By:FAIR SHARE FOR ALL

With the novelty of the traffic lights long worn off to the extent that some drivers completely forget that they are there and drive through them and can’t recall whether they were red or green, Timothy has to call elections soon.

But before he can do so, he has to litter the town with numerous “COMING SOON” billboards of all the unfulfilled promises and all kinds of projects that they think will get the attention of the unsuspecting, capture the imagination of the naïve and basically, create quite a buzz.

You see, while most drivers do not have a problem with traffic lights, and while we were expected to get excited every time we stop at a red light, and then eagerly wait for them to turn green so that we can zoom off, these traffic lights in Basseterre, if taken seriously, could send up people’s stress levels.

Try forgetting to turn down Church Street to get to the main branch of the National Bank. I had to reach all the way up in Valu Mart parking lot to turn around. Next time I miss the turn at Church Street, I will just go to the branch at the airport.

So I got this text inviting me to PAM Headquarters this Sunday. It did not say what was the occasion. But it said to help PAM achieve real CHANGE for real PEOPLE.

Interesting.

I really thought that in unity, PAM had achieved real change for real people. A paradigm shift as was promised. Obviously, I was wrong.

But, I happen to know that they are having their convention. But, I was more than a little surprised to receive a text message from PAM, inviting me, a Labour elephant, to its convention.

If I never believed that PAM was weak, this was all the evidence I needed.

I can understand Timothy using social media to invite the whole world to his convention because he wants a crowd by any means necessary. And then he strategically posts some pictures of some attendees dressed in their orange to try to create some anxiety and confusion.

But I don’t expect that from PAM.

A fifty plus year old party. Having to use social media blasts to get a crowd.

PAM used to send out invitations, shaped like a hat, to their chosen members. PAM used to have their convention from morning and feed their members. Now the convention starting after lunch and they sending out texts to get people to come.

Timothy had sold his convention saying that “food can’t done” will be there. I hear that PAM don’t even serve snacks.

And they have four seats in the collusion. And they have to do like he who has one seat to get crowd.

No wonder the PAM supporters not pushing for Shawn to be prime minister. They know that he is not able.

MUDDOH!!

He with his four can’t manners Timothy with his one.

MUDDOH!!

No doubt Timothy will be most present at the convention. No doubt he will have glowing words for his loyal subject Shawn, who has given him nothing but “loyal support”.
No doubt Timothy will have nothing but commendations for a fifty plus year old political party in office that can’t feed its people.

He already chastised Shawn’s supporters for not showing their gratitude for their big political jobs. They were not even writing two paragraphs in praise of Shawn and they have such good “writemanship” skills.

Just from that utterance, everybody knows that he is firmly in Shawn’s corner.
And I can just hear Shawn.

He will promise, among other things, to keep PAM strong. He will let all, especially the PAM people know that PAM has the most seats in the collusion – a fact which seems to elude the PAM supporters far too often.

He will show how PAM has benefitted from the unity concoction. Thanks to Timothy.
He will not mention the missing funds. He will not mention the money solicited from the PAM deep pockets.

He will paint a rosy picture of co-operation and full disclosure among all in the government.
He will not say that he is not the preferred leader of the party.

He will not say that the old guard is benefitting too much to care about all the little PAM supporters who are bawling out.

But we in Labour know what is happening.

Many who wanted to see what was on the other side are coming back home to Labour. The REAL Labour Party. The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party.

And we have to welcome them back. All of them back. Don’t care what was said when they were leaving.