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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‘No one’s up to top job in States’
POLL-topping Senator-elect Ian Le Marquand says that none of the 53 States Members have the skills it takes to be Chief Minister. The former Magistrate, who topped the poll in each of the 12 parishes in Wednesday’s Senatorial election, says that Jersey needs better-quality election candidates, better States Members and better ministers. The 57-year-old – […]
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Party time: Triumph for JDA
THE Jersey Democratic Alliance scored the biggest success for party politics in 60 years as voters also put their faith in youth and newcomers in yesterday’s elections for Deputies. As 12 new Deputies were elected and five sitting Members – including Transport Minister Guy de Faye – lost their seats, St Saviour No 1 candidate […]
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Double overseas aid to £10m, says Senator
JERSEY should double its aid budget to £10 million if it is to take itself seriously on the global stage, says Senator Philip Ozouf.
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Students take steps to summit
FOUR Islanders who have gone to protest at the G8 summit in Edinburgh have urged Jersey people to get involved in the campaign to end poverty – however detached, as Islanders, they may feel from world events.
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Widening gap between Island’s rich and poor
THE gap between the rich and poor in Jersey is wider than ever, according to Christian Aid.
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New commitment to wage war on poverty
TRADE justice campaigners hope the generosity of Islanders to people whose lives have been devastated by the Asian tsunami will continue as they step up efforts against poverty.
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G8: The drive to get the message across
LOCAL Make Poverty History campaigner Daniel Wimberley was unable to get the giant Side By Side cards signed by hundreds of Islanders last week to UK Chancellor Gordon Brown personally, but he has told Islanders to rest assured that their messages will not go unnoticed.
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Demo planned in anti-poverty drive
A MASS demonstration by Islanders committed to ending poverty is planned for 2 July in the Royal Square to mark the Live8 festival and the G8 summit in Edinburgh.
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Wish you would hear …
SEVERAL giant Side by Side postcards addressed to Tony Blair will be taken by hand to Edinburgh next week, baring hundreds of messages from Islanders committed to making poverty history.
