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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Hustings: New developments under fire in St Brelade
THE Planning department came under heavy fire last night at the Deputy hustings in St Brelade No 1, with parishioners and candidates alike attacking recent developments in the parish. Next week three newcomers will battle it out for one seat in the district, left vacant following Deputy Sarah Ferguson’s promotion to Senator last month. It […]
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Feel free to film your children
THERE have been two or three occasions in the past when I have criticised Em-ma Martins, the Data Protection Registrar, someone who even in political circles has been described as a bit of a loose cannon, although the way some of that lot in the Big House sound off, I’d have thought that all this meant was that at least young Emma has a mind of her own — something which a few more public employees could do with.
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Out with the ostriches
From Alan West Gillham. IT’S an ill wind. The current global credit crunch heartache does, at least, give the Island an opportunity for a complete reassessment of where its future lies. Equally fortunately, we are due to have a man in the States who, one can believe, will have the depth of character and common […]
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Call for review of Power suspension
AN independent review could be held into the suspended Police Chief’s claims that he is the victim of a ‘blatant abuse of political power’. St Helier Constable Simon Crowcroft has submitted a proposition to the Bailiff calling for a ‘compliance check’ into the way former Home Affairs Minister Andrew Lewis carried out the suspension of […]
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Breckon runs the poll topper a close second
DEPUTY Alan Breckon was celebrating after coming a close second to Ian Le Marquand. The chairman of the Jersey Consumer Council was sixth when the results started being announced but it was his home parish of St Saviour which rocketed him up to second place with over 1,500 votes. By the time St Helier had […]
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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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Student hustings
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 – […]
