Jamaican Till I Die!

It is that time of the year again, Emancipation and Independence, known locally as “ EmanciPendence ”.  A time of Hyper-Merriment and Festivities!  This independence is different from previous. It is our 60 th  year of independence (Semi-Independence), our Diamond Jubilee. It is also that time of the year when Jamaicans start to ask the question, why are we celebrating and what are we celebrating? While playing the blame game, identifying who is responsibility for Jamaica not achieving its full potentials. The usual target of their wrath are the members of the Political Class, who really are just a subset of the people. If the politicians are useless, worthless and corrupt, then they came from useless, worthless and corrupt people. If they are suppose to represent the best if us, then "dawg nyam we suppa".  The problem with Jamaica, is that it is inhabited by greedy, selfish non-progressive Jamaicans who are of low quality and ungovernable. If the water in the well ...

This Global Britain/Empire 2.0 fantasy is undesirable and self-defeating. This history makes the goal of rediscovering Britain’s role as “a great, global trading nation” not only a shameful approach to international trade post-Brexit but also counterproductive. Why would former colonies embrace a Britain that not only refuses to atone for its colonial sins but worse still, envisions its future as “Empire 2.0”? Soon a white man will be King of the Black and Brown Commonwealth. Bending the Knee to King Charles? I would rather death! During the Brexit movement the British declared their intentions of creating an Empire 2.0 with the former Commonwealth countries. This simply says the British intends to once again to organize their ex-colonial countries into serving and support British interest at the expense of their very own interest. Before the British can start this Commonwealth reorganization process, they must first put in place, at various management levels of the Commonwealth people...