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Ministers in online spat over appointment of new harbours director (123)

  • Matt Fallaize 2013-06-19 08:12

    SF, In this context I'm not sure that the ports are more immediate concerns actually. Across government there is a need to find better ways of poli...

  • Matt Fallaize 2013-06-19 07:53

    Would even he recognise your description of being "admired and respected in many parts of the British Isles"? I mean, traditionally we're not a terrib...

  • SF 2013-06-18 23:00

    Perhaps but I would concentrate on the more immediate concerns ie. the Harbours and the Airports, let us walk first before we run. I mean the Harbour...

  • Alexandra 2013-06-18 19:23

    It is a great pity there is only one Dave Jones in the States he is a dying breed as opposed to the spineless PC Politicians throughout Great Britain....

  • Watcher 2013-06-18 16:47

    I have a feeling that the Harbourmaster has to be a sea Captain. Certainly the present incumbents are both Captains and I recall previous holders of ...

Condor wants security to buy £70m. ships (17)

  • Matt Fallaize 2013-06-19 08:06

    Charlie G, You make some valid points, including identifying areas where the present service is imperfect, although one is not sure what to make of...

  • Matt Fallaize 2013-06-19 07:56

    Laurie "...Condor are still here, unlike a number of others." Hear-hear. And their demonstrable commitment and resilience, proven over many yea...

  • Guern 2013-06-19 07:52

    What a good post.

  • Pete 2013-06-19 07:30

    Many of Condors problems are due to the fact that the fast ferrys are not all weather vessels and were also run into the ground(sea). If Condor are...

  • Nick Hyde 2013-06-19 06:58

    There is no detail on what type of new ferries Condor are considering for the £70 million purchase price. Are these two fast catamaran ferries, fast ...

Views on renewable energy are sought (6)

  • Guern 2013-06-19 08:01

    Why no wind turbines, just seen some off the Kent coast on the Goodwin sands, they did not look that bad, but also seen the ones all over France and a...

  • Bev Hill 2013-06-19 06:37

    Excellent post Mike.

  • Castiel 2013-06-18 19:40

    Easy- Wind turbines NO!!! Wave turbines YES!!! And if we do ever produce enough power to sell to the UK charge them VAT on it at 20%.

  • Mike 2013-06-18 19:34

    I give up on this one! Guernsey has so much going for it with possible sources from wind, sun and tidal flow but there just doesn't seem to be the wil...

  • becks 2013-06-18 19:20

    I`m told that a Nuclear Submarine can supply enough energy to provide enough electricity for a city so the easy answer is to buy a second hand nuclear...

‘Get on your bike’, cyclists urge islanders (7)

  • CAS 2013-06-19 06:58

    The press have got this all wrong! 'Bike week' is meant to encourage people to get on their motorcycles and scooters! You can't imagine how disappoint...

  • CAS 2013-06-19 06:54

    Hear hear!

  • PB FALLA 2013-06-19 05:50

    I Concur

  • Terry Langlois 2013-06-18 23:16

    you're right, it is always a cyclist that causes tailbacks of traffic. absolutely nothing to do with sheer numbers of cars trying to get through ju...

  • concerned 2013-06-18 20:27

    Spoilt by the tailbacks caused by cyclists you mean.

Prosperity of financial services ‘should not be taken for granted’ (28)

  • PB FALLA 2013-06-19 05:46

    The sooner we get rid of finance the better,it will be a hard pill for the greed machines to take but life goes on,back to basics and family values. ...

  • bcb 2013-06-18 17:52

    And even when they cost us 55 grand more.

  • valeite 2013-06-18 17:20

    Unfortunately Guernsey is a very very expensive place to live and I am afraid it is going to get considerably more difficult for local businesses to c...

  • Johno 2013-06-18 16:32

    Dave Jones You are absolutely right. Only yesterday I had a call from a contractor asking me to help with a tender he was putting together for wor...

  • leavey 2013-06-18 14:31

    Classic example......no explicable reason to keep st Sampsons primary open but a few parents sign a petition and it stays open.

Liberation Group acquires local pubs and bars (11)

  • Woody 2013-06-18 23:46

    Not necessarily... The Liberation Group owns the Harbour Lights as well, and that's still as much os a dive as it ever was

  • Someblerk 2013-06-18 21:04

    As per wikipedia - 'The term gastropub, a portmanteau of gastronomy and pub..'

  • DM6 2013-06-18 19:56

    Sorry Soph got to disagree. Our "gastro-pub" venues might have "proper food" but it's the lack of atmosphere and the feeling of being in a dining hal...

  • Castiel 2013-06-18 19:42

    I see change of use applications in the near future. Im sure they will all make excellent apartment blocks. That's where the money is.

  • Jerry Jihad 2013-06-18 19:40

    I am also fed up with Virtual Pubs although the staff are more active, you cant get bad Beer or food poisoning in hyperspace, which is all part of the...

Isle of Sark Shipping look to increase business areas (1)

  • Anon 2013-06-18 23:14

    Brilliant!! Go for it!

Weekend bus strike if drivers are still unhappy (16)

  • simon 2013-06-18 22:34

    Matt So is the CM really a CM?

  • Iain 2013-06-18 16:21

    Why would I want to drive a bus, it sounds rubbish : )

Bus strikes will damage island image (1)

  • Matthew Morris 2013-06-18 22:34

    I had need of 2 buses at the weekend. Both were not late but 10 minutes early. I arrived at the stop with time to spare only for a passer by to tell m...

