Comments on: Why the Faroe Island elections matter http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-the-faroe-island-elections-matter-1982.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Pack http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-the-faroe-island-elections-matter-1982.html#comment-38306 Mark Pack Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:53:17 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-the-faroe-island-elections-matter-1982.html#comment-38306 The opposition won in Barbados: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7191375.stm The opposition won in Barbados:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7191375.stm

]]> By: Jo Christie-Smith http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-the-faroe-island-elections-matter-1982.html#comment-38117 Jo Christie-Smith Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:11:41 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-the-faroe-island-elections-matter-1982.html#comment-38117 I was living in Barbados during their 1999 General election. I was a project manager for an international bank, delivering my first major project, with some really tight timelines heading into implementation. I do not have fond memories of the election(Grrr)! First thing, everybody in Barbados gets the day off on polling day, even those not able to vote; clearly, it would be too much to expect a Bajan to wander up the hill to their polling station and go to work on an island that only take a couple of hours in a car to circum-navigate on the same day. Needless to say, nobody had mentioned this to me and one valuable project day was lost to politics.... Secondly, in the run up to the election one of the two parties (I don't remember which)pledged that if elected that they would make the day after polling day a one off national holiday. Clearly, this pledge was going to have so much effect on the result that the other party had to match it! So, the good people of Barbados had secured another day off whoever won. Cue rookie project manager with steam coming out of her ears! I was living in Barbados during their 1999 General election. I was a project manager for an international bank, delivering my first major project, with some really tight timelines heading into implementation. I do not have fond memories of the election(Grrr)!

First thing, everybody in Barbados gets the day off on polling day, even those not able to vote; clearly, it would be too much to expect a Bajan to wander up the hill to their polling station and go to work on an island that only take a couple of hours in a car to circum-navigate on the same day.

Needless to say, nobody had mentioned this to me and one valuable project day was lost to politics….

Secondly, in the run up to the election one of the two parties (I don’t remember which)pledged that if elected that they would make the day after polling day a one off national holiday.

Clearly, this pledge was going to have so much effect on the result that the other party had to match it! So, the good people of Barbados had secured another day off whoever won.

Cue rookie project manager with steam coming out of her ears!

]]> By: Mark Pack http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-the-faroe-island-elections-matter-1982.html#comment-38103 Mark Pack Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:20:13 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-the-faroe-island-elections-matter-1982.html#comment-38103 Oh the shame of it! You are quite right of course - PM bidding for fourth term of power versus opposition saying "it's time for a change" does sound rather familiar to UK ears... It's a tough one to call as the opposition appear more popular, though their leader isn't as personally popular as the Prime Minister. Oh the shame of it! You are quite right of course – PM bidding for fourth term of power versus opposition saying “it’s time for a change” does sound rather familiar to UK ears… It’s a tough one to call as the opposition appear more popular, though their leader isn’t as personally popular as the Prime Minister.

]]> By: DM Andy http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-the-faroe-island-elections-matter-1982.html#comment-38095 DM Andy Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:11:42 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/why-the-faroe-island-elections-matter-1982.html#comment-38095 What about the Barbados parliamentary elections on Tuesday? Looks pretty close between the ruling Barbados Labour Party and the opposition Democratic Labour Party. What about the Barbados parliamentary elections on Tuesday? Looks pretty close between the ruling Barbados Labour Party and the opposition Democratic Labour Party.

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