Senatorial candidate Ian Le Marquand

[Dylan]

And your point is?

That the precis of his manifesto was actually " I don't know anything about politics but vote for me as I think I'm your best bet!"

You do have to remember who he blocked from getting (back) in.

Forgivable? I should coco!

[tonytheprof]

That the precis of his manifesto was actually " I don't know anything about politics but vote for me as I think I'm your best bet!"

You do have to remember who he blocked from getting (back) in.

Forgivable? I should coco!

Sorry - was it Guy de Faye???

[boatyboy]

Having lost his disciplinary case against me the Minister is now using Ministerial Office and public funds to pursue a personal vendetta.
In some jurisdictions this would be called “Corruption.” In Jersey it appears to be “Government as Usual.”


Graham Power. QPM.
North Yorkshire.
Thursday 10th March 2011. (End)

The Minister is at it again,  the full letter can be found by clicking on the link below.

http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/

[Chevalier Blanc]

How the hell ILM can trot out the lies that he is coming out with. Does he not think that the ordinary person in the street cannot see through the rubbish he is coming out with.
G.Power is right £1,000,000 to try and discredit him and a waste of public money. God help us if he was to become CM.
If he is so right ( ILM ) then let him have an open enquiry into the G.Power saga.
Anyone listening to the radio today would surely realize who is telling the truth.

[Calimachon]

Well CB we have not tried a dictatorship yet and ILM seems like a good candidate.

[Paul de Gruchy]

ILM is properly barking ultra-methodist.  He may (or may not, I don't know), be a decent bloke and all that, but most people who spend 5 minutes talking to him come away thinking him an oddball.

Even if you disagree, he never managed to "make it" at a proper law firm: he was a partner of Mike Backhurst's for a while but that was as far as it goes.  So no evidence that he can work as part of a bigger team.  Which is extraordinary in someone at the end of his career.  But the States seem to attract those who cannot get on elsewhere.

[moot]

ILM is properly barking ultra-methodist.  He may (or may not, I don't know), be a decent bloke and all that, but most people who spend 5 minutes talking to him come away thinking him an oddball.

You said it ! One cannot get away from the fact that he looks and speaks like a halfwit. Copple this with his milk drinking and you have a Chief Minister who can represent modern Jersey to the outside world 
The other candidate of course is incompetent master of spin Ozouf
Whatever Gods there are we need them all in the very near future !!!

[Chevalier Blanc]

Well there is one man who would bring creditably to the States and Islands again after the last two weeks in the chamber he has proved to me that he could and i would like to see him as CM, that is F.Le Gresley. A man with the people at heart and honesty and truth.
Would he want to be that is the question? I know that he would have good people as ministers because they are like minded over the people and Island. Get rid of this Dictatorship of the establishment party. Let us have people who are honest and no hidden agendas. Roll on November and lte us hope we get what we want and need.

[Chevalier Blanc]

Just thought  ILM looks like an Iguanna with those eyes.

[Paul de Gruchy]

F Le G has shown no indication that he understands anything other than how to spend money.  It is very easy to get into the States and say handouts for pensioners, milk for kids, no GST on food, no duty rises on beer, blah blah blah.  In fact, any idiot can spend other people's money.  The difficult part of government is managing the Island so you get the tax revenues to spend in a sustainable and as far as possible equitable manner.  I don't think anybody in the States is much good at this, but FLeG hasn't even shown his colours in this regard yet.  Jersey's tax revenues are entirely dependent upon the finance industry: as chief minister we need someone who has at least shown some interest in the industry.

[Chevalier Blanc]

F.Le Gresley does know how to handle the money. Remember with the enquiry the money is to come out of the monies that they collected from confiscated criminal proceeds fund,so not costing anything.  As for the heating, would let elderly people freeze to death?
Just remember all the money that the CoM has spent on trying to cover up so many things and huge salaries to civil servants .
£260,000 a year that would pay for the heating. That is just one salary we know about. There again look at the money they have given to the "Banana" logo. Money on advertising tourism with "Pier Jumping" listed on the internet as one of the things you can do while on holiday. Shall i go on and on?
So do not say he does not know how to handle money. Also remember what he did before coming a Senator, helping people with money problems was one of those things so that puts him in good stead to know about money and how not to go over budgets.
F.Le Gresley speaks well, all the info and no going on and on like most of the members. The CM looks an idiot when he talks. They are talking about getting members to have lessons on giving speakers, well TLS has to be the first one for that course. I do not hear any spin from F.Le Gresley like Ozouf gives everytime he opens his mouth. So i would say just on those points alone he would make a good CM.

[ole razzy]

But the States seem to attract those who cannot get on elsewhere.

So you still planning to stand in the autumn then? LOL!!!

[Paul de Gruchy]

No.  I thought long and hard about it, but I think the States and senior civil service is unable to embrace change, largely because most States members cannot believe they have a modicum of power and a 40 grand salary.  So taking a big wage cut, working longer hours, being in the public eye and being unable to change anything - its not really attractive, is it?  Which is why it only appeals to the otherwise unemployable.  You going for it, presumably?

[Mark Forskitt]

No.  I thought long and hard about it, but I think the States and senior civil service is unable to embrace change, largely because most States members cannot believe they have a modicum of power and a 40 grand salary.  So taking a big wage cut, working longer hours, being in the public eye and being unable to change anything - its not really attractive, is it?  Which is why it only appeals to the otherwise unemployable.  You going for it, presumably?

Power systems do not generally change unless one of two conditions prevails. One is they perceive they are facing unstoppable momentum for change, the other is revolution.  In a democracy we strive for the former in the hope of averting the latter. 

It is however a mistake to think that power in a democracy lies with the elected members.  Yes they have privileges and can introduce or enact laws. But they are in reality only vectors.  The real power, the thing that brings on change is ideas. Ideas spread by people prepared to express, explain and educate.  There is no better platform for bringing ideas to people’s attention and arguing for a different way of doing things than the election process. 

It is not about winning, nor even about taking part, it is about lighting the blue touch paper of an explosive idea.  That's why the PPC's upcoming proposal to have a £500 deposit to stand is an affront to democracy.   It all but debars ordinary people with extraordinary ideas from doing that which the democratic process was meant to encourage.

Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come (Victor Hugo)

Be a democrat, do your duty.  Stand and serve, or wait silently for the revolution. 

[rogueelement]

No.  I thought long and hard about it, but I think the States and senior civil service is unable to embrace change, largely because most States members cannot believe they have a modicum of power and a 40 grand salary.  So taking a big wage cut, working longer hours, being in the public eye and being unable to change anything - its not really attractive, is it?  Which is why it only appeals to the otherwise unemployable.  You going for it, presumably?

You suggesting OL Crazy is "otherwise unemployable"? Nice one!