THE States, and more importantly the Island, need an electoral commission if the issue of governmental reform is finally to be addressed adequately. This is certain, but the matter becomes more complex and controversial when the composition of a commission is considered.
Search results
Posted inNews
Interviews for group make-up on States reform
THE chairman of the Electoral Commission is ‘optimistic’ about the task ahead as the search continues for the people who will serve alongside him.
Posted inComment, News, Voices
Why we should buy Plémont
FEW issues in recent times have polarised public opinion quite as much as has the public debate over the future of Plémont.
Posted inNews
Trust backing for Senator’s plea on Plémont headland
THE States must ‘seize the moment’ and buy the Plémont headland for future generations to enjoy, says the head of the National Trust for Jersey.
Posted inNews
London delegation to strengthen links with the Chinese
CHIEF Minister Ian Gorst is leading a delegation to London next week to meet the Chinese Ambassador and a committee of MPs interested in the relationship with the Channel Islands.
Posted inNews
Lime Grove report is flawed and unfair, claims Sir Philip
ASSISTANT Chief Minister Sir Philip Bailhache has waded into the debate about the controversial Lime Grove report, calling it ‘seriously flawed’ and ‘unfair’.
Posted inNews
Calls for fewer Members in the States
Reducing the number of States Members, dividing the Island into ‘super-constituencies’ and Sunday voting were among suggestions made by Islanders at a hearing into States reform yesterday.
Posted inComment, News, Voices
Pondering the future of our ‘boomerang’ society
AS we end the year in reflective mood, we look back over the past 12 months in the hope that our expectations will be met in 2013.
Posted inNews
Jersey and Guernsey ‘could share legal services – even ministers’ to save money
MAJOR savings could be made by sharing laws, services and even ministers between Jersey and Guernsey, said Jersey’s ‘foreign minister’ as he announced a conference on closer working between the islands.
Posted inComment, News, Voices
Wanted: A group of leaders who speak with one voice
NO article in the Guardian about Jersey was ever going to go well. They don’t like us and they have made no secret about it in recent years.
