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Daily Archives: August 26, 2008

A Week in Politics

THERE’S no way for them to spin it, no way to package it, and no way to hide it: the Council of Ministers just got their asses kicked up and down the street.

Let’s get back on our bikes

From Stephan Beddoe.
I ADMIT I love driving my car just as much as the next person. It’s great and, yes, I do use it when I really don’t need to. But for the future of the Island and, dare I say, for the planet, the Chief Minister must set up a task force to begin […]

Swimming against the tide of emotion

IT must be an awful long time since Don Filleul first dipped his toe in the often dirty water of politics but if his recent letter about the possible future of the Haut de la Garenne building is anything to go by, he’s lost little of his ability to spot a possible deal on the […]

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I have a hustings question for you, Senator Vibert

From Brian Hotton.
I READ (JEP, 20 August) that Senator Mike Vibert is to seek re-election and he wishes to continue to lead Education, Sport and Culture.

Shame on you! Connétable is not a franglais word

From Elaine Hanning.
MERIDIAN … shame on you!
Far from being franglais (JEP, 16 August) Connétable is a fine old Norman-French word derived from Latin. It was the Normans who developed the art of mounted warfare and their use of cavalry proved decisive at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. William, Duke of Normandy and King of […]

Welcome assurances over inquiry

SEPARATING fact from fiction has so far proved to be one of the central themes – and one of the main difficulties – of Jersey’s continuing inquiry into historical child abuse.

States ‘trivialised’ our views, say Chamber

MEMBERS of the Island’s business community say their views have been ‘trivialised’ in a political debate.

Marketing diploma course to be held in the Island

FROM next month students will no longer have to leave the Island to gain a professional diploma in marketing.

The great escape

JERSEY snatched victory from the jaws of defeat on Saturday to win the ICC Europe Division II championship from Guernsey by pipping them on the finishing line for a one-run victory.

Clayton wins Road to Wimbledon title

JERSEY tennis player Scott Clayton won the Road to Wimbledon title with a super effort on Saturday – and was presented with the impressive trophy by former British No 1 Tim Henman.