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From Nick Palmer. THE three wise monkeys prevented themselves from seeing, hearing or speaking any evil. The 35 unwise States Members who voted against the incinerator rescindment prevented themselves from seeing, hearing or speaking any wisdom. There were vital aspects which were sidelined or ignored by Members in their deliberations and voting. In the same […]

OH joy of joys . . . be still, my beating heart. We have yet another masterplan.

From Adam Knowlson. TONIGHT’S JEP (Fri, 24 Oct) reported that Clear Mobitel is ‘close to’ being allowed to make Jersey the first place in Europe – lucky us – to have a radio-based broadband network and that the Company was ‘well on the way’ to being granted a licence next month by the Jersey Competition […]

FEW people will be surprised to learn that the area of wetland in the Island has decreased dramatically over the past two centuries.

THE name rang a bell, so to speak, but it took several days – not to mention a bit of prompting from Herself, who claimed to have known all along – for me to recall what it meant to me.

From Jennifer Jones. HERE we go again! The Millennium Town Park is once again toppled just as the spade is to hit the ground. Every time there is a financial crisis here in Jersey it is the main target to hit. It has gone beyond a laughing matter The Chief Minister’s cabinet repeatedly swing the […]

SO what goes on in Privileges and Procedures Committee meetings?

IT was a strange coalition that handed ministers an embarrassing defeat over duty hikes in the Budget last week: some came from the left, some came from the right, and some came along because they don’t like the Treasury Minister.

AS anyone who has visited the Royal Square or the Central Market or viewed the sweep of Almorah Crescent will surely agree, parts of St Helier are both highly impressive and deeply appealing.