[election table="candidate" key="mark-forskitt"]
Name: Mark Forskitt
Age: 47
Address: Mont Vibert, St Ouen
Family: Partner and two young chhildren
Education:St John’s School; Victoria College; University of Nottingham (BSc, PhD)
Occupations: Smallholder, business administrator, software developer, in varying amounts

Election platform:
The key issues I want to pursue are Island-wide, if not global. Seeking an Island-wide mandate therefore seems most appropriate. I want the States to engage the Jersey people in a genuine, open-minded and well-informed debate on the future of Jersey – the sort of thing Imagine Jersey 2035 should have been. That woefully inadequate and predetermined event failed to mention, let alone consider, the looming global threats of climate change and peak oil.

It delivered the establishment desired ‘go for growth’ outcomes by ignoring all other possibilities and focussing solely on the financial dimension of the ageing population issue. In doing so it not only delivered invalid outcomes, but also seriously damaged the goodwill and trust of the public. The implicit assumption behind Imagine Jersey 2035, that the ‘business as usual’ model of the world would suffice, was grossly negligent. The population growth outcomes it delivered fly in the face of all we know that we have to do to avert and ameliorate the impacts and repercussions of climate chaos and oil depletion. Sustainability, social justice and open, informed consulation must be at the heart of our strategy and thinking across all departments.

Proposers:
Derek Facey, Jacqueline Jones, Stephen Jones, Ruth Quéreé, Audrey Forskitt, Helen Weston, Brian Adair, Brian Morin, Paul Hammarsal and Maya Hammarsal.

Nomination speech:
CANDIDATE Mark Forskitt was a man of honesty and integrity who was well suited for the position of Senator, said proposer Derek Facey. Mr Facey said that he had known Mr Forskitt for more than 30 years and said that he was hard-working and was fit and prepared to stand in the election. He was educated at Victoria College and the University of Nottingham. The software developer, who also runs a family painting and decorating business, believed that open spaces and the agricultural landscape of the Island had to be protected at all costs.
Mr Forskitt, aged 47, who was once a county councillor in the UK, believed that runaway climate change was the most serious issue facing Islanders today. Mr Forskitt, who lives in St Ouen, believed that Jersey – an Island which had given the world the Jersey potato and the Jersey cow – had a lot to offer the world.

Contact details:
Tel: 864063