Former Bailiff Sir Philip Bailhache is to announce today whether he will stand for the post of Chief Minister.
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New assistant ministers are appointed
SENATOR Ian Le Marquand has been appointed Jersey’s Deputy Chief Minister.
Police authority plans are tabled after a 15-year wait
LONG-AWAITED plans to put an independent Police Authority in charge of the force have finally been published.
The best way to stop speeding drivers in their tracks is to hit them hard in the pocket
Sometimes I wonder if the boys and girls in blue truly appreciate the notion of crime reduction.
This lie, that imported recruits will identify and train successors, has been going on for decades
FOR more years than I care to remember, but certainly much of the last 40 or so, our elected representatives have sought to justify importing countless senior public sector staff by invariably adding a rider that those brought in will ‘as a matter of course’ institute training procedures so that the need to repeat the exercise diminishes over the passage of time.
Where did all the ‘meddlers’ go when the opportunity came to really get stuck in?
WHERE have all the meddling backbenchers gone? I’m sure there is a song in that somewhere.
Ministers: We are all deeply shocked and saddened
TWO senior Ministers have assured Islanders that Jersey remains a safe place to live.
Jersey to have Police Authority
JERSEY is to have its own Police Authority after States Members unanimously agreed to de-politicise the Island’s police force.
Le Marquand denies ‘disrespecting’ Scrutiny
HOME Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand has denied claims that he ‘disrespected’ the Scrutiny process following the resignation of a panel.
A ludicrous chain of events
THE Island was promised that the ministerial system would make government more responsive, efficient and streamlined. There are, alas, few signs that this promise has been honoured.

