Letter to the Editor: Does the UPP Realize Every Vote Counts?
Dear Editor,
In a country as small as Antigua and Barbuda, every single vote holds tremendous weight. The outcome of the last general election proves this beyond a doubt—ABLP won by a mere six votes.
That’s not an insignificant figure. It’s a stark reminder that the political landscape in our nation can shift on the decisions of just a few.
In constituencies across the island, elections are often decided by a handful of votes. It’s common knowledge that when one person resigns or defects from a political party, they don’t leave alone.
Their entire household, perhaps extended family and close associates, often follow suit. This ripple effect can tip the scales in favor of another party, especially in our tightly contested constituencies.
So, one must ask: Does the United Progressive Party (UPP) truly realize the gravity of these losses?
When key members resign, they aren’t just a single voice walking out the door—they represent multiple votes, households, and influence that could determine the next election’s outcome. In such a closely divided electorate, every vote lost could be a seat lost.
The UPP cannot afford to treat these resignations lightly.
The leadership must be aware that the cracks within the party are far-reaching. It’s not just about keeping a core group happy; it’s about recognizing that unity and cohesion are essential to winning in a political environment where a few votes can decide the future of this nation.
If the UPP hopes to remain a contender in future elections, they must address these departures head-on and understand that every vote, every household, and every resignation matters.
Sincerely,
Ballot Counter
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10 SPANKING NEW CANDIDATES to be revealed tonight!!! Richard Lewis replacement included in the 10.
@ Ballot counter, of course every vote counts, and don’t you think that the majority of UPP voters know how close we came to kicking out Gaston Browne’s ABLP and his “hostages to fortune” members of cabinet?
I note with a keen interest that you overlooked in your letter to the editor, that how Gaston Browne was the main protagonist in trying to destabilise the UPP by poaching a few of their members, when he obviously realised the oppositions rise to prominence during – and after – the last General Election.
I’ve no idea why you would ignore such an important fact, and what Browne’s real end goal is; and that’s to hold on to power at any cost.
This continuing deflectionary focus on the oppositions so-called issues is getting rather TEDIOUS now, especially when you look closely into the dire straights of the suffering with the high cost of living for do many Antiguans, including poor housing, working conditions and poor wages that needs to be addressed immediately.
Browne and his myopic supporters must be laughing their heads off at our own IDIOSYNCRASIES.
Well the party has made it clear that it doesn’t want the “foreigners” vote. Heck it doesn’t even want a JAMAICAN WIFE for any of its candidates!!
Good thing Pringle not interested in any YARDEE
V for Vendetta you must be living in another. Tell Giselle and Pringle if them bad remove Lewis from the ticket. I am sure he will be one of the speakers tonight at the rally. Every vote counts but looks like UPP no know that so they can continue to cuss the people that resign. Everyone has influence and their family and circle of friends. As Joanne Massiah likes to say politics is about addition and not subtraction. The UPP will learn the hard way.
I don’t think you understand the type of person Gisele Isaac-Arrindell is. You must think she is some kinda pushover like serpent shoogy n Richard who have no balls!!
By will or by force Richard Lewis must leave upp!! She don’t like him. She don’t like his wife (nationality issues), she don’t trust him and SHE WILL SEE TO IT THAT MICHAEL JOSEPH BEATS HIS ASS!!!
As u can see, she and her minions already frustrate his branch Chairman to the point of resignation.
You must think is “tissue paper” Baldwin or “king lyadd” Lovell u dealing with.
This is a woman with the prowess to effect change in a very clever manner.
She is the heart and soul of UPP – not the MPs
@ brixtonian
Instead of attacking the writer because you don’t like anyone stating the obvious – that the UPP has put itself in trouble and is hemorrhaging – why don’t you discuss ways in which the party can heal itself and regain public standing. Blaming Gaston Browne is idiotic. Of course the ruling party will poach from the opposition. In what world is that sinister or new? Would the UPP not seek to bring over Labour members were it in government? The instability in the UPP has little to do with Gaston Browne, and more to do with the fact that the party elected a shitty candidate for leader and a highly despised candidate for Chairman after a less than transparent convention. Since then, your Chairman has divided the party more than anyone else. Get rid of her and the nonsense leader and your party may have a chance. Instead, you’re here trying to tell the writer that they should focus on Gaston Browne.
Yall sick with that damn retort. You sound just like her. Anything people say about the UPP, she retorts “Why are people focused on that when Gaston Browne….” Yall are dumb like a stack of cement blocks. Fartish people like yourself will never see that party in power.
That is gonna be the closest they come to winning for the next decade. The infighting is sickening and I for one am not interested. Leave Gaston where he be.
The ALP has more to worry about than UPP. The last election demonstrated that and the subsequent bi-election and Asot’ resignation.
Gaston’s administration is vulnerable and if one of his cabinet member should put principles above self enrichment his entire cabinet would collapse!!
In any political party, views will differ, and there will always be harbour sharks in waiting…opportunist will always seek alternatives, especially where they are being dangled a carrot.
I agree, UPP executives should focus on issues of significance by working towards removing Gaston and his corrupt cabinet out of government. I agree with my esteemed brother Brixtonian, responding to the actions of the turncoats are futile and time consuming. They are replaceable.
The good people of Antigua will never forget that ALP gassed us for conducting peaceful demonstrations, Gaston and his “tight” friend Olabanjo shamed our nation on a monumental level, by perpetuating slavery (human trafficking), the woeful destruction of our 90 year Argiculture nursery, mismanagement of the economy, undue hardship, cost of living, selling us out to the Chinese, crime has soared out of proportion, and the list goes on…
I take the view that UPP should engaged with the people of Antigua and Barbuda and tell the nation how under UPP their plan for recovering our country from going over the cliff edge.
Too much time and energy is being used responding to bad rubbish.
@Wake tf up Brixtonian: Best not was your time and energy on that lost cost. That individual puts the D in DELUSIONAL. He refuses to accept that the party he stuanchly supports have internal struggles and would rather cast the blame on Gaston Browne and ABLP. That individual and others on this news blog would throw anything to the wall to see what sticks before they admit that the leader of the party and his puppet master the chairwoman is who to blame for all the ruckus and chaos in the party. Some it’s best to leave that individual at the foot of the cross
@Brixtonian.i didn’t respond as I was traveling to Europe during the uploading of this article. I’m now settled. So I can reply to your comments with clarity
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Just so you know, the writer was addressing a crisis of UPP’s hemorrhaging from the top level down. I hate to inform you that none of the issues which confronts the UPP has anything to do with the ruling administration.
It is an ongoing turmoil within the four walls of the executive of the opposition.
There is a political imbalance perpetuated by the actions of the newly elected leadership, albeit unknowingly. (I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt)
Now that they’ve been made aware of it, some introspection needs to be done to pull the troops together to salvage what is remaining and build from there
If they choose to be stubborn by continuing to play the blame game and coming to the media as innocent victims, they will continue to experience a downward spiral of resignations and defections.
People are becoming bolder by the minute as they are prepared for the expected backlash they will receive in the aftermath.
They are willing to endure it all as they have now like-minded former members on whom to lean.
in the words of the VISIONARY GASTON A. BROWNE:
DEM FLAP, DEM FLAP, DEM FLAP DEM FLAP
DEM UPP BOYS DEM NAH READY YET!! #DEMFLAP!
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