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Split Bailiff’s role in three: Civic head, speaker and senior judge
From Nick Le Cornu LORD Carswell’s report into the role of the Crown Officers is a timid republican document. Its central recommendation that the Bailiff merely no longer preside as speaker of the States Assembly, is carefully crafted to the expediency of what is palatable to faint hearted States Members. The report fails, as it […]
Candidates find common ground at first hustings
THE hustings tour of the parishes began in St Martin last night with the Senatorial by-election less than three weeks away.
Tempers rise as audience members turn on candidates
MEMBERS of the audience turned on the candidates at last night’s Senatorial hustings meeting in St Lawrence.
Voters go to the polls
POLLING stations are open around the Island today to enable voters to pick a winner in the Senatorial by-election.
The problem is not too many candidates, but too few voters
From Nick Le Cornu. The recent proposal by the Privileges and Procedures Committee to introduce forfeitable £500 deposits for candidates in all (contrary to your article JEP, 17 September) States Assembly elections, including Deputies and Constables and, in those for Senators, to require two nominators from each parish, is motivated by a backward looking anti-democratic […]
Le Gresley takes early lead
CITIZENS Advice Bureau manager Francis Le Gresley has built up a commanding lead in the Senatorial by-election after declarations from the country parishes.
Nine candidates nominated for Senator
NINE candidates will contest a single Senatorial seat at the by-election in three weeks.
Who will be elected Senator?
Voting begins in St Ouen POLLS close in under an hour in today’s Senatorial by-election and, unless there is a late surge, a disappointly low turnout is expected. Voting begins in St Ouen POLLS close in under an hour in today’s Senatorial by-election and, unless there is a late surge, a disappointly low turnout is […]
This rally expressed the anger of workers against the governing elite
From Nick Le Cornu. THERE was a time when a critical letter like that from John Boothman (JEP, 27 November) would have sent progressives scattering for cover. The humiliation, the curtailed career prospects, the shame, the ostracism of friends, the averted gaze on King Street, would all have been too much. Now, such a letter […]

