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‘Day by day I struggle to maintain not only my strength but also my sanity. It’s all a blur. I have no energy to write. I don’t know what’s right or wrong anymore. The morale of the men is low, a civil war in the platoon… There’s a lot of suspicion and hate. I can’t believe we’re fighting each other, when we should be fighting them.’

From Deputy Geoff Southern. I AM writing about the latest moves to make the States more ‘efficient’. At first glance this seems a reasonable measure, but closer examination reveals a blatant attempt by some ministers, and others (Senators Ozouf, Perchard and Shenton), who might be expected to know better, to stifle the healthy democratic increase […]

WE all need excitement in our lives. We need to get the adrenaline flowing, to feel that a moment is significant – in short, we need to feel alive.

IT’S a funny thing, your first States sitting. The first one that I remember doing was a Budget meeting, probably in 2000 or 2001, and being confused about how States spending rose relentlessly without anything significant to show for it. I suppose I still am.

THERE was talk, a while ago, of the Scrutiny panels resigning. It was all a bit vague, people were a bit hesitant to commit themselves on the record, and some of the people alleged to be involved said that they did not know anything about it – which, if you think about it, is a bit like how ministers work, as well.

IT was a strange coalition that handed ministers an embarrassing defeat over duty hikes in the Budget last week: some came from the left, some came from the right, and some came along because they don’t like the Treasury Minister.

ANYONE who imagined that Housing Minister Terry Le Main’s proposal to reduce the qualifying period for home ownership to ten years from the present 12 was going to be uncontroversial was, quite clearly, wrong.

From the Rev Chris White. IT strikes me as odd that we make people wait 12 years before they can escape living every day in one small room for which some pay £500 per month. What kind of a prison sentence is this when hardworking people who are contributing to Jersey society are treated as […]