Maybe the Prime Minister is simply drunk on the Progressive Liberal Party’s “New Day” Kool-Aid—heavy on the sugar, light on the facts—but what we know for certain is this: Philip “Brave” Davis seems utterly incapable of admitting when he is wrong. If political bravery were measured by the ability to say, “Yes, I made a mistake,” then Davis might just be the most ironically named Prime Minister in Bahamian history.

The latest farce? The continuing circus over his contradictory statements about a supposed $135.4 million surplus for April 2025. In his May budget communication, Davis clearly said that preliminary data indicated April had closed with that whopping surplus. That is not political spin—that’s in the parliamentary record.

But here comes Act II. The Ministry of Finance’s own official “Monthly Fiscal Performance” report shows that April 2025 actually ran a $2.1 million deficit. Yes, deficit—two million down, not one hundred thirty-five million up. You do not need a finance degree to spot the gap in those numbers; you just need basic subtraction skills and perhaps the ability to keep a straight face while doing them.

When confronted in the House of Assembly, Davis did not just dodge—he outright denied saying what he literally said. He accused the opposition of parroting false media reports, despite the fact that the “false” report matched his exact May statement. Former PM Hubert Minnis, armed with the Ministry’s own numbers, pressed him on the glaring difference. Davis’s response? Dig in deeper and argue the facts were wrong, not him.

And because in the PLP playbook offense is the best defence, he took the opportunity to attack Nassau Guardian Executive Editor Candia Dames, accusing her of political bias and false reporting. This was not a dignified rebuttal—it was the political equivalent of throwing sand in the referee’s eyes and hoping no one saw the replay.

The truth here is uncomfortable for the New Day PLP government. Admitting this was a mistake would mean conceding that either:

The Prime Minister and Minister of Finance were grossly incompetent in handling fiscal projections, or

They deliberately misled the Bahamian people for political optics.

Neither option fits nicely into the “New Day” narrative, so instead, they choose the well-worn path of denial, deflection, and attacking anyone who points out the obvious.

It is remarkable—tragic, even—how every PLP Cabinet member and diehard supporter seems incapable of uttering the words, “Yes, the PM got this one wrong.” The loyalty is so blind that the party could tell them the sun rises in the west and they would start repainting the compass.

This is not leadership—it’s theatre. And not the Shakespearean kind; this is more like a bad school play where the lead actor forgets his lines but insists that everyone else in the audience must have misheard.

So yes, Mr. Prime Minister, we heard you in May. We also read your Ministry of Finance’s report. And we see clearly the dance you are doing now to avoid admitting the obvious. This time, there is no hapless Cabinet member to take the fall for your embarrassment, incompetence and ineptitude—though, if history is any guide, the Minister of Finance should probably start checking under the bus for tire marks.

A “New Day” government? More like the same old script: a surplus of spin, a deficit of courage.

The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) fails for one reason, it is their nature.

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