Nicholas scores own goal with Warner attack

Trinidad and Tobago’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Gavin Nicholas, gave an unwelcomed reminder yesterday as to why ambassadors are better seen than heard. And only when those are the only two possible options.

Nicholas, the former People’s Partnership press secretary, told the Trinidad Express that Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner had formed his Independent Liberal Party (ILP) movement out of “avarice and spite.”

“The leader (Warner) couldn’t get control of the party so he formed his own in an effort to ‘mash up’ the UNC and gain control of its constituency,” said Nicholas, via an email. “There is no other underlying philosophy and it is most certainly not based on any super credibility, integrity or performance.”

Photo: Jack Warner successfully recycled himself to Chaguanas West with his new green ILP party.
Photo: Jack Warner successfully recycled himself to Chaguanas West with his new green ILP party.

What Nicholas did not say is why Warner’s less-than-humanitarian motives were any different to when Basdeo Panday withdrew from the NAR government to form the UNC in the first place or when Winston Dookeran pulled away from the UNC to form the COP.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar thought so highly of Nicholas’ service as press secretary that she felt Jamal Mohammed, who quite literally recorded his stupidity on the Hansard, was an upgrade as Communication Minister in her first Cabinet reshuffle.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder; and Mr Live Wire thinks Nicholas should work harder to gain our affections.

More from Wired868
Protesters push back against ‘little prick’; Live Wire alarmed as tension boils over at QPS

On the eve of the Government’s scheduled launch of its Public Sector and Public Service Vaccination programme, protesters, led by Read more

Live Wire: Why ‘Tanty Kamla’ would be the worst piñata player of all time

The UNC’s star at the 2020 General Election turned out to be Michelle Benjamin, a fresh-faced councillor from Moruga/Tableland who Read more

Live Wire chronicles: UNC backtracks from ‘blunderdrome’ as ho-hum campaign continues

Trinidadians, Lord Maestro once sang, ent really know what they want. It is a truism that never fails to repeat Read more

Party time! Live Wire talks to the god of politics—spoiler: it’s not Colm Imbert

(Scene: A sports bar in Tacarigua. It is nearing closing time. Mr Live Wire sips on his rum and coke Read more

Rowley: Gov’t must send right message; UNC: Opposition desperate to distract! Live Wire looks at Dillon dilemma

National Security Minister Edmund Dillon, unknown to Parliament or taxpayers, has been sneaking into the United States over the last Read more

Weather for leather! Live Wire examines ODPM disaster, a UNC land grab and Fatima’s, eh, “drama classes”

There is nothing like a downpour to offer fresh perspective in life. As flood waters rose in central and south Read more

About Mr. Live Wire

Mr. Live Wire is an avid news reader who translates media reports for persons who can handle the truth. And satire. Unlike Jack Nicholson, he rarely yells.

Check Also

Orin: The potential cost of UNC’s civil war

“[…] Ever since she ran in 2015 on a leader-centric election marketing campaign that sold …

2 comments

  1. Jeezanages! I hope I never get on your wrong side. That last line is enough to push the man over the edge if he has any kind of suicidal tendencies at all.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.