
12/08/2025
Never far from the centre of discussion, especially in recent years, the issue of independence for the British Virgin Islands is trending again in the territory’s political discourse.
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has been addressing the issue, most recently in an address for the BVI’s Emancipation celebration - itself a calendar platform for pronouncements on the territory’s constitutional status and future.
However, he has sought to make a distinction between independence from the United Kingdom and self-determination.
BY Staff WriterNever far from the centre of discussion especially in recent years the issue of independence for the British Virgin Islands is trending again in