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Party politics is not a real option in Jersey
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From John Henwood.
JERSEY’S political left is looking increasingly confused. At election time JDA members stood as independents only to re-join the party when elected.
Then there was a falling out and all but one JDA States member quit the party, but they seem to come together again for political rallies and protest meetings. At times they appear to be doing a version of the hokey cokey – in, out, in, out, shake it all about.
Meanwhile, Time4Change said it was not a political party, although it appeared to agree with much of the JDA manifesto, and one of its members was elected to the States. Both groups seem happy to share platforms with visiting UK trade union officials and anti-finance industry campaigners from Attac and the Tax Justice Network.
Now, apparently, a new group is to form under the umbrella title of Reform Jersey, but it seems to involve only the people who comprise the aforementioned Time4Change, JDA and the rest. It’s as if a new name given to the same old dog will help it to learn new tricks.
All this tends to leave those genuine political centrists who favour a measure of reform, but do not want to align themselves with ‘old Labour’ politics and have no empathy with those who seek to damage our most valuable economic activity, finance, with complete independence as the only sensible political option.
Against this background it is not in the least surprising that the notion of party politics is failing to take root in the hearts and minds of the people of Jersey.
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