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Ministers ‘must prepare for Jersey independence’
MINISTERS must prepare for independence from the UK as the constitutional relationship between the two jurisdictions worsens, according to former Bailiff Sir Philip Bailhache.
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De Caen descendants visit the Island in search of relatives
A WOMAN whose parents were from Jersey will be in the Island with her two daughters this weekend in the hope of tracing members of their family.
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Sovereignty or dependency on agenda at conference
A MAJOR conference examining Jersey’s constitutional arrangement with the UK and the possibility of independence began this morning
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Jersey’s not so bad
From Roger Goodwin. AS a recent arrival in the Island following five years living in France, I am following with interest the current debates aired in your newspaper over budget deficits, zero-ten taxation and the Carswell Report. A couple of months ago, I managed to attend some of the free lunch-time talks at Law House; […]
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Zero-ten: ‘UK, not Europe, the problem’
IT is the UK Treasury and not Europe which is determined to undermine Jersey’s economy, a former Bailiff has claimed.
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Zero-ten: It is Europe we have to worry about
From Richard Murphy, director, Tax Research LLP. SIR Philip Bailhache (JEP, 14 December) is wrong when he says Jersey’s fight over zero-ten is with the UK. It never has been, and it is not now. Indeed, until 2009 it is almost certainly true that the UK provided considerable protection for the Crown Dependencies against the […]
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Planning decisions a ’cause for concern’
THE Royal Court has expressed its concern about disagreements between the Planning minister and his civil servant advisers.
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Start with Guernsey
From Robin Pittman. SIR Philip Bailhache wishes to consider the matter of Jersey becoming an independent nation. Might it be more practicable if first we considered federation with Guernsey, with all the benefits that would accrue for the two Bailiwicks’ finance industries, tourism, health services and travel, and with greater influence in our mutual dealings […]
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Man jailed for town stabbing
A MAN has been jailed for four years after stabbing his girlfriend’s brother just yards from a family rock festival at Howard Davis Park.
