Parliamentary standards head denies SNP MP has been cleared of bullying theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Jersey 🇯🇪 government model doesn't look like a good example for Guernsey 🇬🇬 to follow twitter.com/JEPnews/status…

jepnews · @JEPnews

'Failure is built in to our system'
https://t.co/SqH1o2eHbE

Five years out of @orchardpr but I still get such an amazing sense of pride in their achievements. Just been shortlisted for a national @CIPR_Awards - one of seven in the Small PR Consultancy of the Year award.

I accidentally defaulted to referring to "Her Majesty's comptroller" in debate this morning. It still feels unnatural that we now have a King.

Anneka Rice pokes fun at Channel 5 dropping Challenge Anneka independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Britons have more confidence in EU than Westminster, poll finds theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Discouraged that there seems to be no will, from DPA or others, to tackle decrepit collapsing glasshouses on this island. Deputy Taylor said it was commented upon by many of 1,000 visitors he took on tours. There must be a way!

‘Microcosm of Brexit Britain’: Norfolk documentary is surprise German hit theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…

Plans for rail pass for UK staycationers axed over cost concerns theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…

If you missed @salcathchoir in Guernsey a full recording of choral evensong at St Peter's Church is available here: stpeterschurchguernsey.co.uk/148/homewelcom…

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Interesting move from Jersey, centralising Housing under the new Cabinet Office and renaming the department to Infrastructure and Environment. twitter.com/bailiwickxpres…

Bailiwick Express · @bailiwickxpress

Gov 'super-department' gets ANOTHER rebrand | Bailiwick Express https://t.co/YJiLMKvJGP

So, what is takeaway from the States meeting today? Despite being told how urgently we needed to raise revenues in the lead up to and during the tax debate, that’s all gone by the wayside. It’s now cuts cuts cuts because GST wasn’t supported. This is playground politics.

Do visit the Victor Hugo exhibition at the @ArtforGuernsey gallery in the Old Quarter. Congratulations to David Ummels and grateful for 650k of sponsor investment!

This vote demonstrates how extraordinary this Assembly is (compared to its recent predecessors): even on a vote for 5th member of a Committee, the States is divided; but guess that's what happens when P&R President judges appropriate leadership to challenge Committee's own choice twitter.com/BailiwickGsy/s…

Bailiwick Express Guernsey · @BailiwickGsy

Contested election for E&I seat sees narrow win for Deputy Matthews | Bailiwick Express https://t.co/TKK8jdq0bn

And yet in the tax review debate we were told that wasn't possible, before the States rejected the modest proposal of the Fairer Alternative's Stage 1 of Option D to reduce real-terms spending by 1% in each of the next two years.... twitter.com/BBCGuernsey/st…

BBC Guernsey · @BBCGuernsey

Guernsey States committees asked to make 2.5% and 3% savings https://t.co/YHV5sl1Wjt

Happy World #PianoDay! Guernsey is included with #Ukrainian born Elena Fedorenko performing this evening (details below). Here too is my contribution - accompanying daughter Grace singing Sarnia Chérie - #Guernsey’s national anthem: youtu.be/eccRux5ssoQ pianoday.org

Great news of expansion in response to market demand twitter.com/brookeorchardp…

Brooke Kenyon · @brookeorchardpr

Great to see @OrchardPR Jersey growth in the @JEPnews today 🍎 🍏

Pleased to see action on this, following my successful amendment last year, which aimed to save the States money gov.gg/article/195649…

Facilitating the establishment of mobile homes sites is an idea to be pursued as a temporary solution to the housing crisis - thoughts?

I will be taking this up with my Planning colleagues.

Contested election for the E&I seat vacated by Deputy Haskins.
Two candidates for one seat, Dep Mathews & Le Tissier line up

Disappointed P&R in question time did not give unequivocal confirmation that IF the Illegal Migration Bill is enacted with sections that have direct effect in Guernsey then s72A of Reform Law is engaged and Assembly approval WILL be needed. It’s not a hard or trick question.

I have. Really informative and clear publication. twitter.com/gsyemploytrust…

Guernsey Employment Trust · @GsyEmployTrust

Look what came through the post today! 😊 Have you got yours?!

Deputy Ferbrache said in his statement that for the remainder of this political term we should only commit to projects we can see through to completion. One would hope that would always be the case.

Deputy Ferbrache's three Rs, following the tax debate, are Reduce, Rephase, Rationalise, he informed the Assembly in his P&R update this morning.

In answer to my question, Deputy Ferbrache says a policy letter will be brought to the States in the next few months around the idea of a public/private sector task force exploring a radical approach to housing - potentially identifying land, building higher and providing finance

States meeting today -I see both members of the Guernsey Party are in, I wonder who is the VP? @tothevale might know?

