Good effin grief PMs wife is the new Speaker in Jamaica

[malaise]

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230926/juliet-holness-elected-house-speaker

Juliet Holness has been elevated to the high seat of Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Acting leader of Government business Delroy Chuck nominated Holness for the job as parliamentary referee and it was seconded by Phillip Paulwell, the leader of Opposition business in the house.
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This is so wrong

[spooky3]

1. Oh my--you may have your own Trumps. Nt

[Judi Lynn]

2. Sounds like a wild group running the show at the top. They must feel nearly omnipotent.

Not so democratic!

I had to look up a photo of Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, whom she replaces. Unbelievable! Who on earth has ever even seen a $6,000,000 car? OMG! Where the heck would you even drive it? Definitely not up into the mountains nor down to the beach!

So hard to grasp!

How long before anyone could predict a revolution?

The oligarchs are definitely keeping a tight grip on the reigns of power.

[erronis]

3. "Jamaica was never afraid to stand on the side of justice - silence on Gaza shames us"

Malaise - I just wanted to tag this article on to your post - came across it this morning.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/commentisfree/2023/nov/01/jamaica-was-never-afraid-to-stand-on-the-side-of-justice-silence-on-gaza-shames-us

For Jamaicans, the absence of the country’s representative at last week’s UN general assembly vote on a call for a “humanitarian truce” in the Israel-Hamas war was more than just an embarrassing political effort to “walk between raindrops”, as one government critic put it. It was shameful.

In the annals of international diplomatic history, Jamaica’s decision on apartheid in July 1959 was a pivotal moment.

Prior to this, the world had witnessed India’s efforts at the UN to condemn South Africa for its racist treatment of Indians in 1946-47, before the country descended into the era of legally defined apartheid. But it was not until more than a decade later that Jamaica become the first nation to initiate sanctions against South Africa.

The response from the South African government was volcanic. They decried the move as a blatant intrusion into their sovereignty, urging the British colonial power to intervene and quash Jamaica’s audacity.

The South African authorities were not merely angered; they were deeply apprehensive that Jamaica’s action might set in motion a ripple effect of sanctions imposed by other countries. Jamaica, a member of the West Indies Federation since 1958, had the potential to spark a political chain reaction across the British Caribbean.

I hadn't realized Jamaica's brave stand long ago. Learning something new every day.

[malaise]

4. The entire country has condemned these

Assholes. These are the remnants of the Seaga/Reagan RW agenda.

I posted about it earlier in the week. The conspiracy theorists among us are blaming the earthquake on their selling out of our respected positions on matters foreign policy and oppression.