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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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14 words
Do not . . . do not kill my punchline, Mr. Speaker ! [Laughter]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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29 words
Mr. Speaker , the point being that when you have more than one or two . . . more than two persons running a race, the pie gets split.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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31 words
The pie g ets split. Now I am going to follow the leader of my AME preacher , wife of the presiding elder, and I am going to school 'em today.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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99 words
Mr. Speaker, I sat down today, and I said, let me run through some numbers to just see, you know, if the yard stick that we got less than 50 per cent means that we are not legitimate. Does that same yard stick apply to others? So, I did some research and in the January election of 2025, here are …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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29 words
You want to look it up? I said 50 per cent of the vote. Look it up, Ben. Constituency 10, the MP got 39 per cent of the vote.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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5 words
[Constituency 10], 39 per cent
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, let me save this last statistic — [Inaudible interjections]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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—for somebody who shares some . . . I sure some h eritage with. The MP who sits in consistency 31, got 40 per cent of the vote. No one is saying that they are not legitimate because more people voted against them. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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124 words
A win is a win. Mr. Speaker , one of the things that we have to accept as a reality —we are a British colony. You know what that means? We have to follow whatever Britain tells us to do. If we pass laws today and the G overnor says, Nah, nah br ah, I ain't giving consent to this. …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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All right. So while we are on statistics, Mr. Speaker, let me look this up. AME people take note.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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55 words
In 2012, the OBA got 52 per cent . In 2017, they got 40 per cent. In 2020, they got 32 per cent. In 2025, they got 37 per cent. They cannot —that is the max that they are getting right now. They are trending down. Mr. Speaker , so for those who— [Inaudible interjections]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Those who, Mr. Speaker,—excuse me, Minister . . . you are messing my punchline. [Laughter]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Someone wrote on Facebook one day. Oh, it should have been a higher turnout. Right? That someone needs to reali se that if 240 28 March 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly there was a higher turnout in constituency 10, the PLP would have taken that seat. If there was a higher turnout in constituency 31, the PLP …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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21 words
How did I mislead you? You need to look up your statistics. This ain't the Senate. Look up your statistics. [Laughter]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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29 words
My point, Mr. Speaker, if you get higher turnout, the PLP would have 28 seats right now. So be careful what you ask for it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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196 words
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, and colleagues and people of Bermuda. Mr. Speaker, Devonshire has lost four persons in the last couple of weeks. At least four. I associate with Ms. Sandra Smith, she was one of the first people to say, Hey, I’m from St. George’s and I’m PLP proud. Also, Mr. Ronald DeSilva of Sousa Estate. He had his …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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27 words
Good evening, Mr. Speaker, colleagues, and most importantly the people of Bermuda. Mr. Speaker, I had to look up this word earlier because I — [Inaudible interjection]
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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6 words
Hold on, hold on. Relax. [Laughter]
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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14 words
With your indulgence, Mr. Speaker, I would like to look up— [Inaudible interjections ]
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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13 words
It’s your own fleas that bite you the hardest. [Laughter and crosstalk ]