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Planet Jersey
2008-02-06 11:43:00 Here's some news which should be of interest to everyone who reads this blog. A new forum devoted to the discussion of Jersey issues has opened, Planet Jersey. It's only been active for just over a week but already features plenty of debate, with topics ranging from G.S.T. to Bird Flu, from the Waterfront development to drunken violence....with a multitude of other subjects
Fleecing The 5000
2008-02-06 03:23:00 5000 Jersey born residents, Islanders of pure Jersey stock with no European or UK family links, have a stamp in their passport denying them the right to live or work permanently anywhere in the European Union.Chief Minister Frank Walker today announced his refusal to deal with this blatant discrimination, stating that he does not wish to "rock the boat" with Europe. Astoundingly
Behind The Times
2008-02-05 06:41:00 The J.E.P. tonight announced the launch of its online news service, but unlike just about every other online newspaper, you'll have pay to see the goods. £12.00 allows you to read the J.E.P. online for one month. £200 gives you unlimited access to their online archive.....which goes back as far as February 2006! Offline the JEP now costs 45p. A number of people I know have said More About: Times , The Times
Unfair or Misunderstood, Terry?
2008-02-02 10:59:00 Five years ago the following paragraph appeared in a national press interview with Terry Le Sueur.... The Observer, Sunday 29th, 2003. Senator Terry Le Sueur, chairman of the government's finance committee and the island's Chancellor, told The Observer it was "inevitable" that consumer taxes would have to be raised. But he insisted that Jersey "is united in recognising the More About: Unfair
Too Much Junkie Business
2008-02-01 04:17:00 This week in response to questions put forward in the States regarding the closure of St.Helier's multi-storey car park lifts at night, Transport Minister Guy De Faye announced something rather interesting. The lifts are closed to stop them being used by heroin addicts. It seems that used needles are now regularly found on the lift floors, and amounts so substantial collect at More About: Business , Junkie
Political Profiteering?
2008-01-27 19:36:00 This weekend I've heard from two completely seperate sources that a senior politician has purchased a restaurant which was forced into closure largely as a result of the collapse of the tourism industry. "Word on the street" is that he intends to redevelop the restaurant into luxury flats. Where the death of Jersey tourism is concerned, some might say this individual has fiddled whilst More About: Political
Animal Crackers
2008-01-26 00:19:00 Jersey Zoo (or 'Durrell' as they now prefer to be known) have just announced a £47 million pound expansion plan...despite currently losing money at the rate of £500,000 per year, and despite claiming in 2006 that the introduction of G.S.T. would force them out of business. To quote Durrell treasurer Mark Oliver on the latter, "This would be catastrophic. I could not see a future More About: Animal , Crackers
Bricks And Mortar
2008-01-16 03:57:00 "Too much power for just one man". I recall that as being one of the first comments Senator Freddie Cohen made upon being appointed head of the Planning Department in 2005. With that in mind, it seems a bit odd that we've already seen a number of occassions where public concerns regarding planning applications or decisions have been met by Cohen making claims that he's More About: Bricks , Mort
73% Of All Statistics Are Wrong
2008-01-06 05:55:00 At the end of last year Jersey Tourism trumpeted an increase in visitors to the island. A 2% rise was referred to as "a turnaround after 10 years of decline". Figures - if you have enough of them - can be great for putting a positive spin on even the weakest of arguments. So let's take a quick look at some more figures from the same tourism report: "Staying visitors" are up by 2%. More About: Statistics , Wrong
Old Dogs, Old Tricks?
