{"id":274459,"date":"2026-04-28T11:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=274459"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:24:24","slug":"letter-the-upp-is-losing-heres-how-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-the-upp-is-losing-heres-how-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: The UPP is Losing. Here\u2019s How You Know."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United Progressive Party is holding their grand finale closing rally of the campaign in\u2026. All Saints East & St Luke. If you are on the road to victory, you do not hold your final rally of the campaign in what was previously considered your safest seat in the entire country.<\/p>

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If the UPP was on the road to victory, they would have already locked down All Saints East & St Luke and they would be holding their final rally not in their strongest seat, but in a seat currently controlled by the Antigua & Barbuda Labour Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re in opposition, you need to hold all your seats and pick up seats. You should be playing offense – not trying to defend your strongest seat. <\/p>

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Given this reality, voters in Antigua & Barbuda must ask themselves: if the UPP is headed for defeat, why should you vote for a UPP candidate? You do not want an MP who is sitting in opposition for the next five years – an MP who doesn\u2019t do anything and just constantly complains. You want an MP that you can hold accountable and who can deliver for you because they are in government.<\/p>

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The UPP is losing. Ask yourself if you want to be on that losing team? And, if you\u2019re in All Saints East & St Luke, St Philip South, St. Mary\u2019s South or any constituency across the country, ask yourself, do you want a do nothing, complain a lot opposition MP?<\/p>\n

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