Speeches by Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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And until M embers on that side appreciate that we are elected based on trust. Not trust in people believing in what they are trying to resell and repackage and get consultants to put in a fancy way. It is based on people. Ordinary people on Slip Road, ordinary people on Hog Bay Level, ordinary people on . . . …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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No, no. Field View Lane. All right? Field View Lane. [Laughter]

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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I didn’t know there was a Field View Lane. I said to a M ember from Pembroke, I said, Where is Field View Lane? He said, You are walking in my constituency. I said , Where is the view of the field? He said , That is because you are not a pond dog. [Laughter]

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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But I can tell you where White Hill Field is . And I can tell him where the field is that cricket is going to be won [on] this year by St . George’s Cricket Club is on. Wellington Oval. [Laughter]

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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But I am here to say is that until . . . But I want to give kudos to the Shadow Minister responsible that speaks [for] Tourism. I saw a recent article that had some solutions listed. And I want to give credit to that. Because that is what I learned from the Member celebrating the very historic birthday. I …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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What you would like people to think. Yes, I remember somebody saying to me, You know , we need change. You know what change to them meant? Change meant people change in the way they view ed them. And they kept being the same. Bob Marley said, You can run away, you can run, you can run, you can run. …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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You cannot run from yourself. And yourself is a problem for this country. Because you are elected to be responsible. Bermuda House of Assembly You know someone told me when I was in Opposition, he said, Swan , you know , you can say anything because you have the luxury of being irresponsible. But that was not what I studied …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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And that is important. And that came on the heels of . . . Hey, look, I ran in 1983 and I ran in 1998 on the dual -seat constituencies. I think there are only one or two M embers still around who may have done that. Maybe, one, two, three.

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Who ran on the dual -seat constituencies in the 1980s and 1990s and up until 1998. And that did not work in favour of the wider population. Because you had persons who came here . . . and back then in the 1970s , if you came from certain countries, particularly the United Kingdom, you could be on the electoral …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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I was trained in a profession whose hallmark is fairness. And this system remains unfair. We did not create it. And it benefits those who turn a blind eye. On my final few minutes, I want to go here again.

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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I cannot help it. [Inaudible interjections ]

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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You know, in 1993, Mr. Speaker, you were in the House at that particular time. I think the Honourable Member Furbert was in the House at that particular time as well. We had an 1194 27 June 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly exodus of the United States’ military forces. Sam Donaldson’s expos é caused the US bases …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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And let me say that. Those persons — [Inaudible interjection]

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Those persons took those hotels and made them condominiums. [Crosstalk and desk thumping]

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Now he’s . . . Yes, yes, yes, yes! You . . . You . . . You just talk long enough, and you have been . . . Those hotels went into the private sector. What I am saying is this. I did not expect . . . And thankfully, we see Elbow Beach being sold in the future. …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Here and now, we have an opportunity to increase the population. How? Visit . . . a population in Bermuda can stay in hotels that are undersold between November 1 and May. Someone join the chorus and convince people that we need to move our focus towards getting more business here in the winter. You know, last year when I …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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I am going to close my few minutes with this, that in the spirit of solutions that a young Member came with and in the spirit of a speech of which Honourable Member Simmons spoke of and articulated that another Member had spoken to, I would urge the Opposition to look for solutions right across the board. Stop looking at …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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That is what was done. The PLP were blamed for the global . . . The PLP was the reason why XL went down, shares went down to two, why AIG changed their name to Chartis, while Madoff and Stanford tore the hearts out of persons who put their hard- earned insurance money into gas tubes to be collected by …

27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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I will deal with that comment on another day when it is appropriate, but I know from whence I came. And I know a little bit from whence he came, too. So be careful what you ask for. You just might get it. Thank you.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, and good morning, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, question: There has been some recent commentary about changes to customs duty rates that do not apply to plumbers and electricians. Could the Premier provide some clarity on this matter?