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SOMEONE is sure to be able to tell me, although they’ll probably argue that researching it would be a waste of valuable civil service time, what the gross salary packages for the upper echelons of the States hired help actually cost us a year.

IT just could not have been less scientific. There wasn’t a lab coat or a Bunsen burner in sight – what there was, and bear with me here, was a list of 51 names with a ‘P’ or an ‘I’ marked next to each one and two numbers scrawled across the bottom.

HOME Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand made little attempt to mince his words when he explained why more senior police officers have been recruited from the UK. He said that there were no ‘suitable’ local officers to step into any of the four top jobs which needed to be filled.

BETWEEN now and the end of the year, Jersey will face not one but two political elections of great significance for the Island’s future wellbeing.

AS the Senatorial hustings roadshow approaches the halfway point, it is possible to detect some main themes emerging and to anticipate that, while revolution is clearly not on the cards this time round, a significant phase in the evolution of Jersey politics is nevertheless well under way.

TOP dog, captain of the ship, esteemed leader or plain, simple Chief Minister – whatever you want to call the person who will lead Jersey’s government for the next few years one thing is for sure, they had better be up for a challenge.