It's all in the name

I felt a subtle but unmistakable loosening of my bowels when the Edwards double act was elected in November. It wasn't necessarily anything personal: I didn't feel comfortable having a husband/wife combo elected in 2001, fearing family loyalties could dominate rational decision making, and I still don't believe that a father/daughter team on council is any more healthy. And, quite frankly, the concept of "three for the price of two" touted last year scared the bejaysus out of me. But that's democracy for you.

It was the non-elected Edwards from Fox Bay that set the alarm bells ringing over the weekend though. In a letter to the Penguin News she expressed her outrage at apparent Argentine manipulation of the name of the Malvina House Hotel and invited Islanders to come up with a new title for the establishment. "Let's change the name" she urged, "and stop the dirty Argies from thinking we are proud of the name Malvinas". Or words to that effect.