2008-01-06 00:48:00 The Council Of Ministers have decided that they want to set up a new company to replace the Waterfront Enterprise Board, the function of which will be to completely control the sale and purchase of billions of pounds worth of States owned property. The company will be called the Jersey Enterprise Board, and consist of two politicians - and three members of the public appointed by More About: Dogs , Tricks
A Wake-Up Call
2008-01-03 21:30:00 The Chief Minister's Department have decided to test public opinion on the island moving the clocks forward one hour to match Central European Time. A consultation paper regarding this will be publised by Easter. Well.....bringing CET to Jersey is such an idiotic concept, I cannot believe it's even being considered. We are so tied in with the UK that island life revolves More About: Wake , Call , Wake up
Another World
2008-01-02 14:28:00 Well, I've just caught the advert on TV for the latest Jersey tourism campaign. Click the arrow on the image below to view it online: My impressions? It's as original and inspirational as the 'flying banana' logo. A clip of a cafe, a clip of a cow, a clip of two women shopping, and a family on a beach at sunset. For all the unique natural beauty Jersey has to offer, that's a pretty damn More About: World
Opium For The Flaccid
2008-01-02 13:59:00 Channel TV have just announced that they will be adding an extra 15 minute Friday night 'Report Sport' to their news schedule. Between Monday and Friday Channel TV has just 2 and a half hours of evening news airtime, which is reduced to 2 and a quarter hours with the current inclusion of 'Report Sport'. A second edition of 'Report Sport' will reduce that news airtime to just 2 hours a
Pennies For The Guy
2007-12-29 16:40:00 Guy De Faye is complaining about his Transport Department receiving an unexpected bill from the Parish of St. Helier for £500. It seems that over the Christmas period the Transport staff tasked with keeping St. Helier's main roads clean decided to finish work early on Christmas Eve, and not work on Boxing Day. According to the parish's Street Cleaning Manager, Phiilp Hague, when
Return Of The Banana
2007-12-22 15:12:00 I'm sure you'll all remember the Jersey logo that Frank Walker spent quarter of a million pounds of taxpayers money on - despite being told on two occasions by the public that it wasn't liked or wanted? And I'm sure you'll remember how in the wake of Walker's arrogantly chuffed decision to go ahead with the £250,000 purchase of that design against majority wishes and advice, it came More About: Banana , Return , Return of the
Talking 'bout regeneration..
2007-12-21 16:51:00 ...that's what the Constable of St. Helier, Simon Crowcroft, is currently doing for the town's under-visited commercial fringes. He's announced proposals to regenerate the areas of Colomberie, Snow Hill and La Motte Street, and to add extended pavements and an al-fresco zone. This redevelopment will be partly funded by the Parish of St. Helier, and mostly funded by the Waterfront More About: Talking
Life In The Slow Lane
2007-12-19 13:19:00 Economic Development Minister Philip Ozouf has just announced that Jersey's construction industry needs more local apprentices. Ozouf claims it's his "number one priorty" to see that the ranks of the various manual trades are swelled by local school-leavers, to stem reliance on labour from outside of the island. Now, two years ago it came to light that local building companies were More About: Life , Lane , Slow
A Creature Of Unsuitable Habit
2007-12-17 19:24:00 Dandara have done it again. Seemingly having blissfully ignored all the public comment, complaint and concern about the block-like, outdated and angular design common to their developments on the Waterfront, the company today unveiled plans for 52 new homes on the headland at Portelet, designed in a similar style. These buildings will occupy the site of the old holiday village, on More About: Creature , Habit
Led Zeppelin ...again
2007-12-06 14:47:00 I've just been browsing the statistics for the blog, and find myself rather surprised to discover that the most viewed entry - by a huge percentage - is the post about the time Led Zeppelin spent on the island. I suppose in part that's due to masses of people googling "Led Zeppelin" following the recent release of the 'Mothership' compilation album, the remastered re-release of 'The Song Remains
Cherry Picking Democracy
2007-12-05 17:03:00 I had in all honesty hoped to get through at least a couple of weeks this month before having to make mention of the toxic twins, Walker and Le Sueur. If it's boring me to pontificate about them, Lord only knows what you lot think when you arrive here and see their names on the page....again....so I apologise in advance for this latest entry.... Yesterday, in his second budget More About: Democracy , Cherry , Picking
A Shower Of Gold
2007-12-03 12:50:00 Last week Frank Walker popped up in the media, making yet more comments about fighting "tooth and nail" to protect the finance industry and the island's high-earners from any form of extra taxation. I'm beginning to worry that if he bends over the barrel much further, he's going to slip a disc. We are well past the stage of having given the a finance industry a number of excellent More About: Gold , Shower
Kraft durch Freude
2007-11-17 13:52:00 According to a review released last week of Jersey's Ministerial system of Government, the Chief Minister should have grander offices and a private secretary. The recommendations have not yet been discussed formally with States members, but an anonymous reader forwarded me the plan shown below (click to enlarge), claiming the office could possibly be located somewhere in a specially designated
Where Did Wendy Kinnard Go?
