The New Day government, the party that promised to bring civility, integrity, and respect back to politics. The same people who have spent the last two years warning Bahamians to brace for “nasty politics” while gleefully rolling around in it like it’s a political spa treatment.

Just this week, we were treated to the latest sermon on political cleanliness from none other than Minister of Housing and Urban Renewal, Keith Bell — a man who apparently believes that preaching against mudslinging is best done mid-sling.

At a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) men’s branch meeting, the “Honourable” Minister declared that the upcoming election will be “nasty.” Not “spirited,” not “competitive” — but “nasty.” And in the same breath, he proudly announced that he’s personally heading into the garbage can to dig up campaign material. Because nothing says “New Day” like political dumpster diving.

Bell boasted that he’ll rummage through the late Bradley Roberts’ garbage can for ammunition — apparently unaware of how poetic it is that a senior PLP minister is literally pledging to campaign from the trash heap.

But what makes this all the more ironic is that this is the same PLP leadership — from Brave Davis to Fred Mitchell — who have spent months chastising Bahamians about the dangers of “nasty politics.” They’ve wagged their fingers at critics, scolded journalists, and warned the opposition to take the high road, all while paving the low road with their own hypocrisy.

And when Keith Bell isn’t rummaging through garbage, he’s rewriting history — claiming that the Minnis administration “did nothing” for two years before Dorian and COVID-19. But let’s be honest: if the Minister wants to talk facts, the headlines from that period told a different story — “Outlook Improves – Moody’s: Bahamas Has Made Important Fiscal Progress,” “Hotels: We’ve Never Seen This in Ten Years,” and “Passenger Traffic at LPIA Hits 3.7 Million.”

That doesn’t sound like “nothing.” It sounds like progress — the kind the PLP would have printed on t-shirts if they’d been in office.

But I get it — it’s election season. Truth takes a vacation, hypocrisy clocks in full-time, and the PLP’s version of “clean politics” apparently includes rummaging through political garbage cans.

So next time you hear a PLP minister warn against “nasty politics,”, cover your head and just wait for the fall out.

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

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