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UNDER normal circumstances I wouldn’t dream of admitting – well, not in such a public way – that Herself and I are off to examine the state of affairs in our colony of Guernsey for a few days, but given the way thing are here at present one can hardly call any set of circumstances normal.

From Peter French. I WAS interested and saddened to read of the crisis at the General Hospital – in particular the serious shortage of beds, resulting in a request to GPs to treat people at home where possible, and more worryingly patients being discharged prematurely in a bid to free up beds, only to be […]

HEALTH and Social Services has been described as the latest poisoned chalice among States departments, but that did not prevent five candidates offering themselves as its ministerial head during the election held yesterday in the States.

From Don Filleul. I WAS surprised to read that Deputy Le Hérissier felt so strongly about the fracas between Senators Perchard and Syvret that he thought it reasonable to lodge a no-confidence motion – against only one of them. My impression, while accepting that Senator Perchard was well out of order if he uttered what […]

APPARENTLY, next Sunday is Mother’s Day or, as it was known when it had some sort of religious connotation, Mothering Sunday. I say apparently because it’s an occasion which tends to pass unnoticed at Chez Clement, as it is some years since either of us had a mother with whom we could celebrate.