NDP admonished to urgently choose a leader or perish
“If we don’t know who’s leading, we ain’t following,” he said on his Honestly Speaking broadcast aired on ZBVI 780 AM on Monday, 20 May 2025—directed at the NDP’s leadership.
“Let me tell the National Democratic Party something, the first thing you got to go do is choose a leader. That’s the first thing you have to go do. There is no followership if we don’t know who the leadership is.”
You all upset me!
The former government consultant and social commentator made it clear that his criticism was rooted in concern, not disdain. Addressing not only the NDP but its sister opposition parties, including the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM), the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), and the newly formed Alliance, Skelton-Cline described his disappointment in deeply personal terms.
“You all upset me; Because you’re my people. All of you — PVIM, Alliance, VIP — all of you. But some of the things that we’re doing don’t make no sense.”
He was adamant, the Virgin Islands remains a “top-down country,” where leadership, for better or worse, sets the tone and trajectory of public support and national direction.
“This is a top-down country. We follow leadership. It shouldn’t be that way. It don’t have to be that way. That’s just the way it is right now,” he said, suggesting that while he may disagree with the model, it remains the operative political culture.
With this in mind, he doubled down to reiterate “... until you do that, you can talk all you want. If we don’t know who’s leading, we ain’t following.”
The NDP recently re-united with the PVIM; however, it is unclear who is really the leader.
The Alliance appears to be led by Opposition Leader Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6), but he has already been outrightly rejected at the polls in his bid for premiership and may be seen as damaged goods.
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