THE States communication unit ? the body which advises the Chief Minister on how best to deal with the media ? is expected to cost £294,000 this year.
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Double win for Walker
CHIEF Minister Frank Walker emerged politically unscathed yesterday after fighting off two separate attacks in the States. Deputy Geoff Southern was left humiliated after his vote of censure against Senator Walker received the support of just one fellow member of the Jersey Democratic Alliance. And Senator Stuart Syvret was defeated by almost as decisive a […]
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Senator sparks ‘Nazi’ e-mail row
SENATOR Stuart Syvret has compared a Jewish States Member to a Nazi war criminal in an e-mail row over GST. Attacking Senator Freddie Cohen over his changing position on sales tax exemptions, Senator Syvret ridiculed the Environment Minister for saying that he was ‘a team player’ and that he had only backed GST on food […]
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Why Jersey is falling behind
From Elena Moran. SENATOR Stuart Syvret (JEP, 27 June) suggests that I, together with many other people who have moved to the Island from the UK, believe the UK is ‘some kind of model of near-perfection in its democratic habits’. I do not know why Senator Syvret considers people from the UK to be quite […]
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A political view from outside
THE idea that a Guernsey politician is well placed to offer advice on how this Island should be governed will not sit well with our elected representatives or, indeed, many of those who elect them. That the Guernsey politician in question, Housing Minister Dave Jones, goes as far as saying that our new ministerial system is nothing less than a dictatorship will, moreover, fan the flames of resentment in many quarters.
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Breckon to run for Chief Minister?
THE path is clearing for Senator-elect Alan Breckon to run for Chief Minister. Senators Ben Shenton and Freddie Cohen and St Helier Constable Simon Crowcroft ruled themselves out of the running today, leaving a much-diminished field. Treasury Minister Terry Le Sueur is the only candidate to have formally declared so far, and it looks as […]
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New health complaints system ‘is defective’
A NEW health complaints procedure is ‘manifestly defective’ and will not offer patients the independent inquiries promised, says Senator Stuart Syvret.
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Senator Routier standing for re-election
SENATOR Paul Routier is standing for re-election. The Social Security Minister is the eighth candidate to declare for the coming Senatorial polls. He was a St Helier No 1 Deputy from 1993 to 2002 and came third in the Senatorial election six years ago. Senator Routier, a member of the Council of Ministers whose main […]
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A Week in Politics
SOME stories just appear and burn out, and some, like States Members and their curious parking arrangements, keep on coming back every now and then, like a roulette wheel, a phone bill or a comet.
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Care leavers demand UK trial
THE Jersey Care Leavers Association has threatened to take UK Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw to court if he fails to appoint independent judges to investigate the historical child abuse allegations. The association has met MPs in the Houses of Parliament and has brought a petition with them which asks Mr Straw (pictured) […]
