Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, the poor soul, came as the bearer of bad news. The United Kingdom has denied the Caribbean‘s appeal to remove the travel tax for tourist traveling to the Caribbean.
This move will only serve to further jack up the tourism industry in this territory. How do you think the Caribbean should respond? How about this? Put up its right hand, make a fist then extend a middle finger.
The Caribbean and especially Jamaica is not the UK’s flavor of the month right now. Could it have something to do with the fact that they have a problem with Jamaica’s anti-gay culture?
Britain’s Prime Minister has pretty much made it clear that they will be cutting aid if the government does not put in place legislation to protect gay rights. I wonder if they would be so flippant if Jamaica had oil reserves or if we had the economic boom of China. We don’t see them taking out the strap for certain countries despite their habit of blowing people to bits or screwing their civil rights.
What the high and mighty UK seems to have forgotten is that their wealth was built up from the shameful slavery system that they were proud members of. This is how you repay the so called Common Wealth Countries? America had the good sense kick you out of their country and gain their independence.
UK can be nice and civil about this or they can continue to be the bullies responsible for kicking another third world country in the balls.




