OPINION

READER LETTER: Tax fuel, reward bus users? Pranksters pitch carbon-cutting travel plan

Remember the mystery road sign celebrating Jersey’s ‘Valley of the Freed Chickens’? The group behind it is back – this time with an unusual proposal that would put a price on driving and reward people for catching the bus… Dear…

OPEN LETTER: “Dear States Members, many families in Jersey are at breaking point”

A group of 13 family-focused organisations have called on States Members to act on the growing issue of family and child poverty in Jersey. Here’s what they had to say… Dear States Members, Many families in Jersey are at breaking point. This…

IN FULL: Farnham promises practical politics over “point-scoring” in nomination speech

Lyndon Farnham has used his first speech as Jersey’s newly appointed Chief Minister to set out a vision centred on economic growth, financial discipline, housing delivery and what he described as a more collaborative style of government… Here’s what he…

READER LETTER: Why can’t Jersey celebrate itself like Guernsey does? Here’s what the island is getting right

When I read so many of our election candidates’ complacent and unobservant response to the question ‘What does Guernsey do better than Jersey?”, I shook my head in disbelief. I almost decided there was no point in voting after all. Had I been asked such a question, I would have replied that, by accident or…

OPINION: Democracy demands better of islanders

As Jersey approaches another election, I find myself reflecting not on who should “win”, but on how we have chosen to conduct ourselves along the way. I recently met with the independent election observers and after sharing my thoughts with them I felt compelled to draft this opinion piece. The strength of any democracy is…