De Tangled Webs We Weave

DIS WEEK AH feel proud of de stand taken by de Par-liar-mint-tree Awe-position, to abstain, to withhold support “at dis stage,” foh de Prymini-star’s “1975 Men’s West Indies World Cup Cricket Team Citizenship Bill, 2025”, ah Bill offering Vincentian Citizenship to the surviving members of the West Indies Cricket team that won the 1975 .One Day International World Cup. Hats Off to Dr Fry-dey Cricket captain/batsman along wid stroke players Hon Seeing Clear Lay-cock and Hon Fits Bramble, who were at de top of dey game, square-cutting, back-driving, straight- driving, hooking de wide balls.

Certainly Cricket legends Clive Lloyd, Haynes and Greenidge all to be honoured, would have been proud of de calibre of de stokes played by these honourable and decent gentlemen. After all cricket is ah gentleman’s game, not foh players who cheat, tampers wid de books sorry- de balls, allow only demselves to operate de score board.

But Fry-dey, Lay-cock and Bramble are experienced, academically qualified pullit- tek-all sportsmen, who by now know ah thing ah two bout de ungentleman bat’n’ball style of Captain Gone Soft style. He wants to win de toss, bat first never out, bowl thru-out de innings.

But den on ah straightt- de-point playoff, dem fellars did not hesitate to expose de petty politicks dat triggered dis I-dare to honour worthy Carry-Beyond Sportsmen. Sir Walter Scott quote-aye-shun is alive and well: “oh what tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” Is de same way dey did it, or tried to do it wid de 2009 Riff-around-dem:Bill, wrapping de good, bad and de evil in one package. Unfortunately dat got rejected by de people. Now dis time around is de same ole trick in ah different package, meking monkey of us. Dis year ‘Man-see-pay-shun will be bigger and better, wid Cricket Festive-ayshun! And de Pry-mini-star will do his Big Belly Dance.

Dey were too hurry hurry and no real planning. If only someone had been delegated to do ah bit ah research, dey would ah found out dat dis whole exercise is ah duplicay-shun or repeat.

We Re- honouring de 1975 Cricket Legends, (de men were already honoured by CWI earlier dis year).

Typical ‘’one man show” dey ignore CWI because it’s headed by Dr Kiss-sure Shallow, Ralphs’s ne-misses and Lickle Black Boy.

And above all dey “blanked de Awe-position.”

Hip-poc-we see has two feces oops, faces in truth.

When Hon Arn-in Use -task announced he was willing to offer our visiting Garifuna brothers and sisters, Vin-cent-shun Citizenship/ Passport, de same man who is today passing Bill in Par-liar-mint to give (worthy and deserving) Vincentian Citizenship) to our Cricket Legends, was totally opposed to giving Passport to descendants of our original Garifuna ancestors, who were banished from SVG dey homeland.

Talk bout double standard, or is no standards at all!

Lie-za is challenging me dat while listening de de-bait on Mon-day evening dat went way past midnight. she observed dat after Min-Callous- James completed his con-trabrew-shun to de Citizenship to de Legends Bill, he returned to de podium, obtained permission of de Speaker of de House, to tell members of e Awe-position dat he has dey letters of invitation to de opening of de Cricket Festival on Thursday.

“ I will have your invitations delivered to you” he said. Oh what disrespect.

Oh what Tangled Web We Weave. And wid dat is gone ah gone again.

One Love Bassy.

• Bassy Alexander is a land surveyor, folklorist and social commentator.