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Editor: From time to time I had made reference in my weekly SEARCHLIGHT column of a certain Lord Hailes, appointed by the British colonial government to be the first, and only, Governor General of the West Indies Federation. I found it interesting to read the debate in the British House of Lords, May 21, 1957 and to share these extracts from Hansard, the official record of the UK Parliament, for …
In my last column, I took up an issue, seemingly buried but very much alive, in what may be another vain attempt in trying to get us collectively not just to look at pressing everyday problems but also to dig deeper and examine the constitutional and political constraints that we face in addressing these problems. I hope to continue the discussion in a follow-up next week. However I divert this …