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From John Mills. BEN Quérée’s comment on the proposed Electoral Commission (JEP, 21 January) strikes a very good note. He is absolutely right to be disdainful of the prospect of the States reforming itself from within. An external force is necessary, in this case a manifestly independent body that can champion sensible reforms that go […]

DEBATES in my family are typically lengthy, heated, commonly alcohol-fuelled and usually leave everyone – even those not directly involved in the conversation – in a big fat mood. And, more often than not, it turns out that everyone has actually been saying the same thing all along but arguing about it anyway.

ST HELIER, our capital, is twinned with the ancient Norman town of Avranches and Bad Wurzach in Germany. The Norman twinning was no doubt initiated because of the Island’s links with Normandy, past and present.

From Deputy Sean Power. I DRAW your attention to the article written by Philip Jordan on page 4 of the JEP (24 November) concerning questions to the Education Minister about the capital allocation programme for Les Quennevais School. The minister was answering questions without notice last week and I asked him the question about the […]

If you subscribe to the optimistic ‘tumbler half full’ approach, the series of missions by senior local politicians to the recent UK political party conferences will probably have left you feeling encouraged.