Political Parties and their contributions to modern T&T (Selwyn Cudjoe, April 2002)
"By 1976, the electorate had begun to feel a sense of discomfort with PNM's arrogance and the hints of corruption and mismanagement that was taking place in its ranks. To be sure, that corruption was child's play to what took place during the reign of the UNC. However, for a party that promised morality in public affairs stealing from the public purse was not acceptable. Moreover, the entrenchment of the PNM in governance from 1956 to 1976 made them feel invincible and somewhat immune to public criticism. In this context the coming together of the United Labour Front promised a return to inter-racial solidarity and a chance to move away from the racial stasis that pervaded the social order. Whatever else ULF represented, it represented the combination of all of the forces who had become alienated from the government and had been trying for years to remove the PNM from power. It consisted of all of PNM's known enemies: Panday; A. N. R. Robinson (Democratic Labour Front), and Lloyd Best (Tapia House Movement). Joe Young, George Weekes and Raffique Shah represented the labour elements in this formation."
"By 1976, the electorate had begun to feel a sense of discomfort with PNM's arrogance and the hints of corruption and mismanagement that was taking place in its ranks. To be sure, that corruption was child's play to what took place during the reign of the UNC. However, for a party that promised morality in public affairs stealing from the public purse was not acceptable. Moreover, the entrenchment of the PNM in governance from 1956 to 1976 made them feel invincible and somewhat immune to public criticism. In this context the coming together of the United Labour Front promised a return to inter-racial solidarity and a chance to move away from the racial stasis that pervaded the social order. Whatever else ULF represented, it represented the combination of all of the forces who had become alienated from the government and had been trying for years to remove the PNM from power. It consisted of all of PNM's known enemies: Panday; A. N. R. Robinson (Democratic Labour Front), and Lloyd Best (Tapia House Movement). Joe Young, George Weekes and Raffique Shah represented the labour elements in this formation."
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