In today's Royal Gazette, former UBP Leader Wayne Furbert admitted that there's an aire of superiority among some in his party and that too many white UBP members treat white PLP supporters with disdain. Wayne Furbert:

First, we have to accept that not all the brains are over in the UBP. For years the impression was given that that PLP could not run anything, which implied that blacks could not run anything. Why do I say this? Because it is time to remove the myth that sometimes permeates these islands. That if you're UBP you are right, and if you are PLP you are wrong – or vice versa.

We may not agree with everything the PLP has done over the years but we have to admit the economy has not collapsed, but grown, at least up until the current economic crisis.

Whites should feel free to join the PLP and they should not be made to feel that they have committed the worst crime against humanity in joining. The same should be true for blacks who join the UBP, although I personally feel that whites are more looked down on by some whites for joining the PLP than blacks are for joining the UBP. It is time to build a climate where any ethnic group should be able to join any political party.

The PLP welcomes white Bermudians with open arms and will continue to do so. As PLP rising star and Constituency #31 candidate Marc Bean noted:

The PLP has, in its actions, shown that it is open to all. However, that perception remains that it is not welcoming to Bermudians of European descent. So we have to do more to change that perception. Right now, a lot of European Bermudians feel stuck between a rock and a hard place because they would traditionally vote UBP, but the UBP's model is bankrupt, and they don't feel comfortable voting PLP. But those people need to be represented, and to be heard, and I aim to prove to them I will represent them all.

It's that sentiment that's compelling many white Bermudians across Southampton West Central to consider voting PLP for the first time.