Environment wants landowners to suggest sites for development (8)

  • Northerner 2013-06-18 22:15

    There is loads of space out west to create a new "village" with all attendant services to help employment too. The north of Guernsey is full. If...

  • Radical 2013-06-18 17:11

    Agree - housing needs to be spread across all parishes. My only problem with that is all those wealthy home owners in the western parishes will just ...

  • Karen 2013-06-18 16:11

    Same old, same old! Let's shoehorn in a whole load more developments into the North and town why don't we? Squeeze as many in as we possibly can......

  • chunky monkey 2013-06-18 15:10

    develop the broken and run down vinery sites as a priority, not our nice green spaces please

  • Jeff 2013-06-18 14:51

    Does my head in quite frankly - St. Sampson is unbelievably over populated already. Far too many houses being knocked down for several apartments o...

Kings Club flats rejected by Environment (10)

  • KML 2013-06-18 20:58

    Such a shame. These plans had real vision and would have firstly helped support the construction industry, secondly, provided much needed housing, and...

  • B*llsh*t_an_Fag_ends 2013-06-18 20:37

    ...perhaps letting the place fall into disrepair and failing to invest the monies necessary for maintenance was all part of the plan to somehow justif...

  • Geoff 2013-06-18 20:01

    This is only temporary and will get passed eventually on that you can be assured especially if you listened careful to the Channel TV article. So no ...

  • PLP 2013-06-18 19:18

    Thanks for replying John.

  • Yummy mummy 2013-06-18 18:10

    Great result well done! So there will be no refurbishment going ahead either. I guess the grotty old beauty salon won't be getting a makeover anytim...

Bug blames bus service failures on Environment (4)

  • Jason 2013-06-18 19:49

    Lisa have you got nothing better to do with your life than constantly run ct plus to the ground ? Do you know how to run a bus company have you ever ...

  • Dave 2013-06-18 19:22

    I fully agree. The environment are the real problem. When ct are gone and we are looking at what / how things got so bad, who is to blame other than t...

  • Lisa Newsom 2013-06-18 15:14

    I agree in that the Environment should have listened to the general public's concerns in relation to the proposed new bus timetable that was construct...

Drivers warn of two-day strike if no one listens (82)

  • steve travers 2013-06-18 19:39

    Glad i was able to give you some closure

  • West 2013-06-18 14:11

    You are quite correct. I posted several months ago that Environment allowed the negotiations with the previous operator to stall thus opening the door...

  • Oh Dear 2013-06-18 14:00

    There was less traffic than usual, I was comparing it to times when the roadworks aren't in place. Martina/FlybyNite, do you have some sort of issu...

  • Oh Dear 2013-06-18 13:54

    Why should I change what I do due to the inadequacies of CT Plus? I'm just as entitled to my opinion as everybody who has commented here. I'm not q...

Newsroom Live – 17 June, 2013 (5)

  • Island Wide Voting 2013-06-18 17:39

    Worth thinking about I suppose.Now where did I put that spare 70M?

New harbour director has commercial experience (52)

  • Fiona Hargreaves 2013-06-18 16:27

    Why on Earth does everybody think it's worth mentioning Sarah's gender? Is the island still that backward that it's a big step to get a female in char...

  • Edward Pailstone 2013-06-18 16:18

    A Voter - You have the cheek to call Dave pompous whilst you run him down because of his career choice. There are several words that could be used...

  • Dave Jones 2013-06-18 13:59

    We could always leave it to you Alan

Ten months of disruption as main drain comes to estate (16)

  • Karen 2013-06-18 15:09

    And rightly so should the charges go up in my opinion Guern. The States (via tax payer funds) are trying to upgrade the main drain system so that a...

  • Guern 2013-06-18 14:16

    I thought the States paid for the drain to the entrance of your property and then you paid the rest, if it means hard work to get from your intercepto...

Spectrum charge for telcos because resource is scarce (8)

  • Unsure 2013-06-18 14:15

    I enquired about Direct Debit payment and would be happy to pay by this method if I could choose the date to coincide on/near payday to suit my requir...

  • Island Wide Voting 2013-06-18 14:14

    There was one time when I genuinely thought I was wrong but in the end it turned out that I was mistaken

  • Matt Fallaize 2013-06-18 13:08

    Andrew, Those arguments might be more compelling if C&W or Sure or whatever they're now called didn't insist on posting monthly bills (when man...

Recycling refusal could be met with penalties (45)

  • Island Wide Voting 2013-06-18 14:11

    Found this pre Suez snippet re Les Vardes quarry.It made sense then ( when we had some money in the pot)so it certainly makes sense now apart from one...

  • Dave G 2013-06-18 13:08

    Les Vardes was earmarked by Roger Berry for Quarry fill. We have more than enough water storage and more than we use goes though streams out to sea e...

  • Taz 2013-06-18 12:50

    Just found the answer to my rubbish problems, there is a 'hole' for sale in the vale ;)

‘Many children will lose out’ (39)

  • Oh Dear 2013-06-18 14:10

    Chris, I'm sorry but your post is the epitomy of snobbery and holier than thou garbage.

  • Oh Dear 2013-06-18 14:06

    What's wrong with using technology to aid you? That's what it's for. If someone is doing long multiplication that could be the make or break of a comp...

Swim school will sink if pool closures plan goes ahead (12)

  • you just said it 2013-06-18 13:06

    sorry but you just said it, we are surrounded by the sea. We have lots of beachs that have little or no tidal problems which are perfectly safe for pe...

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