ALL of the Senatorial candidates would be willing to stand down in four years’ time, if elected next week, to enable the Island to have a general election. Asked at the Trinity hustings last night if it was something that they would be prepared to do, all 21 candidates responded with a definite ‘yes’. Trinity […]
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Queue for cheaper food at new store
DEMAND from Islanders for cheaper food led to the new Iceland supermarket almost selling out at the weekend. Customers were queuing to get in when the Georgetown store opened on Friday and freezers lay empty over the weekend as demand for the low-priced food outstripped supply. The franchise is operated by Sandpiper, whose chief executive, […]
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A Week in Politics
THERE are a few ways to describe last week’s ministerial elections. ‘Long’ is a good place to start, followed by ‘not entirely un-dull’ and ‘fairly predictable’.
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St Martin: Candidates discuss engaging the public
CANDIDATES at the St Martin Senatorial hustings last night faced questions on what they would do to engage voters. Parishioner Alex Glendinning asked the 21 candidates how they would get more people interested in politics and persuade them to vote. Senator Mike Vibert said that he had introduced citizenship classes for all ten-year-olds and visits […]
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Cohen will resign if decision is reversed
IF States Members decide to reverse their decision on the Waterfront masterplan, Freddie Cohen will resign as Environment Minister. He said that he had already formally adopted the masterplan and would have no choice but to leave office if the States decided to rescind the motion. Deputy Gerard Baudains – the first Member to raise […]
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JEP Election Fly: A hectic schedule
FLY is depressed. Which, seeing as his lifespan is only about 15 days, is not a great way to be when the Deputies’ elections have just started. But he just can’t help it. Like every sequel that follows a triumph (Jaws 2, James Belushi, Senator Ben Shenton) there is always an air of disappointment and […]
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Student hustings
JUST 22 teenagers turned up to grill the 21 Senatorial candidates at Hautlieu School yesterday. Following a lowering of the voting age to 16 and a huge push by the States to get younger people interested in the elections, only a small group were interested enough to attend yesterday’s special hustings. But despite there being […]
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Experience is more important than innovation
AS I write this week’s offering, the horse-trading and jostling for position in the Inner Sanctum, or the Council of Ministers as our politicians would have it, continues.
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Call for ministers to go
THE States were in disarray this morning after a dramatic 24 hours in the Esplanade development fiasco. Senator Jim Perchard resigned from the Waterfront Enterprise Board after learning that WEB chairman Gerald Voisin is also on a subsidiary board of AIB, the bank behind developers Harcourt. Today, Senator Stuart Syvret said that he would be […]
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A States for the people
SENATOR Terry Le Sueur has promised a new era of consensus government after being elected as the next Chief Minister. But he is expected to go to the States on Thursday with ministerial nominations leaning heavily on members of the old Council of Ministers and their assistant ministers. Senator Le Sueur beat Senator Alan Breckon […]