This in the Sydney Morning Herald tragically captures the rest of the world’s incomprehension at US values. twitter.com/cathywilcox1/s…

The Cathy Wilcox · @cathywilcox1

American obscenity.
My @smh cartoon.

Setting alarm for 5 a.m. tomorrow so that I can get my space for the States - not a seat in the Assembly, but a slot in the new cycle rack!

Really enjoyed morning at @LCGSY L6 Economics, Remove English, D&T (love those 3D printers!), Yr 5 Assembly (v perceptive view on human rights) and finally talk about AI and future skills. Afternoon I was given an interesting tutorial where I learnt a lot. Tomorrow the States…..

Fantastic initiative by @guernseyarts - in the Old Quarter only a stone's throw from Victor Hugo House - I'm absolutely sure that VH would have loved it! twitter.com/BBCGuernsey/st…

BBC Guernsey · @BBCGuernsey

🐙 Have you spotted the octopus trying to escape in the Old Quarter?!

🎧 Listen here to find out more: https://t.co/riJ0gKW1K9

Evensong led by @salcathchoir ⁦@StPetersGsy⁩ this evening- a celebration of Guernsey now being part of the diocese.

Final preparations for this week’s States meeting. Getting my House in order!

I don't want to borrow any money but I just checked my credit score with Experian out of interest. [resisted it for decades] It was 999 out of 999. Does that mean I should take out the next bond rather than the States after their downgrades from S&P?

Je préfère l'avenir au passé, car c'est là que j'ai décidé de vivre le restant de mes jours
—Victor Hugo

Was in conveyancing court this morning. I had tried to gift the States land for a bus shelter but their legal advisors decided it was all more official if they bought it for £1. Now what to do with my unexpected windfall? Used that new bike park for my visit. I liked it.

ICYMI in today’s @GuernseyPress

“After two months of tax debate, as the Assembly devotes considerable time to the less consequential and revisiting a number of topics, the normal business of the States really is being resumed in more ways than one.”

Wow! twitter.com/marie_h1982/st…

MarieM1982 · @marie_h1982

Ok so apparently…

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Why straight-talking Kate Forbes could open up a future for tired SNP but she narrowly lost the contest news.sky.com/story/why-stra…

To see what @horsemouthband are up to, check this out: instagram.com/hoarsecode/

Happy Birthday Godson! twitter.com/PaulWChambers7…

Jackson Chambers Photography · @PaulWChambers70

20 years ago today you squeezed my finger for the very first time and everything changed.

Samuel.

1976 Democratic Presidential candidate used platform to denounce abortion liveaction.org/news/pro-life-…

Sturgeon pays out after losing bet with rival Ross bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-s… via @BBCNews

A failed revolt and an ‘embarrassing’ display: the week that saw Boris Johnson’s downfall theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

52:48 Again.

I have a deep philosophical question. What happens to all the small eggs? In the shop I can buy medium, large, or very large. By definition "medium" must be about average so there must be about as many small & very small as there are large & very large. So what happens to them?

“I know thee not old man” perfect citation for this brilliantly crafted ending to the Morse-Endeavour story | Television | The Guardian theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

He's so right. Love the fact that at the moment two of Guernsey's biggest retailers are both co-ops - albeit different types of co-op.

BBC rejects charge of elitist Oxbridge bias in University Challenge theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

Brexit Reduces UK's Overall Output By 4% Compared To Remain, Expert Says uk.news.yahoo.com/brexit-reduces… via @Yahoo

What a surprise!

Liz Truss criticised for ‘stunning lack of humility’ over reported peerage plans theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

One thing I would change in heartbeat! I think EU has committed to removing daylight savings at some point and the U.K. (prior to Brexit) said would follow suit.. twitter.com/dnagsy/status/…

🔸️ Diane de Garis 🔸️ · @DNAGSY

🤣 "it doesn't add up!"

#daylightsavingtime this weekend 😬, so time for this winner ...

https://t.co/8A64hVuPwx

So good to visit & see the finished result at @Eliz_Coll Perrot Court today. Modern & high tech certainly but also therefore fit for purpose & tastefully bridging old & new

Thank you to Aurigny for pulling out all the stops to ensure the Muratti semi could take place on Alderney today with a direct Dornier trip between Jersey and Alderney.

Aurigny really have helped save the day. Many thanks all involved. @AlderneyFC ⬇️

These ‘situations’ appear to be arising with increasing regularity; the real challenge is to turn this into an opportunity to ensure it does not happen again - having to respond (albeit, rightly, without panicking) case-by-case is unsatisfactory. twitter.com/letocq/status/…

Jonathan Le Tocq 🇬🇬 · @letocq

@73Gsy @mikereadgsy That is correct. But there’s no need to panic about it, we have argued our constitutional rights time & time again behind the scenes to avoid such situations which usually arise unintentionally & pass without consequence.

