FNM: Carl Bethel
Call it Seabreeze if you want, but this is really the same Holy Cross seat that was created in 1982. The FNM came within 10 votes of winning it then and came close again in ’87 before winning it twice in the nineties and then losing it in ’02. That makes this seat a true bellweather; no one has won the government without winning this seat and my prediction is whoever takes this seat takes the government.
So who will win? The FNM has one advantage here; the PLP MP, Mr. Sidney Collie, is not running again. He was the only PLP MP not to secure a nomination – I’ve no need to list all his problems – so they have had to bring in Ms. Strachan. Whereas the FNM has their two-term MP Mr. Bethel up to regain the seat. That’s a small advantage and it may be critical in this very important seat.
Ranking: TOSS UP (ADVANTAGE FNM)
1 comment:
Victor, it's Sidney Stubbs, not Sidney Collie, who was the PLP MP for this area and who's not running again. I know that you know who Sidney Collie is!
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