Skelton-Cline accuses white resident billionaires of not helping VI
His show on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, was titled, ‘You are accepting less than you deserve…So shift’, where, as usual, he opined on several international, regional and local issues.
Addressing his “white brothers and sisters”, Skelton-Cline said, “Most of you mean well for these Virgin Islands, but y’all are not helping, you’re not playing your role in assisting the Virgin Islands in its economic and political advancement.”
He said while most are well-meaning, they do not use their voice, influence or resources to help the Virgin Islands.
Billionaires with influence, but don’t help
Skelton-Cline added that there are billionaires residing across the sister islands, who help in ways that help themselves, giving token but not really helping the wider VI.
There is no public record of exactly how many billionaires are residing in the VI currently; however, Skelton-Cline is known to not shy away from opining on topics he believes are of importance.
“There are those of you who have access, inside of parliament, with prime ministers, with Lords, inside Kensington, but you’re not helping, and you can help, you can do a better job. Some of you are living your best lives in the Virgin Islands,” he accused.
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40 Responses to “Skelton-Cline accuses white resident billionaires of not helping VI”
Names, businesses owned, and personal finances accounted for-enquiring minds, would love to know!
Conversely, what about the Bank of Asia scandal or the $20 million salary error for 2024 increases - neither of which get a lot of press, and clearly no mention from you? Are those financial monstrosities the fault of "resident White billionaires?"
And while you're at it, why not call out the HOA for its stubborn insistence on concealing the KPMG business case for the proposed airport expansion? Why does the public not have a right to know?
That said, the message could rub people the wrong way. Not everyone with money or foreign connections has the same power or desire to get involved in politics. Still, he’s raising a clear question: if you love living in the Virgin Islands and get a lot from it, shouldn’t you be doing more than just giving token help? Even if people don’t like how he said it, the issue he raised is one many locals think about but don’t always say out loud.
Why are you so unhappy? Is it that because you are not now a billionaire, and may never become one? But what what if you become one, I doubt that, would you do any better? I doubt that, too. Give your mouth a rest , sir.
He is a racist
There’s a certain mindset—Hon. Kedrick Pickering alluded to this as hubris in a piece he wrote a few months back —that treats outside advice, especially from expats, as something to be resisted. It gets framed as confidence, but often it’s just insecurity . We act as if accepting input somehow diminishes us.
Meanwhile, the irony is glaring. Economies in the developing countries and The Middle East—operating at scales we’re nowhere near—routinely bring in outside expertise to guide development. They don’t see it as weakness; they see it as smart.
But here’s the real miss: we’re sitting with access to some of the most capable minds in the world, and our primary ask is…....money Thats short-term thinking. It’s the cliche of give a man a fish feed him for a day vs teach a man to fish and feed him for life . People spend thousands just to hear these individuals speak, to gain a fraction of their thinking. We have that access practically for free —and don’t even think to ask for it.
We want the cheque, but not the counsel. And that’s the problem.
Most striking is how conveniently the expatriate population is being partitioned into categories that suit the argument of the day. It feels less like a principled stance and more like selective outrage deployed for personal aggrandizement.
And the government is not helping by slowing down projects or tunring down offers of serious funding to assist with significant public interest projects....
Those people you are referring to are the same island people (meaning not from here) that are pretty much not appreciated but now you want their money. Don't be a hypocrite sir, and so you know I was born right here but I don't like the appreciation for people not from here.
You don't have as much as those people you are talking about, but you have a business that I don't recall seeing in the media giving out as much as a slice of cheese pizza so please close that hole under your nose until you also look in the mirror.
Let them all go back to their perfect roads, safe neighbourhoods, modern and highly advanced infrastructure where less aggresive dogma, finger pointing and corruption exists.
De evil is always over there!
Unlike the updeislungroup who r I sk everything to come here as a result of the jobs and moolah but ascexpected,return the gift with dragging all social aspect of these Vi in the mud ,the zero crime they met now the whole of the place is a degraded crime scen e, murderers strolling out of prison at will,locks for homes and automobiles are must haves,a need for a second and third prison,police forces from UK and updeislun plus locally....all the culprits ungrateful pieces of foreignchit just like the author of this article.Schools are drug and weapons houses of sales and usage. These wealthy wheat folks are thesaving grace,when Trump decides to blockade and crmble these VI for the open and speedy borders of drug and trafficking the beginning of better day would be a possibility, 'Ties to the UK is the holdup for now.
The biggest organised crime gang preaching about doing more for the people.
You rip the people off by handing government contracts to your pals and siphoning off the funds in kickbacks.
You leave us with failing infrastructure.
People without power and water on Tortola for literally months, and them sister islands? Tossed to the curb like they don’t exist.
People who can’t afford their bills because the minimum wage is beyond a joke.
People who have to choose between paying their rent or buying food because you let the supermarkets inflate their prices beyond any moral compass.
Focus on yourself before talking about “white” billionaires.