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20-548: The Barbados Labour Party ( BLP ), colloquially known as the " Bees ", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. It has been in power in 1954–1961, 1976–1986, 1994–2008, and 2018–present. The BLP has been the governing party of Barbados since 2018. The current Party Leader is Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley , SC , MP while the Chairman is Reginald Farley , FB and General-Secretary

40-558: Is Dr. Jerome Walcott , FB, FRCS . Santia Bradshaw , MP is Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in The House of Assembly , The Parliament of Barbados . Former party leaders include Sir Grantley Adams , Dr. Hugh Gordon Cummins , Sir Harold Bernard St. John , Tom Adams , Sir Henry Forde and Professor Owen Arthur , PC . Like Barbados' other major party, the Democratic Labour Party or

60-732: Is a barrier to communication for those people unfamiliar with the respective field. Dale Marshall (politician) Dale Dermot Marshall SC (born 25 November 1963) is the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs in Barbados. He was educated at St. Stephens Boys School, St. George Boys School, Combermere School, the University of the West Indies and the Hugh Wooding Law School . Marshall

80-616: Is a former observer member of the Socialist International . Originally called the Barbados Progressive League until 1944, the party was founded on 31 March 1938 at the home of James Martineau . During the first meeting, Chrissie Brathwaite and Grantley Adams were elected as chairman and vice-chairman, respectively. Adams had entered the House of Assembly in 1934 partly through his deconstruction of

100-488: Is called the League of Young Socialists. Colloquially A specific instance of such language is termed a colloquialism. The most common term used in dictionaries to label such an expression is colloquial . Colloquialism or general parlance is distinct from formal speech or formal writing . It is the form of language that speakers typically use when they are relaxed and not especially self-conscious. An expression

120-418: Is labeled colloq. for "colloquial" in dictionaries when a different expression is preferred in formal usage, but this does not mean that the colloquial expression is necessarily slang or non-standard . Some colloquial language contains a great deal of slang, but some contains no slang at all. Slang is often used in colloquial speech, but this particular register is restricted to particular in-groups, and it

140-423: Is most commonly used within specific occupations, industries, activities, or areas of interest. Colloquial language includes slang, along with abbreviations, contractions, idioms, turns-of-phrase, and other informal words and phrases known to most native speakers of a language or dialect. Jargon is terminology that is explicitly defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, or group. The term refers to

160-493: Is not a necessary element of colloquialism. Other examples of colloquial usage in English include contractions or profanity . "Colloquial" should also be distinguished from "non-standard". The difference between standard and non-standard is not necessarily connected to the difference between formal and colloquial. Formal, colloquial, and vulgar language are more a matter of stylistic variation and diction , rather than of

180-431: Is ordinary natural language , as distinct from specialized forms used in logic or other areas of philosophy. In the field of logical atomism , meaning is evaluated in a different way than with more formal propositions . Colloquialisms are distinct from slang or jargon . Slang refers to words used only by specific social groups, such as demographics based on region, age, or socio-economic identity. In contrast, jargon

200-1020: Is the holder of an LL.B. with Honours and a Certificate in Legal Education. He is a member of the Barbados Bar Association and the Computer Law Association . Appointed to the Senate of Barbados in 1999, he has given public service between 1994 and 1997 as Chairman of the Board of the National Housing Corporation, Chairman of the Urban Development Commission 1997-1999 and Chairman of the Barbados Tourism Authority 1999–2000. Marshall joined

220-594: The People's Party for Democracy and Development ) and the leader of the opposition on 2 June 2018. In January 2022, Prime Minister Mia Mottley's Labor Party (BLP) obtained a landslide victory, winning all 30 legislative seats, in the first general election since Barbados became a republic in 2021. The women's branch of the Barbados Labour Party is called the Women's League. The youth branch

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240-535: The "Dems", the BLP has been broadly described as a centre-left social-democratic party, with local politics being largely personality-driven and responsive to contemporary issues and the state of the economy. However, the party distinguishes itself by being rooted in Asquithian Liberal policies, including a focus on trade as a way of bolstering economic growth over the creation of social services. The BLP

260-487: The Barbados Labour Party in 1996. On 20 February 2006 Marshall was sworn in by Sir Clifford Husbands at Government house to the post of Attorney-General, a post which he held until the 20 December 2007 when Prime Minister Owen Arthur dissolved Parliament and called elections. Following the Barbados Labour Party 's defeat at the polls 15 January 2008, Dale Marshall was appointed by the new Leader of

280-527: The floor to the BLP, as a consultant on poverty. This move by the member reduced to nine the number of seats the Barbados Labour Party had in the House. After a decade in opposition, the BLP returned to power on 25 May 2018 under Mia Mottley, who became Barbados's first female prime minister. The party originally won all of the seats in the House of Assembly, but Bishop Joseph Atherley , the MP for St. Michael West, became an independent MP (later founder and leader of

300-507: The labour-focused efforts of the Charles Duncan O'Neal 's Democratic League, but this new party turned to organizing the political movement brought on by the unrest of 1937 that he had earlier opposed. As such, their objectives included many of the league's original goals, such as adult suffrage , free education, and better housing and health care. The BLP first participated in general elections in 1940. In 1994, Owen Arthur became

320-419: The language used by people who work in a particular area or who have a common interest. Similar to slang, it is shorthand used to express ideas, people, and things that are frequently discussed between members of a group. Unlike slang, it is often developed deliberately. While a standard term may be given a more precise or unique usage amongst practitioners of relevant disciplines, it is often reported that jargon

340-408: The prime minister as leader of the Barbados Labour Party. In the 2003 elections the BLP won 23 out of the 30 seats. The number increased to 24 in 2006, when in an almost unprecedented development the leader of the opposition, after a bitter and tumultuous internal battle within his own party, resigned the post and joined the governing party. The Barbados Labour Party governed from 1994 to 2008, which

360-412: The standard and non-standard dichotomy. The term "colloquial" is also equated with "non-standard" at times, in certain contexts and terminological conventions. A colloquial name or familiar name is a name or term commonly used to identify a person or thing in non-specialist language, in place of another usually more formal or technical name. In the philosophy of language , "colloquial language"

380-629: Was commonly called the "Owen Arthur Administration". Prime Minister Arthur was chosen from among leaders around the globe to deliver the William Wilberforce lecture on the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade Act . The party lost power in the 2008 general election , winning 10 seats against 20 for the Democratic Labour Party (DLP). After the election, Arthur stepped down as BLP leader and

400-522: Was replaced by former deputy prime minister Mia Mottley in a leadership election against Attorney-General of Barbados Dale Marshall . Mottley also became opposition leader. In the summer of 2008 Hamilton Lashley, MP for St. Michael South East, resigned from the party to become an independent candidate in the House of Assembly . He was thereafter given a job by the DLP, the party he had belonged before crossing

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