‘If we were a white country UK would have helped already’- John I. Cline
The man of the cloth was at the time being interviewed on Fresh Radio Vybz, the online radio station hosted by Paul A. Peart aka ‘Gadiethz’. Mr Cline told the host on Monday November 20, 2017 “they have no interest in seeing the prosperity of people of colour in the Caribbean.”
Race matters
He said he does not trust the genuineness of Britain, the mother country, to help us “or else they would just helped us…we have been hit with the most devastating storm in the history of recording storms and you going say to us, that we have to think about how we help you, we have to think about giving you money, and you call us your Territory?”
The founder of the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff’s Bottom, Mr Cline also said, “if it was a white country they would have been in there pouring money, fixing roads, already helping them to get their infrastructure back up. You cannot convince me that they have not held back their hands because we are people of African descendent and their attitude towards people of African descent has always been one of domination.”
Like many other voices in the VI, the Bishop has warned against taking loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. He said they will lead to multinational companies coming in to do business in your country and “it will crush every local business in the BVI.” We need to stand up and say we will accept your help but not under certain conditions, Mr Cline told the host of the former Morning Ride Show on ZROD 103.7 FM. “We are not going to sell our souls and leave our children in slavery again,” the passionate preacher stated.
The Prince & the Bishop
Speaking on the November 18, 2017 visit to the VI by the Prince of Wales Charles P. A. George, Bishop Cline said: “What we need is tangible help not a visit” for people who have no insurance to fix back their homes. He said he does not support dancing in the streets for the Prince and he preferred financial help over the cost of hosting Prince Charles.
Bishop Cline also told Mr Peart that he had a successful 2017 Power Plus- a week of nightly religious activities- and was happy to have included local preachers, something that was not a tradition. Mr Cline further stated that he left the week feeling “encouraged, and as a man of God, I have been given a mandate to speak truth to power.”
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PS - the Falkland Islands Government pays it politicians low salaries, does not permit them to fly first class or stay in expensive hotels, fires people who fail to perform in the public sector, does not continually insult the UK Government, does not insist that Falkland Islanders can do everything as well as experts (eg building roads) and does not squander its assets. It has enough money in the bank to pay its bills for 36 months even if it receives no income.
Yes, you are on point... evils were committed, still are, but give Jack his jacket..William Wilberforce, a white Christian, English Politician spent the most of his political career championing the cause of abolition of the slave trade...his efforts eventually paid off, after a long struggle...race was not the motivating factor, but righteousness.
Rebellious revolutions tend to be short-lived, and include rendering evil for evil...
But when it comes to fighting a righeous cause, it has to be done with righteous faith...fighting against spiritual wickedness in high places, and not fighting against flesh and blood... racism has no place in a righeous war... so men of the cloth who instigate racism are definitely questionable. Maybe athey are misguided by popular demand... but they should know that God has the final say.
Pay Attention Folks!!! Prepare for the tsunami, figuratively, no joke. Pay Attention!,
Also, if this were a white country, more of the income would have been pumped back into the infrastructure so it would have fared better and less would be in crooked people’s pockets!
We might have lots of money on paper but actual cash is questionable!!!!!
Britain helps many UK countries that aren't white. The problem is the premier said the BVI was ok, and open for business while knowing full and he'll well that wasn't true. STRUPS he messed up that help which could've come in when he said that.
Why don't you attack those greedy politicians that has bankrupted the country with their greed and corruption, the same corruption that caused them to fire you. The BVI Government is the reason why the UK is hesitant in injecting funding into the country because they know there will be no oversight or accountability for that money and we will still be suffering at the end of it all.
Why don’t you cime forward and fight your durty Government and stop talking crap before UK really abandons us because of your ungratefull self... STUPZ!!!!
Get your Goverment together and pressure the UK to take its responsibility seriously
I say that to say this we have been our own worst enemy. We lack accountability and transparency with our finances and that has left us broken even before the great flood and Irmaria we were struggling to pay our bills as our leaders did not see the need for financial accountability. UK seems to be tardy in assisting us but maybe because they do not trust our leaders to manage the recovery. The truth is most of us don't trust them either. Where is the recovery plan? Has a recovery plan been presented to the people? Millions have been wasted on pie in the sky ideas and capital projects and you expect potential donors to just turn a blind eye to this? It does not work that way.
Another issue is can we afford to pick and choose when we need help? How can you at one time turn back a UK ship and then now cry Mayday?
Bottom line is I do not think this is a white/black thing but more a trust issue. Not that if we can trust you because of your color but because of your record in handling your financial affairs.
The british did arrive and help to secure the islands. If the LOCAL politicians hadn;t pilfered the money then the island would be better nothing to do with the color of a persons skin.