Thorne seeks second shot

With the harmonious drumming of the tuk band behind him and scores of supporters in tow, Ralph Thorne strode confidently into the Cuthbert Pilgrim Memoriam Methodist Church Monday to hand in his papers.

Soon after, the respected attorney-at-law officially emerged as the Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) candidate for Christ Church South wearing a broad smile having completed the process for today’s Nomination Day.

Thorne will be contesting his second general election on January 19 with high hopes of securing another victory.

His proposer was Deborah Watkins while his seconder was Zamali Lambert. Retired journalist Tim Slinger served as his election agent.

In an interview with Barbados TODAY shortly after, Thorne admitted it was a ‘nervy’ process.

“I am always nervous for two reasons; I don’t like filling out forms, you always feel that a document is missing and secondly when you are doing something that your heart is in it then you will always be nervous and my heart is in it, so I felt nervous but I felt very, very pleased and reassured at the support that I received. I think we had about 60 people there…” Thorne stated.

He said his decision to enter politics was based solely on serving the people of Barbados.

Thorne said he was not over confident heading into the election but was guided by the will of God and his constituents.

“We’ve put in the work. It is God’s will and the will of the people and hopefully, the people’s will and God’s will will coincide. I don’t like to be over confident. I am guided by my own sense of humility because genuine service is by its nature an exercise in humility and that is my approach,” he said. (RB)