And I don’t mean the weather. We happened to be on the beautiful island last week just as the four Uighurs arrived from Gitmo. For us, it was a long postponed vacation (cancelled at the last minute last June when a hurricane threatened). For the former detainees — or, more importantly, for Bermudians who were stunned by their arrival — it was tumult.

Great ire has been directed at the premier, Ewart Brown, the hard-Left race-baiter and former Black Panther sympathizer in whom the Obama administration (surprise!) managed to find a willing partner for its jihadist relocation quest — willing, that is, blatantly to violate his country’s constitution (which leaves decisions about foreign affairs and national security to imperialist, colonialist Great Britain); to negotiate in secret in a manner that cut out said imperialist, colonialist Britain (i.e., America’s most important ally); to negotiate so secretively he cut out his own cabinet (which was not made aware of the Uighurs’ coming until they’d already arrived); to lie about the security risk posed by the Uighurs (Brown told the Parliament Bermuda’s security forces had vetted the detainees and found no risk, but the following day the head of the security forces said that was not true and that there was significant security risk); and, finally, to impose this fait accompli on Bermudians (who, like the cabinet, were left totally in the dark until they started seeing pictures of the Island’s new residents strolling around their new digs and swimming in the Atlantic).

When the public went ballistic, Brown predictably claimed the uproar was racially motivated — a preposterous claim which sent black Bermudians (some of whom had organized the protests) into orbit.

Brown insists he got nothing from President Obama but gratitude. In Bermuda, where the public regards their premier as a snake, no one believes that. But no one among the public, parliament, or the office of the British governor really knows. There were protests all week, which is highly unusual for the laid back populace. They are worried not only about the potential jihadist threat but what the relocation means for tourism, the island’s most important industry. The local newspapers featured stories about cancellations due to the Uighurs and safety concerns — very bad news in already bad economic times.

The Brits are furious at Brown and (especially) at us, but — as Obama undoubtedly figured — not furious enough to undo what has been done given the unceasing way they have demagogued Gitmo. At the end of the week, Brown survived a no-confidence motion in Bermuda’s parliament, most likely because of the perception that it would bring down not just Brown himself (which most Bermudians would like to do) but his Progressive Labor Party government (an outcome for which there is less enthusiasm, a fact that enabled the majority PLP parliament to vote in Brown’s favor after slapping him around during the 14-hour debate).

I’ll try to report more on what I saw and heard, but at the moment, of course, there are more pressing concerns. For now, suffice it to say — as they used to say in Boston about their eccentric former leftfielder — the Uighurs to Bermuda affair is just a(nother) case of Barack being Barack.