The candidates in the most recent Senatorial election PLANS to weed out ‘no-hopers’ from Senatorial election campaigns by demanding a £500 deposit could be debated before the end of the year. The candidates in the most recent Senatorial election PLANS to weed out ‘no-hopers’ from Senatorial election campaigns by demanding a £500 deposit could be […]
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Without change, the Island will not survive
From Roger Bale. SADLY the recent letter from Nick Le Cornu (JEP, 30 November) reminds me of attitudes which existed in British Leyland, once the world’s third largest motor manufacturer. Both sides (management and the ‘Red Robbo’ lead unions) ignored the world and competition was moving on. When the conflict ended, British Leyland as a […]
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At least nine in Senatorial by-election
ISLANDERS will find out tonight who will contest the States seat left vacant by the disqualification of Senator Stuart Syvret.
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In unresolved legal limbo
From Nick Le Cornu. LAST year my own experience at the hands of arbitrary wheel clampers led to questions being asked in the States as to the legality of the practice and the promise by government of regulation. As your article on 8 July clearly demonstrates, the public continues to suffer at the hands of […]
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Tax haven protest passes peacefully
A PROTEST by anti-tax haven campaigners around St Helier passed without trouble yesterday. At some points, the press pack in pursuit outnumbered them by about two to one as the 30 or so protesters made their way slowly from La Frégate café on the waterfront to the Royal Square. Along the way they stopped outside […]
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Senatorial candidate: Nick Le Cornu
NICK Le Cornu, a founder of the political pressure group Time for Change, is standing for Senator. The 50-year-old lawyer, a Jerseyman who is employed in fund administration, said: ‘I know the value of the financial sector to the economy.’ He was an unsuccessful candidate for Constable and Deputy in St Brelade in 1996. He […]
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Policy on fields condemned
THE Chief Minister was roundly accused of hypocrisy for failing to protect green fields in Jersey’s rural parishes. Senator Frank Walker (pictured) may be departing his post in a few months but most of the 21 candidates aiming to fill his shoes spoke out against his recent speech when he had said that his ‘highest […]
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Wheel clamping: action promised
NEW laws regulating the actions of wheel clampers and other private parking enforcement companies could be introduced.
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Election: Gloves are off as ministers come under fire
THE election gloves came off at the St Mary Senatorial hustings last night – and ministers took a beating. The three sitting Senators on the podium had an uncomfortable time as the audience of around 70 applauded attacks on the Council of Ministers. The 21 candidates continue on the hustings trail in Grouville tonight and […]
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Wheel clamping: action promised
NEW laws regulating the actions of wheel clampers and other private parking enforcement companies could be introduced.
