Here’s a little story for you, which has caused me to reflect on my role as a politician and our expectations of politicians. On Thursday morning I sustained a prolapsed disc. It was an exceptionally painful experience as you might imagine, although not a new one as I have a history of back problems. For … More The life of a politician
This is the text of an article published in the JEP on Saturday Aug 20th 2022 A few years ago I lined up with hundreds of other cyclists to start an 85 mile organised cycling event through the Pennines. As we waited to get going we were regaled by pounding dance music and a motivational … More JEP article: What it’s like being a new minister
I’m approaching social media a little differently now I’ve been elected to the States Assembly and become minister for the Environment. First, I don’t have anywhere near as much time as in the past, so I am posting (and browsing) much less frequently. Weekends more than during the week. Second, my primary social media communication … More Social media and communication
This has been an extraordinary night in Jersey politics – unprecedented in my lifetime. A tsunami has swept away most of the government along with the political party with which it was most closely associated. Despite the size of the political earthquake, it is not a surprise. The view that was expressed to me over … More Election 2022: The Verdict
At the Les Quennevais School hustings on Tuesday (14th June), the candidates were asked how they would deal with the cost of living crisis. I argued that the new government should come forward straight away with an emergency budget to offer immediate help. It is blindingly obvious on the doorstep that the public have lost … More Emergency Budget
A quick note to say that whilst I had hoped to knock on every door on the parish, with less than 10 days to go it is obvious that this won’t be possible. I’ll carry on knocking on as many doors as I can, but in the meantime, if you want to have a chat, … More Knocking on doors…
After several weeks of campaigning, here are my reflections so far (summed up in the accompanying video). First, unless I’m very much mistaken, this is going to be a change election. The desire to throw out the “current lot” seems almost universal and very passionately expressed. Old hands may well say that it sounds like … More Reflections so far
Green hustings at Durrell last night – a great event, which was also a reminder of just how much environmental issues permeate almost every issue that faces the island. I was asked what I would do to improve food security – here’s my answer. (Afterwards Andrew Le Gallais from Jersey Dairy chastised me for saying … More Green hustings
I said in an earlier blog post that I would provide an update if there was a decision about the new hospital, so here are my thoughts now that Deputy Young has approved the planning application. The first thing to say is that as I noted earlier, I was an objector to the planning application … More The new hospital part 2
Just took a look at my campaign website stats, and it’s interesting to see that people are accessing the site from all over the world. In the last couple of days there’s been a sudden surge of interest from China of all places. Some of it might be down to VPN’s, but surely not all… … More St Brelade election goes global…
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