{"id":115389,"date":"2020-08-18T12:50:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T16:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=115389"},"modified":"2020-08-18T12:50:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T16:50:03","slug":"sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Lester livid about Sean Bird joining UPP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The following statement was made by Sir Lester Bird who called in on Sly J\u2019s radio show on ZDK Radio:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

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\u201cI dissociate myself entirely from what Sean Bird has done and is doing and I will be writing a formal letter to the Board to make sure that he cannot remain in the running of\u00a0ZDK<\/strong>\u00a0and being part of the other side<\/em><\/p>\n

That is something that we\u2019re gonna do something about. Ivor may have a problem as his father but I don\u2019t give a shit about that \u2014 excuse the French.<\/em><\/p>

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I want to dissociate myself entirely from it. I am not playing any games. I am serious.<\/em><\/p>

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After I put in 40 something years into it how am I going to turn around now and allow [Sean Bird] that he is going to destroy the Bird name? No, no, no, no. no.<\/em><\/p>\n

I know what was said about Tanny Rose and so on, but Tanny Rose is a true Labour Party person and anytime Sean decides to get into a fight with him, I am supporting Tanny Rose. You understand what I\u2019m saying to you Sly J?<\/em><\/p>

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I want this thing to go around this country and make it very, very clear. And that\u2019s my daughter\u2019s position \u2026 that is everybody in my family\u2019s position.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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In early July it was announced that Sean Bird, grandson of Father of the Nation, Vere Cornwall Bird Sr, will be the next candidate for the St. John\u2019s Rural East Constituency on the UPP ticket. Bird won the primary overwhelmingly against Vincent \u2018Vere\u2019 Cornelius. Bird beat Cornelius by 31 to 10 votes. Forty-one people voted in the primary. \u201cBird has been a member of the UPP for some time now and he meets all our requirements for selection as a candidate,\u201d\u00a0 UPP General Secretary Shawn Nicholas said. Bird will come up against his cousin, Maria Bird-Browne in the next General Elections.<\/p>

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The following statement was made by Sir Lester Bird who called in on Sly J\u2019s radio show on ZDK Radio: \u201cI dissociate myself entirely from what Sean Bird has done and is doing and I will be writing a formal letter to the Board to make sure that he cannot remain in the running of\u00a0ZDK\u00a0and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nSir Lester livid about Sean Bird joining UPP - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sir Lester livid about Sean Bird joining UPP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following statement was made by Sir Lester Bird who called in on Sly J\u2019s radio show on ZDK Radio: \u201cI dissociate myself entirely from what Sean Bird has done and is doing and I will be writing a formal letter to the Board to make sure that he cannot remain in the running of\u00a0ZDK\u00a0and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-18T16:50:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sir-LesterBird.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"914\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"514\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Sir Lester livid about Sean Bird joining UPP\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-18T16:50:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-18T16:50:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/\"},\"wordCount\":329,\"commentCount\":37,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:914\/h:514\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sir-LesterBird.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sir-lester-livid-about-sean-bird-joining-upp\/\",\"name\":\"Sir Lester livid about Sean Bird joining UPP - 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