I want my Brexit! Vanterpool, Willock want ties cut with UK
Fourth District Representative, Mark Vanterpool and former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Julian Willock have both called for the BVI to cut ties with the United Kingdom (UK) as the territory’s administering power.
Vanterpool, while speaking in the House of Assembly (HOA) recently, protested that the BVI was handed a bouquet with a bunch of recommendations in the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report recently, with the first of these being for a UK takeover.
He said while some things might not have been done in the right way in the past in the BVI, the territory has the ability to correct it and should be allowed to do so.
“Write the report, recommend, make a recommendation and let us correct it. Don’t tell me you have to come and correct it for us,” Vanterpool said.
“And then you want to tell us that we ought to have a constitutional review and you must have a decision on who will who going to serve on the constitutional review [committee]?
Vanterpool argued that the same conservative UK government that insisted that Europeans shouldn’t tell them what to do, were now insisting on telling the BVI government what it should do.
He called it hypocrisy for the UK to be doing this to the BVI and said it was unacceptable.
“Well, I want my Brexit. Y’all laughing about this [but] it’s no joke. I want my Brexit. Leave us alone,” Vanterpool argued.
Brexit is an abbreviation of two English words — ‘Britain’ and ‘exit’ — and refers to the withdrawal process of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Independence by 2029?
In the meantime, when asked in a recent interview where he saw the BVI‘s political future, the former Speaker Willock said: “The political future of the BVI is that we must be talking now about self-determination, whatever form that takes.”
“We must be saying now that by 2028, 2029, we must be free. That should be the goal,” he said.
According to Willock, being free in that context means the BVI would have its own independent institutions and have no governor or administrative power like the UK.
“The future of the BVI is we need our independence,“ Willock insisted while conceding that the BVI has some things to fix.
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Dear BVI news,
I am kindly asking that your news agency stop given these irrelevant knuckle heads so much air time.
There was a time when I had some respect for Mark Vanterpool. He seemed like a man who got things done.
But now alas all respect has gone.
His panic over having to reveal his interests says more than any criminal investigation ever could.
The best thing he could do is to resign and go back to private life.
It may not serve him but it will definitely serve us.
I never had an ounce of respect for Willock.
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Good idea; the BVI can be confident it will go from strength to strength as an independent country. You only have to read the CoI report and see where Fahie and Maynard are.
By by UK, hallo Haiti!
What happened to the billions of government revenue since the 1980s. Why is our infrastructure and public education so poor?
Of course they do.
No one to oversee their plunder of our money.
Lock them up.
Can we tar and feather these two and take them out to sea and set them adrift? That way we can cut ties with them in lieu of the UK. The UK is here to help. These two are here to help themselves.
They just want free reign to continue the same corruption without nobody to answer to. They like to call it ‘mistakes’ trying to not call it what it is it was blatant corruption. You all fighting to preserve blatant corruption not the BVI’s democracy. Is yall put us here where its clear that our leaders don’t have no integrity and UK got to dictate things to us. it’s extremely poor leadership is what have us here; that is a fact.
DESPERATION SEEMS TO BE SETTING IN , WE NOW HAVE THE NEW ( W – A TEAM ) WANNABE ARISTOCRATS , WITH ALL THEIR
BRAINS ? NONE OF THESE JOKERS WOULD OF HAD THE BALLS TO APPROACH ( LAVITY ) WITH THE SH*T THEY ARE SPEWING OUT TO THE PEOPLE NOW ? YOU ALL NEED TO UP BALO WITH PUMKIN
Mark Vanterpool said while some things might not have been done in the right way in the past in the BVI, the territory has the ability to correct it and should be allowed to do so. The territory haven’t corrected itself in the last 30 years now that the pressure is on you want to talk crap, everyday you show the UK that you are not going to change because you want the corruption to continue, you want to brake away from the UK because you cant have your way, its time to suck it up and come clean, none of you is better than the other.
2 island boyz
Mark Vanterpool said while some things might not have been done in the right way in the past in the BVI, the territory has the ability to correct it and should be allowed to do so. The territory haven’t corrected itself in the last 30 years now that the pressure is on you want to talk crap, everyday you show the UK that you are not going to change because you want the corruption to continue, you want to brake away from the UK because you cant have your way, its time to suck it up and come clean, none of you are better than the other.
What’s going on with the reduction of import duties to 5%??? The three month period expired last week. Did cabinet extend it? And the 50% off the duty for fuel??? CABINET, WHAT SAY YOU, WE HURTING OUT HERE!!!
Can we please do a Vexit for Vanterpool? Seem that he is very worried about anyone looking at his business..
These two are the real oppressors. The both of them want more latitude to continue to rape these islands.
Mark from Anguilla. Let him go there and ask for his Brexit.
