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Unstable! Malone concerned over UK fracas, possible interim gov’t

Former Minister of Health & Social Development Carvin Malone.

Territorial At-Large Representative Carvin Malone has expressed concern at recent political events in the United Kingdom (UK) and how they might affect things in the BVI.

Dozens of ministers, aides and other political allies of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned yesterday, with calls for his resignation continuing to grow as the day progressed.

But Johnson ultimately agreed to resign as Tory party leader earlier today after the deluge of resignations continued. However, he will only step down as Prime Minister after autumn, later this year.

While appearing on the Big Story with Cathy Richards, Malone indicated that he felt concerned because of the order in council for the BVI that Governor John Rankin said was being held in reserve in the UK parliament.

The order in council will be the mechanism used to allow the UK, at any given time, to partially and temporarily suspend the BVI’s constitution and allow Governor John Rankin to take over the reins of leadership of the territory. However, this would only happen in the event that the BVI is not in compliance with deadlines in its framework agreement with the UK for reforms arising from the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report.

“It is concerning to me and I would say outright that I do not support any installation of interim governments or interim administration to run the affairs of the UK,“ Malone stated.

Malone said the people of the UK can handle their own affairs and argued that the people of the BVI should not interfere in the affairs of the United Kingdom.

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When asked how the BVI could be affected by events in the UK, Malone expressed that if the UK government were to fall, it would be unclear who would then head up the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, which has oversight of the UK overseas territories.

Malone also stated that there would be new ministers appointed to administer the overseas territories, with the Virgin Islands being in the middle of everything.

He further argued that the BVI will only then be left with civil servants to turn to in the interim, if there were issues that needed to be addressed.

“We need to be able to have a steady and stable UK government in order for us to see us through this particular period,” Malone argued.

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  1. Stups says:

    Boi, go sit and eat popcorn. For a grown man, you acted very childish.

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    • @Stups says:

      He is not acting, this s**t is based on a true story!!

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      • To @stups says:

        Moomoo I’m making a general statement. He always acted like a spoiled child on his Facebook page when others had their downfall.

    • Rubber Duck says:

      No one in the UK , except the few whose job it is, gives a rats a** about the BVI.

      99% of the population dont know where it is.

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    • Bubba says:

      There’s no fracas. The uk prime minister is unchanged until October. This is stable democracy in action with people being held to account. We could learn from this.

  2. BuzzBvi says:

    No. We need to get rid of the old way of thinking you are stuck with and move on from corruption and looking after yourselves and start doing good for all of the VI.

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  3. Truth be told says:

    At least their premier is not a known cocaine king pin trying to sell our island to the south Americans..

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  4. good thing says:

    UK having their own problems over there…Them ain’t got time to deal with us which means that the governor is here acting alone

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    • @Good Thing says:

      The Governor is her Majesty the Queens representative, you really foolish to think he is acting on his own!

  5. The TRUTH says:

    Yall not reporting your boy Boris is outta here lol

  6. Listen duckm●uth says:

    You yourself is unstable.

  7. THE says:

    ra**st ranking and collins must go!

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  8. Be ye gone says:

    Was expecting l**ng video Rankin to resign by lunch time

    • Legs woes says:

      Girl go sit down and pay up dat bill…from hitting up BVI news….your wig resigned now go Hazem’s with D6 and find some new modern helmets!

      • To legs woes says:

        Your comment really gave me a laugh. Do you know the person who made the comment??? I’m still laughing

  9. Double Standard says:

    “It is concerning to me and I would say outright that I do not support any installation of interim governments or interim administration to run the affairs of the UK,“ Malone stated. Yet it is perfectly OK for the BVI to have the unelected Unity Party in control until 2023?!

  10. Here is an opinion says:

    By convention, a British prime minister remains prime minister until the government loses a vote of confidence in the House of Commons, s/he is unable to form a government after a general election — or s/he resigns.

    If the government loses a confidence vote, either the whole government resigns or The Queen dissolves Parliament in favour of fresh elections.

    It is the prime minister who decides which.

    But my guess is that, upon losing any vote of confidence, Boris would try his luck with fresh elections rather than tender the government’s resignation.

    This is why the Tories would still vote in favour in any formal confidence vote.

    NB even if the Tories choose a new leader in the Autumn, Boris is under no constitutional pressure to resign as prime minister!

  11. Resident says:

    THE UK NEED TO COME AND TAKE OVER FOR A WHILE CAUSE ITS OBVIOUS THE BVI GOVERNMENT CANT HANDLE THE MATTERS OF THE COUNTRY

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  12. Hahaha says:

    ROFL! This is priceless 🙂

    Malone should be in comedy, he is better at being funny than a minister.

    What does he think is happening in the UK?!?!?!

    LITERALLY NOBODY is thinking about BVI right now, not even those whose job it is…no constitution is getting suspended any time soon

  13. Hah says:

    The Queen, the Governor, the Premier, the ministers and the janitor are human just like the rest of us and aren’t immune to death’s cold touch. They wont sit on their thrones forever.

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