Opposition politics can be the best of times, but it can also be the worst of times for any political group seeking to unseat an incumbent.As we in Barbados have come to appreciate, opposition politicians can be most robust in their attacks on the party in office. They really have nothing to lose and all to gain. Their aim is to highlight as many faults as possible of the ruling administration and possibly give the electorate pause, to perhaps engage in buyers’ remorse.When Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley was Leader of the Opposition, her party kept the government led by the late David Thompson and his successor Freundel Stuart on its toes. Some suggested that the blunders-filled former administration made it easy for the opposition party as the country moved from one economic and social crisis to another.The opposition led marches on the streets, walk-outs from Parliament, no confidence motions, toe-to-toe Budget debates, and press conferences. The opposition conducted a master class in how to unseat a government and it culminated in a record clean sweep at the polls, not once, but on two successive occasions.
