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WHEN it was introduced amid bitter controversy some half a century ago under the title of Insular Insurance, the concept of social security was a radical departure for Jersey.

IN the halcyon days of tourism, when Clarrie Dupré ran the industry from his fish shop in Beresford Street and Leslie Rebindaine looked after the office on the site of the old Terminus pub at the Weighbridge, visitors used to flock here.

SENATOR Alan Breckon hit the nail squarely on the head when he said that government’s Comprehensive Spending Review cannot be truly comprehensive if the States are paying almost £500,000 a year in subsidy to Serco, the UK company which runs the Waterfront swimming pool.

WITH a degree of ease that would have been impressive in most circumstances but was almost embarrassing given the history of the issue, the States agreed yesterday that Jersey should have an independent police authority.

HUMANITY learned many lessons from the 1970s, mostly about haircuts and trousers, but also one genuinely fundamental truth about politics that spans decades, ideology and oceans – that whoever you are, wherever you are, and whatever your intentions, politicians and secret recordings just do not work well together.

THE abrupt ending last year of the reciprocal health agreement between Jersey and the UK came as an unpleasant shock, the ripples from which are still spreading.