LA POUQUELAYE residents could get a permanent youth and community centre if the States back a cut-price bid for the site from the Constable of St Helier. Simon Crowcroft wants to buy the site for around £300,000 – much less than its value if redeveloped for housing, which has been put at almost £2 million. […]
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And he’s off!
FIVE months ago, he romped home in second place out of a 21-strong field – beating the odds and confounding the bookies. But last week Senator Alan Breckon failed to even make the starting line after ditching the day job and taking a trip to the Cheltenham races while States Members were reappointing him as […]
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De Faye hits back at criticism of his ‘no show’
TRANSPORT Minister Guy de Faye has accused Senator-elect Alan Breckon of politically motivated bias after he publicly criticised him for failing to attend his own election nomination meeting. In an e-mail to all States Members earlier this week, Deputy Breckon said that Deputy de Faye’s non attendance was ‘arrogant’ and showed a lack of respect […]
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Full States debate: No censure vote for Chief Minister
CHIEF Minister Frank Walker won the support of almost all of his political colleagues in a debate described as one of the ‘flimsiest’ ever seen in the States. After a two-hour debate yesterday afternoon, only two politicians out of 49 voted in favour of censuring Senator Walker for misleading the States during the controversial Waterfront […]
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It was bad manners
From Maureen McGuigan. I DO agree with Alan Breckon on the absence of Jacqui Huet and Guy de Faye. It is not acceptable and indeed bad manners. They knew about the nomination evening, so surely they could have got one of their committee members to represent them. If I wanted to stand for election and […]
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A Week in Politics
ONE thing’s for sure after the elections – GST is coming off food. Of the 14 States Members who will be leaving us for one reason or another next week, seven voted against removing GST from food in the recent tied vote.
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One in the eye for the neighbours
JERSEY’S newest attraction for the summer arrived in the Island early this morning. The giant 60-metre Jersey Eye, which will offer views of St Aubin’s Bay and St Helier, stopped traffic along the Waterfront as it was transported with a police escort from the harbour to Jardins de la Mer. The wheel was shipped from […]
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A Week in Politics
ONE thing’s for sure after the elections – GST is coming off food. Of the 14 States Members who will be leaving us for one reason or another next week, seven voted against removing GST from food in the recent tied vote.
Posted inNews
One in the eye for the neighbours
JERSEY’S newest attraction for the summer arrived in the Island early this morning. The giant 60-metre Jersey Eye, which will offer views of St Aubin’s Bay and St Helier, stopped traffic along the Waterfront as it was transported with a police escort from the harbour to Jardins de la Mer. The wheel was shipped from […]
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Island aid – the facts
From Deputy Jacqui Huet, chairman, Jersey Overseas Aid Commission. I WRITE with reference to a letter published on 13 August regarding Overseas Aid. I should like to make it clear that the Overseas Aid Commission in 2007 gave £6,331,000, not £24 million, as implied by your correspondent. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals, if achieved […]
