BEFORE all elections there is a flurry of activity and a sense of a new world order approaching.
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A new face but no revolution
YESTERDAY’S Senatorial election was remarkable for two principal reasons — Ian Le Marquand’s outstanding poll-topping performance and the electorate’s failure to embrace the idea that establishment figures should be ousted in favour of a new breed of politician implacably opposed to current policies.
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So where were you?
SENATOR-elect Alan Breckon has condemned two States Members for failing to attend their own nomination meeting for the Deputies’ elections. In a strongly-worded e-mail to all States Members, Deputy Breckon said that Transport Minister Guy de Faye and Deputy Jacqui Huet’s non-attendance at the Town Hall was ‘arrogant’ and showed a lack of respect to […]
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Opposition: A question of balance
ONE of the key pledges that Senator Terry Le Sueur made throughout his successful bid to become the Island’s new Chief Minister involved a vision of a more consensual executive regime. In effect, the Senator promised that his approach to ministerial government would be more collegiate than his predecessor’s, former-Senator Frank Walker.
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No support for importing milk
THE question of importing milk was raised at last night’s hustings meeting. Andrew Le Gallais (pictured) asked the 21 candidates whether they agreed with the suggestion by the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority executive director, Chuck Webb, that there should be unlimited importation of milk into the Island or a States subsidy towards production to keep […]
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Le Marquand judged the best
POLITICAL newcomer Ian Le Marquand, the former Magistrate, swept to the top of the poll and a likely new job as Home Affairs Minister in a Senatorial election which also saw Education Minister Mike Vibert lose his seat last night. It was also a night of major success for Consumer Council chairman Deputy Alan Breckon, […]
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Life on the buses up for discussion
ST LAWRENCE Parish Hall was packed to hear the 21 Senatorial election hopefuls give their views on a variety of subjects at last night’s hustings meeting. The candidates each answered six questions at the meeting, chaired by retiring parish Constable Geoffrey Fisher, dealing with everything from the Bailiff’s Liberation Day speech to whether or not […]
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Deputies had good reason to be absent
From Astrid Kisch. I AM puzzled by the lo-gic both of Ann House (JEP, 8 November) and Alan Breckon. Ann House says that Deputies Guy de Faye and Jacqui Huet have insulted her by being absent from their nomination meeting. I have been at many meetings which the nominated person was unable to attend due […]
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Review of 2008: October
SENATOR Wendy Kinnard shocked States Members by handing in her resignation just a few months before her term of office was to expire, citing an ‘issue of moral conscience and principle’. The decision was never fully explained, but the former Senator blamed her ministerial colleagues’ failings for prompting her to quit her post. The Home […]
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The roadshow revs up to a noisy conclusion
The Senatorial hustings roadshow came to a colourful end at the Town Hall last night. Amid heckling, booing and cheering the candidates just about managed to reply to questions on issues including whether the States should pay rates, the Island Plan and whether the Attorney General should be involved in the inquiry into former deputy […]
