WHO wants to be Chief Minister? That was the burning question at last night’s Senatorial hustings in St Saviour. Nearly 200 parishioners packed into the parish hall to hear the 21 candidates give their views on subjects ranging from whether the rainy day fund should be spent now or saved until later to how they […]
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Hustings: St Mary
EVERYTHING from GST to branchage fines and compulsory bicycle helmets came up for discussion last night in St Mary. Three political newcomers, David Johnson, David Richardson and Daniel Wimberley, will battle it out for the seat left vacant by departing Deputy Juliette Gallichan, who will take over from Ken Le Brun as Constable in the […]
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Review of 2008: November
THE political shake-up that failed to materialise during the Senatorial elections a month earlier finally arrived in the Deputies’ contest. There were 12 new Deputies voted into the 25 available seats – two of them members of the Jersey Democratic Alliance doubling their number of elected representatives – while five sitting Members, including the Transport […]
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Help promised to middle-income earners
ALL 21 candidates promised to help middle-income earners at a packed St John hustings last night. With less than a week to go to the Senatorial elections next Wednesday, the candidates vowed to support middle-income earners, with many agreeing that GST should be scrapped or that income tax exemptions and allowances should be protected. The […]
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Are they bothered?
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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Hustings question: Missing States Members
THE 21 Senatorial candidates began their campaigning in earnest at St Clement’s Parish Hall last night. Just over 150 people crowded into the building for the first of the parish hustings meetings. St Clement Constable Derek Gray squeezed in six questions into the two-hour meeting by asking candidates to answer three questions at a time […]
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As good as his words
From Cathy Eglington. WELL done to Daniel Wimberley in choosing environment-friendly election banners. His slogans written in sand and seaweed on different beaches around the Island were truly inspirational. Plus they will have all been washed away by the tide by the time the polling booths close. What a good example of being true to […]
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Election hopefuls back general election
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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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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We can reduce our use of fossil fuels
From Daniel Wimberley. THE Jersey Overseas Aid Commission, the Scrutiny panels on aid and, according to the Overseas Aid annual report, the majority of the Council of Ministers all now agree that Jersey should fulfil the UN target of 0.7% of gross national income to be given in overseas aid. The acceptance of this target […]
