He did not deny that political differences were natural, nor could he have foreseen the indispensable role that organised political parties would come to play in representative democracy. Political parties are indispensable to democracy. Caribbean states have limited pools of highly trained administrators, economists, engineers, diplomats, educators and technical specialists. It affects the capacity of Caribbean states to defend their independence, sovereignty and national dignity. A foreign government takes a measure harmful to a Caribbean country, and some celebrate because they believe it injures the party in office.