‘F’ is for foolishness and that’s what Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds suggests the leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), Dr Ronnie Yearwood is saying when he gives the Mia Mottley government a failing grade.He delivered a scathing rebuke of Yearwood’s recent ‘failing grade’ criticism of the performance of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) government over the last few years. The DLP leader said Barbados was no better off than when the BLP took over the reins of Government in 2018.But on Sunday, at a BLP joint meeting held at Queen’s College, Symmonds stoutly defended the tenure of Prime Minister Mottley, accusing Yearwood of wearing blinkers. Speaking ahead of his party’s celebration of the first anniversary of its election win last January, Symmonds described as a “nonsensical issue” any complaints about minimal growth of the economy. He said because of the pandemic, the majority of world economies contracted. Even the manufacturing powerhouse of China was affected, he added, noting that Barbados was not unique.
