Comment by: Anonymous
The British are saying two different things to us. They say they want us to be independent but aim to dash that dream by the new constitution that will give them more power than they have seen in 40 years in Turks and Caicos. They want to hold onto us and abuse us at the same time. Then you hear how much they would like to "unload" us but their actions say that they don't want to lose us. It is quite frightening to consider what they really want with us.
What the British have done to Turks and Caicos are the words and actions of brutal colonial masters. Yes, in 2011 it's time to open the debate again on the morality of colonialism. It is barbaric. Then again it is completely frustrating to have to reclose the door on colonialism in this day and age. It is the most basic right for a country of separate culture and people to have self determination, yet Turks and Caicos has regressed back to colonial days, nay ... back to slavery. We have lost our freedom, our treasury is now controlled by the UK and we are governed by (literally) a colonial dictator by the name of Gordon Wetherell. We will have to resign ourselves to the unfortunate reality that we will not get a straight answer and will need to forge ahead in the dark and hope for a light at the end of the tunnel.
(For information about the British presence in Turks and Caicos and constitution debate: http://www.fptci.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2527:public-rejects-reforms-proposed-by-advisors&catid=18:local&Itemid=26 )
