That’s how I felt when I read the astonishing revelation – brought to us at huge expense, no doubt – that food prices are higher here than in Guernsey and the United Kingdom.

I am tempted at this juncture to welcome to Planet Earth those who imparted information that virtually everyone else in these 45 square miles have known ever since they started opening purses and wallets for real.

It actually beggars belief that our elected representatives – or at least, some of them – really believe that issuing information such as meat costing 25 per cent more here than just a hundred miles or so to the north or that fruit and vegetables costing about a third more is actually either useful or productive.

• Read the full column in today’s Jersey Evening Post

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