AS The Reader may recall, over the last few months I’ve been kept entertained in my quieter moment by looking at the online comments made about news stories and the like – comments which, I have to say, are often more entertaining than Letters to the Editor.
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A complete and utter pickle to go with our mulled wine
WHAT a pickle Jersey has got itself into, as 2010 draws to a close.
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Jersey tax and the EU
From Pierre Horsfall I WRITE with reference to Sir Philip Bailhache’s letter published on Tuesday 14 December under the headline ‘This resistance to the UK Treasury deserves support’. What actually happened in the late 1990s when the EU Code of Conduct of taxation was first announced supports Sir Philip’s views and is worth recounting. The […]
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Jersey Side by Side reflects on five years
OVERSEAS aid charity Jersey Side by Side pledged support for the survivors of the Haiti earthquake at a concert marking five years since its birth.
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A workplace in which bullying is allowed to go unchecked is an insidious environment
IT was quite early in my working life when I decided – or perhaps subconsciously had it decided for me – that my future lay more with the oppressed than with the oppressors.
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Preparing to go it alone
THE foundations of Jersey’s present relationship with the Crown were set in place 800 years ago when King John lost Normandy but retained possession of the Channel Islands.
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Court is told of rape during drink-fuelled party
A BARMAN allegedly raped a woman and indecently assaulted her best friend while they were drunk, the Royal Court heard. One of his alleged victims passed out at an alcohol-fuelled party and woke as she was being raped, jurors were told. The 28-year-old said that she initially thought it was her boyfriend until she realised […]
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Sir Philip’s absolutely right
From Trevor Green I WOULD like to congratulate the former Bailiff Sir Philip Bailhache for the views he expressed concerning the report submitted by Lord Carswell, in your excellent Saturday Interview (JEP, 18 December). Sir Philip is one hundred percent correct in his analysis of the report. The loss of the Bailiff in his dual […]
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Elizabeth, Marie, Jean and Philippe come out to play
ALTHOUGH the principal aim of most family historians is to trace their ancestry back as far as is possible with any degree of certainty, a secondary and very important objective is to learn as much as possible about one’s ancestors and the lives they lived.
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United against hatred
A POIGNANT memorial service was held yesterday for those Islanders who lost their lives during the Holocaust. Held to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, the service, in the Occupation Tapestry Galley of the Maritime Museum, reflected the national theme for the occasion and Islanders were urged to Stand Up To Hatred. In their addresses, the Bailiff, […]