NEITHER OF YOU 2 HYPOCRITES CAN EVEN WALK IN LAVITY STOUTT SHADOW AND H DIDN’T TALK ALL THIS DRAMA OF ( RACISM ,COLONIALISM INDEPENDENCE ETC , BUT YOU FORCE RIPE WANNABE ARISTOCRATS WHO THINK THEY HAVE THE MOST BRAINS ?
Mark is making noise because he’s afraid
he will be exposed.
Please send them to a UK prison so they can get rehabilitated
Question: Why is it that the people with a vested interest in the dirty, under-the-table, wink-wink, you-scratch-my-back and I’ll-scratch-yours, system of government we’ve put up with for years seem to be the ones SO VERY MUCH in favour of cutting ties with anyone that can call foul to their nefarious activities?
I am in agreement with you. It appears that Mark wasn’t aware that the UK’s relationship with the EU was one of strategic alliance not ownership. The UK owns the BVI, so the sooner those politicians understands this, the sooner we could move forward in a respectful and productive manner.
I am so disappointed with the foolishness in the HOA. Perhaps Mark should spend his energy begging for a new slate of credible individuals to come forward for the next election.
Ole ppl say higher monkey climb the more they ass expose,with that been said if you are not involved in any forms of corruption then you have nothing to worry about. The BVI is not an INDEPENDENT island yes “ISLAND” although some behave as if its not an ISLAND,the bvi is a COLONY of England, a colony with so many corruptions, an island that politicians are fighting to get independence,some of those same politicians are high up on the corruption scale,What are those same persons real intentions. Yes every island/country wanna be independence but I believe the question that people of the bvi gotta ask.
1) Are we really ready to be an independent nation.
2) can we stand on our own if cut off from England.
3)what will be the island new name.
4) what will become the country main currency.
5) will it become part caricom like, Antigua,st. Lucia,st.vincent etc.
One test:
How many proponents of BVI independence are willing to give up their US passports in favor of holding only a BVI passport?
The people of the BVI wants to to cut ties with Fourth District Representative, Mark Vanterpool and former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Julian Willock!!
Well of course you do, the tax payers sponsored gravy train has left buddy.
Look at these two men together Willock spend thousands and thousands of dollards to keep mark out of the house, now they want to play house together, watch your back Mark.
Inflation out here killing we and these man want to be ranting and raving about our relationship with the UK because they against any kind of progress that results in making it harder for the corruption to prevail.
You already got your Brexit. When the UK left the EU So did you. You seem not to understand that the VI is a territory of the UK. Why has anyone ever thought to vote for you.
We dont give a d**n what Willock wants. Who is he?
This dyed head man think that UK is afraid of him? Who does Mark think he is? This is the same man that said Governor Jaspert need to apologize for saying “members of the community reported to him, that senior government officials are involved in drug trafficking and organized crimes. Go and sit your dyed head somewhere. Get lost. Bring the referendum and see what happens. As for Willock, you are yesterday’s news.
Where is Government Official #1? Where is Government Official #2? Where is Government Official #3? What happened to the lady up Premier’s Office who sent out the Diplomatic Immunity paper? What about the implicated Police, Air Port and other Port workers inplicated?? Why is nothing at all happening in the BVI? Police, belonging to Rankin doing nothing? How many months have passed and all quiet?
Nothing ever changes in the BVI, the criminals control everything and get richer and richer and little people starve and can’t pay bills. Slavery is alive and well in the BV?I.
the government officials have our own black people prisoner.
They are both free to return their UK Passports and renounce their citizenship. I will be keeping mine please and thanks.
Two F@*k1ng I**ots. They need to go away
How many of those belongers with US passports file an annual tax return with US authorities, as required by Federal law?
plenty of them due to serve jail time.
Muck boy and the Blond Baboon, when you see the comments against you do you both realize how much the 2 of you are hated in the Territory. When you walk past people do you imagine to yourself the comments being made about you? The 2 of you can have all the money you stole but real people find wealth from the relationships they have with others. In that respect the 2 of you are the poorest people on island.
One leaving office in 2023 one getting in well sah poor we
All the money you st**l your running now, let the crack down begin…
Should Satan be allowed to correct sin? No, neither should those that have damaged the territory’s image be allowed to repair their damage. NB: they did what was in their heart and are not capable of doing good under their commander in chief, Name them, shame them and ban them from seeking or holding political office of any sort, and deny them government pension.
I wish I could give this comment 10 likes! Spot on.
As a senior representative, Mark’s statements and questions make no sense whatsoever. Something is not right here, and we gotz to know what it is.
U 4 get one word ( intelligent ) i**other / common sense does not appeal to those two, they think they are OMNIPOTENT , and will die believing so too ? , more power to them ?
Awww…they just upset….upset they cant help them selves to anything and everything anymore…might actually have to do a honest days work to earn a $$…imagine that…no wonder they want to be “left alone”…
When UK get through with y’all silly azz BVI as we know it will be history.
Never underestimate julian willock