2007-11-16 02:07:00 On Tuesday I caught a few seconds of a Channel Report interview with Home Affairs Minister Wendy Kinnard. The interview concerned the lowering of time spent in prison by convicted offenders. Kinnard was explaining a new policy wherby prisoners would only have to serve half their sentence before release. "An interesting issue" I thought, "maybe worthy of comment on the blog". So
The First Nail In The Coffin
2007-11-14 20:54:00 And so the masterplan has been revealed for a city style financial district on St.Helier's waterfront. This development will cover an area almost 8 times the size of Wembley Stadium, and consist of 14 new office blocks, 300 flats and a hotel. Enviroment Minister Freddie Cohen claims the development will be "world-class"....a phrase which seems to be in compulsory use whenever a More About: Coffin , Nail
Remember These Names
2007-11-08 21:20:00 Remember these names, print them off, or bookmark this page. Senator Frank Harrison Walker Senator Michael Edward Vibert Senator Paul Francis Routier Senator James Leslie Perchard Senator Philip Francis Cyril Ozouf Senator Terence Augustine Le Sueur Senator Wendy Kinnard Connétable Kenneth Priaulx Vibert Connétable Daniel Joseph Murphy Connétable Peter Frederick More About: Names
Give 'Em Enough Rope
2007-11-03 23:43:00 Plans have been submitted to demolish the Carlton Hotel on the seafront at Havre De Pas and replace it with an apartment block. There seems to be a cruel irony in the J.E.P. devoting double-page spreads and full front pages to the newly built Radisson Hotel, whilst on an almost monthly basis we hear of small or mid-sized hotels being wiped off the face of the island, with no More About: Give , Rope
Art For Art's Sake?
2007-11-03 18:54:00 It was announced today that the 'National' art gallery planned for the Weighbridge could cost £6 million to build and between £250,000 - £500,00 a year to maintain. Under those costs the admission fee would be £10 per person. In October of this year Frank Walker announced he favoured the project, but stated that he did not think it would be funded by the States. I hope to God that "do
Quietly Famous
2007-11-02 04:05:00 Well,it's about time for one of my very occasional posts about some of the more forgotten aspects of Jersey's history. I've previously mentioned how Led Zeppelin and the Sex Pistols spent time on the island, so let's take a brief glance at a few of the other historical figures who have washed up on these shores.... Karl Marx. The man who invented Communism in 1848 enjoyed a number of holidays More About: Famous
What Happened Frank?
2007-10-31 03:55:00 Six months ago Chief Minister Frank Walker took a late night stroll around the streets of St.Helier. He was accompanied by a phalanx of uniformed Police officers, and wore body armour. At the end of this well protected little jaunt he proudly, confidently and knowingly decreed "The streets of St. Helier are no more dangerous now than they were 40 years ago". Oh dear. What
Regime Change
More articles from this author:2007-10-26 20:28:00 Incredible. After having spent the previous couple of years making a number of astoundingly questionable financial decisions, and showing an arrogance regarding those decisions which some might say would verge on him exhibiting some form of messiah complex, Treasury Minister Terry Le Sueur has announced he will stand for Chief Minister. Please see my previous post for just a few More About: Change , Chang , Chan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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