THE redevelopment of Fort Regent has taken a step forward after it emerged that ministers are collaborating with the Jersey Development Company to progress plans. Infrastructure Minister Andy Jehan revealed in a letter to the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel that he was no longer taking full responsibility for the transformation of the much-loved […]
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£80m ‘exciting’ but ‘functional’ Fort plans soon
PLANS for an £80 million transformation of Fort Regent – which the Infrastructure Minister hopes could be approved within two years – are set to be announced. Deputy Andy Jehan told the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel that he would be sharing “exciting” plans which include a permanent skate park, play areas and visitor […]
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Jersey's interim chief executive to stay as top civil servant
GOVERNMENT chief executive Dr Andrew McLaughlin is to continue in post to “provide much-needed stability and continuity across the public sector”, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham has announced. Dr McLaughlin – who accepted a nine-month secondment last September from NatWest – will be employed on a new contract from 1 July with a six-month review period […]
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Update on new law to help rental sector ‘thrive’
A NEW residential tenancy law, set to be brought forward later this year, will provide “the bedrock for a thriving rental sector”, the Housing Minister has said. Deputy Sam Mézec has issued an update to the States Assembly about his proposed legislation, which he hopes will be in force by next year. The new law […]
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To put Compton’s achievements in perspective, it would be like Joe Root playing for Liverpool
By Lindsay Ash SOME time ago in the 1970s a hotel in Torquay hired a firm of builders whose work was less than satisfactory. The hotel proprietor blamed one of the staff for the errors, using the following phrase: “Well, whose fault is it then, you cloth-eared bint – Denis Compton’s?” This raises two questions […]
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The time has come for us to have a sensible conversation about the tax that Jersey pensioners pay
By Lindsay Ash FOLLOWING the last election, the Labour party did something fairly unthinkable for a party purporting to represent the more vulnerable sections of society: they cut the winter fuel allowance for pensioners. This caused outrage partly because it hadn’t figured in their recent manifesto (one can only guess why and I imagine that […]
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The generation game – people famous for one thing can become famous for another with a different generation
By Lindsay Ash IT’S strange how people famous for one thing can become famous for another with a different generation. Good examples include Michael Portillo, now known more for his travel programmes than his time as a member of Parliament, and Gary Lineker, more for presenting Match of the Day and his political views than […]
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Spare a thought for a sporting pioneer who laid foundations for three of our great competitions
By Lindsay Ash WHEN you settle down to watch the FA Cup this year, whether the early rounds or indeed the final itself, one or two will remember great games and moments from the past in this, the greatest of all cup competitions. There have been so many: Ronnie Radford’s oft-played goal against Newcastle, Trautmann […]
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Who decides what’s offensive? The humourless minority in the shadows… you play by their rules or face the consequences
By Lindsay Ash BEFORE you start reading this column I think it is only fair to say that it “contains language and attitudes from a different era and may cause offence … to idiots”. I am sure you have all heard or seen this on your television sets (OK, maybe I added the idiots bit.) […]
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'One thing you can say about Jersey politics, it’s rarely dull. It’s a soap opera with a Dallas budget'
By Lindsay Ash So we are a few days into 2024 and we have a VoNC. While it sounds like a rather unpleasant sexually transmitted disease (“I’m afraid you seem to have contracted a VoNC”) it is actually a rather routine Jersey political event these days that takes place about two years after an election, […]
