Speeches by Christopher Famous, JP, MP

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, the word is “revisionist.” And I said, I know that word from somewhere, but I do not know the definition. So let me look it up because, you know, my Berkeley English ain’t that great. A revisionist is someone who examines and tries to change existing beliefs about how events hapB ermuda House of Assembly pened or what …

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, y ou know, it is fortuitous (that’s the word, fortuitous, right?) Happy Sabbath, Mr. Speaker. [Inaudible interjection]

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Berkeleyite. [Laughter and crosstalk]

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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It is fortuitous that this is March 2025. Does anyone remember where they were nine years ago?

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Does anyone remember where thousands of Bermudians of all ages were nine years ago? Hmm. People gav e up going to work . People took their children out of school. Grannies c ame away from watching “The Young and the Restless.” Why? Because they k new—n ot they felt, they knew—w hat was being proposed was a threat not only …

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Montserrat as well. Mr. Speaker, in Anguilla the Government was actually doing a lot of infrastructure work and so on and so forth. But they forgot the people. And they got wiped out. In the Turks and Caicos it was the reverse. They did so much for the people. But what did the people do? They re- elected them, Mr. …

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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September, sorry. Thank you, Honourable Member. Just before the bye-election. There was nothing in there about absentee ballots. So, if it was so important, why did it not have it in there at that time? They only raised it once. Okay. But the students raised it. That was the only time they raised it. Right? Any point of order? No? …

14 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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What is the difference?

14 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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I’ll swear on the Bible.

14 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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I, being a Member of this present Assembly, do swear by Almighty God to use and employ my best endeavour therein for the general good without any respect to private interest, gain or advantage, striving to discharge a good conscience in all equity and integrity during my continuance therein.

14 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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I have really got to read this?

14 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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I do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles III, His heirs and successors according to law so help me God. [Laughter]

14 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, I am. It is a moral dilemma. [Laughter and desk thumping]

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. I would like to first off with condolences to the Francis family on the passing of their matriarch, Ms. Gloria Francis of Newcastle Lane, which is just off of Hermitage Road. Ms. Francis was the mother of Wanda and Velda. Velda was a Francis; she married a Johnston. Also, Mr. Speaker, I want to give congratulations because …

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you. I did not get a chance to listen to them.

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. So, I just want to congratulate The Berkeley Institute and all Berkeleyites, once again showing that green and gold work together to beat everybody else. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker —

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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What, what? I need . . . I am going to start off with a degree of technical incest.

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, inside of this House at this very moment, there are four cousins. Well, four persons who are related to each other somehow or the other. One happens to be the MP for the area.

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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One happens to be the president of the company.