From Stanton Monks.
WHEN, a few years ago, the States decided (in response to pressure from their European Masters, an organisation of nations we aren’t even a member of) that foreign owners of Jersey businesses should not pay tax on Jersey profits, but that local owners should, many wondered exactly who was running our government.

What sort of government would advantage foreigners at the expense of locals? When, a few months ago, the aforesaid masters decided that the remarkable tax arrangement did not suit their requirements (although our ministers had assured us that all was agreed), many thought they perhaps did, then, know who was running our government.

Now, when one States-owned public service company announces that it is setting up in business, in direct competition with another States-owned public service company, we can be sure who is running our government. The lunatics really are in charge of the asylum.