I think members of the current JDA in Government have dropped some big clangers recently. They are attacking the top and they are not getting any friends for doing so. The Public are not all that impressed by the defeat on the censor of the CM and I bet the Bailiff vote will go a similar way.
Another letter in today's local rag really says it all:
"IT must be election year, for the political nonentities are emerging from their three-year hibernation – during which time they have drawn some £120,000 in pay and expenses – with the realisation that something must be done to make the electorate aware that they are alive and kicking.
One classic example is Deputy Shona Pitman, who has the temerity to criticise our Bailiff and propose that he be removed from office. This is the same person who, when elected, was asked what they intended to do in the States and responded by saying that they intended ‘to kick some ass’. How profound, how erudite are the utterances of (some) of our elected politicians.
Although one must admit that the person in question was a little ‘unwell’ at the time, one might suggest that if ‘ass-kicking’ is to be engaged in then the well-aimed boot should be aimed in only one direction – and that is not towards Sir Philip.
Now that the vote-catching season has started it will be interesting to see who, of the previously silent fraternity, jump on the bandwagon to try to ensure that their next £120,000 is on its way to the bank.
There are four or five members of the House who fall into this category of ‘do nothing, done nothing and know nothing’ who will spring to prominence in the coming weeks".
