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Perchard: I did swear in States

HEALTH Minister Jim Perchard has admitted swearing at Senator Stuart Syvret in the States last week. Despite initially denying the outburst during last week’s sitting, Senator Perchard has, after being challenged by the JEP, confirmed that he uttered obscenities to Senator Syvret. And after being told about recordings made at a press conference late last […]

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States in shambles

THE States resembled a school playground yesterday as foul language and personal insults flew across the Chamber. After days of personal animosities being vented in e-mails between States Members, the tensions erupted publicly in a bitter question time. Senator Stuart Syvret stopped proceedings in mid-flow to complain to the Deputy Bailiff, Michael Birt, that the […]

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Abuse inquiry bid reaches High Court

FORMER Health Minister Stuart Syvret this week begins his bid to prove that Justice Secretary Jack Straw, pictured, has a duty to intervene in the administration of justice in the Island. He and UK MP John Hemming will be appearing in the Royal Courts of Justice in the High Court at a permissions hearing to […]

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Not behaviour I expected from States Members

From Alan Hall. YOU published a letter (JEP, 3 November) from Terry Noel (a States employee staff representative) who, in his own time, attended the States debate on the proposal to restore the public sector’s rights to free collective bargaining. His description of the way that the politicians conducted themselves that day was a real […]

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