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		<title>Bus strikes will damage island image</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/18/bus-strikes-will-damage-island-image/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/18/bus-strikes-will-damage-island-image/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE clock is ticking and the island can only hope that the time is being used wisely.]]></description>
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		<title>Making our island proud</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/17/making-our-island-proud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/17/making-our-island-proud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHILE many across the realm may have been smiling at news that hapless TV comedy favourite Baldrick had beaten bullying boss Blackadder to a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Guernsey had its own special reasons to celebrate.]]></description>
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		<title>Village life needs to be nurtured</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/15/village-life-needs-to-be-nurtured/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/15/village-life-needs-to-be-nurtured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THERE’S no cricket pitch, but St Martin’s is as close to a village as Guernsey gets.]]></description>
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		<title>This tool won’t stay in the box</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/14/this-tool-won%e2%80%99t-stay-in-the-box/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/14/this-tool-won%e2%80%99t-stay-in-the-box/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[kerbside recyling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[DESPITE being on the agenda for over a decade – a period during which it has twice been rejected by the States – the implications of kerbside recycling are going to come as a shock to many.]]></description>
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		<title>Overnight strikes not the answer</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/13/overnight-strikes-not-the-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/13/overnight-strikes-not-the-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[INDUSTRIAL action is as much about winning hearts and minds as it is about forcing a company to its knees.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Power’ issue poses bigger question</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/12/%e2%80%98power%e2%80%99-issue-poses-bigger-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/12/%e2%80%98power%e2%80%99-issue-poses-bigger-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisisguernsey.com/?p=211735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AT ABOUT the time a requete was published seeking to remove the authority the States chief executive has over his chief officers, a note was delivered to this office warning that there is a power battle going on between the executive leadership team and the Assembly.]]></description>
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		<title>£6,500 a day cost should focus minds</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/11/6500-a-day-cost-should-focus-minds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/11/6500-a-day-cost-should-focus-minds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVERY day, Guernsey’s ailing bus operator receives around £6,500-worth of taxpayer money to provide a service designed to meet this community’s needs and contribute towards a transport strategy that remains stubbornly non-existent.]]></description>
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		<title>A&amp;E legacy should be a new contract</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/10/ae-legacy-should-be-a-new-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/10/ae-legacy-should-be-a-new-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WRITING on this page on Saturday, A&E critic Deputy Mike Hadley expressed a desire to draw a line under his corporate roughing up and said that being reprimanded was worth it for having highlighted issues at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.]]></description>
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		<title>Painful, but something has to give</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/08/painful-but-something-has-to-give/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/08/painful-but-something-has-to-give/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisisguernsey.com/?p=209813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SINCE it was published, this newspaper’s view of the Bebb requete calling for the States of Guernsey chief executive to be stripped of his formal authority over chief officers is that it is misguided and, if approved, significantly damaging to the effective government of this island.]]></description>
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		<title>PAC wants to make it worse</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/07/pac-wants-to-make-it-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/07/pac-wants-to-make-it-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GP Opinion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHENEVER an independent report is commissioned on significant issues within government, a thinly veiled attack on the island’s system of government is sure to follow.]]></description>
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		<title>Wall debacle needs some answers</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/06/wall-debacle-needs-some-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/06/wall-debacle-needs-some-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THERE are times when islanders are entitled to ask what the point is of having States members. At a shade under £2m. this year, an average of about £40,000 each, they need to add value.]]></description>
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		<title>Plan B must boost the economy</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/05/plan-b-must-boost-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/05/plan-b-must-boost-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOW it has been confirmed that the Jersey contractor trousering the best part of £500,000 of Guernsey taxpayer funds to repair a sea wall is actually the most expensive bidder, it is easy to see why Environment initially refused to come clean on the costings.]]></description>
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		<title>The answer is&#8230; we&#8217;re not saying</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/04/the-answer-is-were-not-saying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/04/the-answer-is-were-not-saying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN THESE enlightened days of good governance and a Policy Council presumption of publication unless there are overwhelming reasons why something should remain secret, it is increasingly striking how difficult it is to get a straight answer to anything.]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor told off for his diagnosis</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/03/doctor-told-off-for-his-diagnosis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/03/doctor-told-off-for-his-diagnosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisisguernsey.com/?p=207271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[INDEPENDENCE is not a concept that sits easily with this States. Perhaps it is a by-product of a more corporate make-up since last year’s elections but the desire to present a party line seems all-consuming.]]></description>
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		<title>4% ETI fall is why we need Plan B</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/01/4-eti-fall-is-why-we-need-plan-b/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisisguernsey.com/comment/gp-opinion/2013/06/01/4-eti-fall-is-why-we-need-plan-b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUERNSEY is in the grip of an unprecedented recession. There is no sign of when it will ease and no policy response forthcoming to mitigate its worsening effects, the States has been told.]]></description>
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