That is what we have heard but not yet confirmed.
Does this means the end of the rd for these guys ?
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Shaw and Barlett left out of new shadow cabinet ?
Posted on November 12, 2013 by jay
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I would think so if as you said you have no confidence in the leadership then it is obvious that Andrew would have lost confidence in them.Its simple folks the Shaw camp gambled and lost they threw in all their cards on the table and lost the hand
Now hear Shaw was offered a position but refused until two main issues were resolved.
Tufton too bright ???
The way Holness and company are behaving you would think they won the general election. I am pleased to see the large number of youths in his shadow cabinet (=sarcasm).
Jay, since you are an insider, please calculate the average age of the Holness Shadow Cabinet for us – leave Holness out as that would distort the dataset.
The bloodbath is just beginning – they really have it in for Tufton and Vaz.
Mich you are so bad.
Lots of very young folks are certainly in the shadow cabinet, so now let’s the transformation begins.
These are the same young folks who were there when the JLP spent 18 yrs in the wilderness.
Winner takes all. Democracy is good, but one also have to prepare for the consequences
I hate to say I told you so. I did predict that Shaw would lose and leave politics altogether and migrate eventually to the USA/Florida. His fate was sealed sometime ago when the three Shawdow Ministers (Tufton, Shaw and Mair) were excluded from that meeting in Portmore. Talk about bring the party together…. I thought they said PSM has no sense. Now in addition to fighting the PNP, you have over 40% of your base that are carrying bad blood. I guess my brethen can now takeover Shaw’s Constituency with ease, leaving the discombobulated JLP in total chaos and another seat for the PNP.
I told you many times Jay, the JLP is oversubscribed with ediots and the this internal election only brought that fact to the forefront.
you sound ecstatic
Portia has no sense test, the woman is just popular and this is what makes Holness looks so stupid, because he is not seen as an alternative to Portia. If you believe that the jlp is the party of idiots that is your view, but the other party has not done anything to turn Jamaica into a real country. Test, I have some ideas that can turn this country around, but I am no longer interested in serving Jamaicans, unlike you I have given up
Test, I have realized that Jamaica will never become what it should be
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It’s about reform not jobs
THE EDITOR, SIR:
The Bank of Jamaica’s latest economic report has indicated Jamaica’s fifth quarter of contraction and based on Statin’s research unemployment is now hoovering at 16.3%. Hence there is renewed focus on creating jobs and growth, but insufficient attention is being paid to structural reforms. The government is expected to create an environment which is conducive to investment, while private sector employers create jobs when there is an incentive to do, in order to create sustainable jobs and long term growth, structural reform must be a priority. Furthermore, the view that emergency job programmes are good because they provide individuals with short term employment thereby boosting consumer spending which drives growth is fallacious, since it is investment in capital equipment and research which drive growth not consumer spending. According to a recent study by St.Louis Fed, “a higher saving rate could mean less consumption, but it could also result in more capital investment and, ultimately, a higher rate of growth’ In a intriguing article titled, “Consumer spending doesn’t drive the economy investment does,’ economist Mark Skousen explain this concept, ” When people save more interest rates fall and business can afford to replace their old equipment with new tools, spend more on research and development, or develop new production processes. So while consumer spending stays low business spending can pick up the slack”. Even if Jamaica’s economic profile could attract a stimulus, very little would be achieved if reforms are avoided, Japan is a perfect example of this. Japan has received more than ten stimulus packages but the economy has not been rejuvenated, due to the absence of structural reforms. For example, employers in the private sector can only fire workers when they are going out of business. This situation has prevent employers from hiring new workers and raising wages, productivity has also declined in the long term because the private sector is forced to retain inefficient employees. Although agriculture in Japan is heavily subsidized and the price of rice is supported by an 800% tariff, the sector is still uncompetitive. Jamaicans who believe in banning imported products or placing tariffs on them, could learn from Japan. It is an exercise in futility to speak about creating jobs and growth, without mentioning the need to reform the economy. Any country that is serious about courting foreign investors, will have a proper Insolvency Act, New Zealand ranks number one on the World Bank’s Doing Business Report in terms of investor protection, Jamaican ranks 82, obviously the former will be more conducive to investment. There is also talk in some quarters about innovation, but innovation and entrepreneurship can only flourish when strong Intellectual Property Laws exists and these laws are outdated in Jamaica. Robust growth only occurs in an economy when the foundation for it exists and the present administration has shown no commitment to reform. Everyone seems to be interested in growing the economy without reforming it and if we continue on this path we should expect things to get worse and not better.
Lipton Matthews