This is, as the article suggests, as I would expect. twitter.com/letocq/status/…

Jonathan Le Tocq 🇬🇬 · @letocq

@73Gsy @mikereadgsy No it should not automatically apply. Our Assembly decides what laws are appropriate or not. It would only be if we request it (or parts of it) to be extended. That is what we are liaising over - the mechanism to ensure this remains the constitutional position.

Gov.gg down again. Not good.

Busy busy for the band . . .

Surely it’s missing the soundtrack?

open.spotify.com/track/0Aa3dkQq… twitter.com/martinbodenham…

Martin Bodenham - Crime Thriller Writer · @MartinBodenham

I'm no longer in the mood for a French city break this spring. https://t.co/oNV8YQZQzL

Looking forward to discussing this with @matthewjersey from @BBCGuernsey and @BBCJersey after 1700 today… twitter.com/gavinstpier/st…

Gavin St Pier 🇬🇬 · @gavinstpier

“If the political leaderships in both Jersey and Guernsey are truly serious about delivering, rather than talking about, future joint working, they will seize this opportunity to define a joint role.” https://t.co/C5xNcWDtu1

Happy to have put my name forward and been selected to join the sub-committee on the Public Sector review proposition, which I helped co-author for the Fairer Alternative tax proposals.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

ICYMI

“This ought to be a red line for us, because if we obfuscate our way through, it will happen again. A precedent will have been created…I’d use this as the opportunity, a case study, to open the doors to the conversations that the UK won’t want to make time for…”

More good news for girls. And well done for recognising sex is registered at birth, not 'assigned'. twitter.com/FondOfBeetles/…

Emma Hilton · @FondOfBeetles

Amazing here from @SchoolAthletics 👏 https://t.co/jGmaUa59Df

This is totally untrue. People who identify as trans can compete against members of their own sex, just like everyone else. Sport is rightly segregated by sex, not by gender identity. twitter.com/stonewalluk/st…

Stonewall · @stonewalluk

We stand with trans people who now have the door closed on their chance to compete in athletic sports at an international level.

The London Marathon is a big deal and Brooke Kenyon @orchardpr is a busy person who is somehow finding time to train for this. Please consider donating to Brooke's fundraising for a great Guernsey charity. giving.gg/donate/event/9…

Good call by World Athletics today over protecting the women's category within their sport. Seb Coe is right that "fairness" has to be paramount.

Well done and thank you to PF&A for taking the initiative and investing own time and energy into putting forward a creative idea. twitter.com/islandfm/statu…

Island FM · @islandfm

Architects have drawn up designs for developing the car park of Sir Charles Frossard House into 55 homes and community and green space. https://t.co/bWurglFvhK

In our committee system, if reported accurately, it was discourteous but more importantly very unwise and poor judgement not to share with other committee members knowledge of the existence of advice - even if with a caveat that further advice/clarification was being sought. twitter.com/matt_fallaize/…

Matt Fallaize · @matt_fallaize

https://t.co/IB7AE4uIHY

“If the political leaderships in both Jersey and Guernsey are truly serious about delivering, rather than talking about, future joint working, they will seize this opportunity to define a joint role.” twitter.com/BailiwickGsy/s…

Bailiwick Express Guernsey · @BailiwickGsy

Time to work together? | Bailiwick Express https://t.co/F5bPcdosU5

‘It just feels a bit sad’: the Rev Richard Coles disappointed at ‘rushed’ BBC Radio 4 exit theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

I'm somehow late to the news that @AlStewartOBE is "retiring". I can imagine that his retirement will look as busy as ever. Wishing a remarkably incisive, intuitive and inspirational newsman every happiness in pursuing his many passions.

Ford Capri rumoured to be returning in electric form @telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/2…

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
—Mother Theresa of Calcutta

As Jersey consider reform, would strongly urge adoption of an 'adverse inference caution' for use by police in place of existing one (replaced in E&W in 1994.) Para 10.2 jerseylaw.je/laws/current/P…

See p 559 gov.gg/CHttpHandler.a… for Guernsey's current position. twitter.com/JEPnews/status…

jepnews · @JEPnews

Minister to consider format for rape trials
https://t.co/8kl4oxAUGS

If so, I would once again strongly urge both @Govgg and @GovJersey to think seriously and creatively as to combined role, focus of which w/b delivery of more cost effective government services across both islands.

Carpe diem. Action this day. Find opportunity in a crisis. twitter.com/lyndonfarnham/…

Dep. Lyndon Farnham · @lyndonfarnham

I understand that our CEO @GovJersey Suzanne Wylie has tendered her resignation. A great shame, the @ChiefMinJSY @Moore4Jersey will need to provide a very good explanation.

