NICK Le Cornu, a founder of the political pressure group Time for Change, is standing for Senator.
The 50-year-old lawyer, a Jerseyman who is employed in fund administration, said: ‘I know the value of the financial sector to the economy.’ He was an unsuccessful candidate for Constable and Deputy in St Brelade in 1996.
He is critical of GST as well as the zero-ten package because he feels that they hurt all who derive an income from wages.
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They were part of a ‘regressive ec-onomic model that drained the States tax base. And he predicts that there will be a ‘taxpayer revolt’ at the elections this year. Mr Le Cornu believes that Jersey needs new politicians who will listen to the people and do what they promised when elected. He said that the Island requires wide-ranging reform.
‘We need full implementation of the Clothier reforms for political and constitutional change. Our institutions are archaic,’ he said. Mr Le Cornu led a personal campaign against wheel-clamping earlier this year that led the Home Affairs department to propose ‘long overdue reforms’.
He said that his platform would include political, economic and social change. ‘The Broadlands lodging house fire has exposed Jersey’s housing policies as ineffective and discriminatory, and we must have a positive plan to house all residents of the Island adequately,’ he said. Mr Le Cornu would make provision of homes a priority over more offices and speculative commercial developments.
Article posted on 12th September, 2008 - 2.52pm
