– 24 years not out today!!
One of my New Year’s prognostications about probable Granger Cabinet changes came through swiftly, (though we were “assured” such would not have occurred.)
Believe me then that I had wondered quietly why – or if – someone like Elisabeth Harper (who would be a Prime Minister) couldn’t be tapped for her expertise and institutional acumen at the APNU+AFC Foreign Affairs Ministry. Magnanimity – and need – made that happen too. Why was I, am I, feeling so good?
Well partly because of my decades-long regret that our Western-inherited brand of politics and “democracy” does not easily accommodate opposing minds, talents, abilities, brilliance to contribute to society’s overall governance and national development. So often, too often, there is no “loyal” productive opposition to contribute to nation-building.
Oh no, the political opposition is frequently
