde for Mia Mottley brought her under the microscope. Arthur wasted no time in meeting with the management team of the St Thomas branch in her absence. Of course, the substance of the meeting will be soon made public. We are predicting that Cynthia Forde will be attacked on the basis of her outspoken anti-Owen slant. Arthur is not the type to be disrespected publicly.
It was rumoured for some time that Owen had his eye on the seat for Clyde Mascoll. However, Cynthia Forde was playing hard to get, and how she has slipped. Owen is on mission to reassert his one-upmanship. The political reality on the other side is that Owen Arthur’s return to the post of Opposition Leader has caused great unrest in the BLP.
The public has witnessed the crass political agenda of Arthur’s BLP. The charge by Rawle Eastmond of voter padding must not be taken lightly. The events within the Barbados Labour Party should alert Barbadians as to the DNA of the Opposition. Our voting public must read what is clearly in the events. The ruthless nature of the blood sport taking place on the other side mirrors how this country was administered.
The rumours about Arthur’s sharp tongue as Prime Minister must now be taken into consideration. Arthur’s public utterances on matters consuming his party reflect how he treats persons who oppose him.
Barbadians, sit up and take note. Arthur’s Barbados Labour Party has no interest in representing people. They exist to occupy government at all costs, and we have to ensure as Dear Loving People that we keep them away from that office for which he yearns.
They have shown us what they are made of and we thank all voters for supporting the Democratic Labour Party by putting the Barbados Labour Party in Opposition. Now to the next stage – keeping them in Opposition.
• Douglas Leopold Phillips is a pseudonym for the Democratic Labour Party.
