THE Bailiff, Sir William Bailhache, is to retire from public office next October.
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Reform ‘wrecking’ bids thrown out by House
PROPOSALS to only accept a referendum result on States reform if there was at least a 40 per cent turnout and delay any changes until 2022 have been rejected and dubbed ‘wrecking attempts’ by several Members.
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COMMENT: Complacency over inquiry’s report has been astonishing
THERE’S no easy way of saying this, I’m afraid, so here goes: I don’t think Jersey has yet got its head around how profoundly shattering a verdict has been delivered on it by the findings of the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry.
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Brexit: ‘An opportunity for more independence’
JERSEY should seize the ‘opportunity’ of Brexit to consider greater independence from the UK and setting up a Channel Islands confederacy with Guernsey, the External Relations Minister has said.
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COMMENT: Voters will judge Members’ response to inquiry report
EVERY word Frances Oldham QC wrote in her final report at the end of the three-year care inquiry was deliberate. Legal 500, which keeps a beady eye on law firms, describes her as ‘a woman of great calmness and serenity who has a beautiful economy with words’.
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States press officer for post-Brexit ‘necessary’
THE post of a new States press officer to focus on Brexit-related issues is necessary and was filled after an open and competitive application process, the External Relations Minister has said.
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COMMENT: Let’s not change for the sake of change – let’s get it right
NEXT Tuesday the States will debate a proposition which, if passed, will give effect to an earlier decision that six new so-called super constituencies should be created to replace the existing parish electoral boundaries.
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STUART SYVRET INTERVIEW: ‘A systemic decades-long betrayal of the innocents’
WEDNESDAY 5 December 2007. The lowest moment of then-Senator Stuart Syvret’s political career, and the day he contemplated ending his life.
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Jersey trade vulnerable if there’s no Brexit deal
JERSEY could soon be left vulnerable to damaging trade restrictions if a new trade deal between the UK and the EU is not agreed before Brexit, the External Relations Department has warned.
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States Members take their places on the Scrutiny panels
THE States Members who will form Scrutiny panels have been decided – with one resigning from his position within minutes of being appointed.
