ASSISTANT Chief Minister Sir Philip Bailhache has defended his £6,700 Electoral Commission trip to Barbados saying that they learned ‘a great deal’ to help them with the job of reforming the States.
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Senator offers to look into MP’s concerns
ASSISTANT Chief Minister Philip Bailhache has promised to look into any evidence of injustice in Jersey following a face-to-face meeting with MP John Hemming, who recently criticised the Island authorities in the House of Commons.
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Treading a fine line with the UK
AS our Bailiff, Sir Philip Bailhache frequently stressed that this Island should take the trouble to develop its own distinct international personality. Unfairly, he was also accused of being an active proponent of independence from the United Kingdom.
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Let’s stand up for ourselves!
JERSEY must reconsider its relationship with the UK following a series of attacks from the coalition government, according to the Island’s foreign minister.
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A chance not to be missed
IT is unsurprising that in an Island of only 45 square miles large tracts of open space are in short supply.
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‘Betrayal’ claim over election reform U-turn
ALLOWING States Members to sit on the new Electoral Commission would be a ‘disgraceful betrayal’, according to the former politician behind the original plans.
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Finance industry on a ‘charm offensive’
BRAZIL and other South American countries should be prime targets for the Jersey finance industry in 2012 and beyond.
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Let’s have a referendum on the Clothier proposals
From Robin Pittman. IT is not only the utility of Sir Philip Bailhache’s fact-finding visit to Barbados that is open to question but also the whole existence and purpose of the Electoral Commission that he is now chairing. Perhaps it would be more worthwhile to revisit the Clothier Report, published in December 2000. Incidentally it […]
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Isle of Man is next stop for Electoral Commission group
AFTER the tropical climes of the Caribbean last week, the Electoral Commission are heading to the Isle of Man.
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Reformers keep it simple
IN an impressively short space of time since its formation, the Electoral Commission charged with finding a new structure for the States Assembly has completed its initial deliberations and put forward interim proposals which, while no plan can ever be perfect, probably come as close as is likely to reconciling the competing demands.