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

“The figures are what the the figures will be…” and ‘Deputy Mark Helyar, agreed that “it seems fantastical that this has more than doubled in price” but suggested it is out of their hands and comes courtesy of rising inflation and skyrocketing building costs.’

No sense of grip. twitter.com/BailiwickGsy/s…

Bailiwick Express Guernsey · @BailiwickGsy

Hospital project could hit £154million - more than double original estimates | Bailiwick Express https://t.co/RhEW8hqnpD

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Good interview from @matt_fallaize in @GuernseyPress

Ireland passed gender self-ID laws. What on earth did they think was going to happen? twitter.com/griptmedia/sta…

gript · @griptmedia

"Is Barbie Kardashian a woman?": Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that biological males should not be put in women's prisons.

Very interesting that Deputies Helyar, Murray and @letocq had very much taken on board the points that @HeidiSoulsby had repeated many times during tax review debate, that capital programme: a) is constrained by very real on island capacity limitations; b) might need to be phased twitter.com/Govgg/status/1…

States of Guernsey · @Govgg

The Government Work Plan Scrutiny Panel is holding a public hearing with the Policy & Resources Committee today in the Harry Bound Room at Les Cotils from 2.30pm-4.30pm.

The hearing will be live streamed at https://t.co/GJnYNtCHca

Read more at https://t.co/PIN6biFaj0

To be clear, it was confirmed that the proposed Infrastructure Cell to the Guernsey Investment Fund has NOT been set up yet; so the GIF is not yet in a position to commit to the deal. twitter.com/BailiwickGsy/s…

Bailiwick Express Guernsey · @BailiwickGsy

P&R grilled on the financing of Condor’s new boat | Bailiwick Express https://t.co/5CbhiiGDpk

“Options could include less deputies, better scrutiny function and reviewing the benefits of a Policy Council type committee” - Policy and Resources Scrutiny Hearing @letocq twitter.com/sashakmiller/s…

Sasha Kazantseva-Miller · @sashakmiller

“Proposals for machinery of government changes getting ready to go to P&R soon” - @letocq at Scrutiny Hearing.

“Proposals for machinery of government changes getting ready to go to P&R soon” - @letocq at Scrutiny Hearing.

Public access restricted | Bailiwick Express gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/publi…

I've lost my @Specsavers black glasses 😭🤓 somewhere around @BeauSejourGSY today 🙄

Deputy Helyar wants to see more charges for healthcare and other services and increase in pension age faster than is being done now.

youtube.com/live/MYP59D8bq… @MaryLowe501 @advocategreen1 @RhoderickM now live P and R face @YvonneBurford @ScrutinyGsy @gavinstpier

So, from SMC hearing it appears GIF not yet invested in Condor vessel or PRC contributed any funds to it.

At P&R Scrutiny Hearing — about to begin @Govgg

These toxic rumours have been circulating for months + would be the lowest point this Assembly would fall to if they materialise.

Colleagues should remember to focus on what they have been elected for - acting for good of our community and islanders not playground bullying. twitter.com/GuernseyPress/…

Guernsey Press · @GuernseyPress

A motion to remove Environment and Infrastructure president Lindsay de Sausmarez and her four members would be personality politics she says, with Policy and Resources president Peter Ferbrache saying it would be unjustified.
https://t.co/oW1AKsO0gL

This thread 👇🏼 twitter.com/_BenMyers_/sta…

Ben Myers · @_BenMyers_

My 94-year-old grandmother has kept a list of every book she ever read since she was 14 years old. Amazing archive of one person’s mind over nearly a century

Guernsey included alongside UK in historic digitally focused trade deal negotiated with Ukraine as part of enhanced support agreement bolstering the country’s economy
gov.uk/government/new…

People, Planet, Pint - Thursday 5.15pm at the Cock & Bull. 😎🌏🍻 twitter.com/RollodeSaus/st…

Rollo de Sausmarez · @RollodeSaus

Some of you might be interested in coming to this event on Thursday. https://t.co/HoL8jBTsRE

Tax structures vary across OECD countries, but it’s hard to find anywhere as exposed to & dependent on taxing employment/income as Guernsey #JustSaying twitter.com/TaxFoundation/…

Tax Foundation · @TaxFoundation

📊 Sources of government revenue in the OECD

https://t.co/EUGvTRtbpd

❤️ this house this time of year! #Beautiful #Guernsey

John Lewis partnership model: what it is and how it may change uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/john-lewi… via @Yahoo

Incredible sad for the British co-operative movement to see a hitherto highly successful workers' co-op eying up demutualisation. Time change but not always for the better.

Brilliant Padel championship weekend sponsored by @SheppardsEstate with numerous competitors travelling from afar. Well done to the organisers and competitors.

Padel is the fastest-growing sport in Guernsey - give it a try, it's huge fun.

Photos from Guernsey Padel Club FB.