BY the end of the week there will be between four and 25 new Deputies eagerly waiting to take up their seats in the States.
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A Week in Politics
November 17, 2008 – 3:00 pm
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.
A Week in Politics
November 10, 2008 – 3:00 pm
NOT much doubt about the big political story of last week — it was Barack Obama’s historic victory in the US presidential race.
A Week in Politics
November 3, 2008 – 3:00 pm
A RIDDLE: I wouldn’t do it, you might not, but thousands do. Without it, nine Members wouldn’t be in the States – and we wouldn’t have any Deputies in St Helier No 1 or 2 at all. Got it?
A Week in Politics
October 27, 2008 – 3:00 pm
WE’RE now one States sitting away from the end of this term, and the end of the first three years of ministerial government.
A Week in Politics
October 20, 2008 – 3:00 pm
You’re a strange bunch, aren’t you? Don’t get me wrong, I like it, but you’re a strange, mixed-up, inscrutable bunch of people.
A Week in Politics
October 13, 2008 – 3:00 pm
HERE it is, voters . . . you’ve never had it so good. That’s a somewhat rosy and optimistic view of the situation, for sure, but I reckon it stands up for the following reason.
A Week in Politics
October 6, 2008 – 3:00 pm
TIMING, it is said, is one of the most important skills a stand-up comedian can have.
A Week in Politics
September 29, 2008 – 3:00 pm
YOU don’t have to read the JEP too closely to figure out that reporters get things wrong from time to time – hint: the clues are normally around 50 words long, appear under the heading ‘correction’ and end with the words ‘The error is regretted.’
A Week in Politics
ONE thing’s for sure after the elections – GST is coming off food.