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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Life on the buses up for discussion
ST LAWRENCE Parish Hall was packed to hear the 21 Senatorial election hopefuls give their views on a variety of subjects at last night’s hustings meeting. The candidates each answered six questions at the meeting, chaired by retiring parish Constable Geoffrey Fisher, dealing with everything from the Bailiff’s Liberation Day speech to whether or not […]
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The roadshow revs up to a noisy conclusion
The Senatorial hustings roadshow came to a colourful end at the Town Hall last night. Amid heckling, booing and cheering the candidates just about managed to reply to questions on issues including whether the States should pay rates, the Island Plan and whether the Attorney General should be involved in the inquiry into former deputy […]
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JEP Election Fly: Now meet the real winners
WELL, that’s it – almost. Fly has waxed and waned, zigged and zagged, flipped and flopped and has come, finally, to a conclusion: elections are good. What else would prompt 81 of the strangest people in Jersey to put up posters of their faces and strings of random nouns and adjectives all over the Island? […]
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Deposit scheme dominates hustings
THE world finance crisis dominated the hustings as the Senatorial election campaign reached its halfway point in St Peter last night. Many candidates used their three-minute opening speech to talk about the problems and the need for a deposit banking scheme in Jersey. Parishioners wanted to know if the candidates thought that there was a […]
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Record number for Senatorial election
A RECORD number of candidates have declared for the Senatorial election to be held next month. There were two surprise candidates at last night’s nomination meeting at the Town Hall – St Saviour Deputy Alan Breckon and Air Display organiser Mike Higgins – bringing the total number to 21. They are sitting States Members Senators […]
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Wheel clampers: More Islanders complain
SEVERAL complaints about intimidation and abusive behaviour by wheel-clampers have been prompted by the JEP’s Fair Play report on the subject last week.
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Record number try for Senator
A RECORD 21 candidates were nominated last night to stand in the Senatorial election. The candidates – eight States Members, including three ministers, and 13 newcomers – will hit the hustings trail next Tuesday night in St Clement. There will be three vacant Senatorial seats because Chief Minister Frank Walker, Home Affairs Minister Wendy Kinnard […]
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Weekend Round Up
Kate Cadigan won two titles at the Bedell Group Island Squash Championship, beating Rowena Hockey in the ladies’ final and David Steigenberger in the men’s B event.
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Hustings: St Helier No 1
THE St Helier No 1 hustings achieved the seemingly impossible last night. It attracted even fewer parishioners than the No 2 district meeting on Tuesday. About 40 people turned up at the Town Hall, and the majority of those were friends, family and supporters of the seven candidates. Those who did make an appearance heard […]
