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- No-confidence vote a surprise to its subject (1)
Steve Le Cheminant | February 9, 2010 at 4:09 pm
What a joke this assembly really is. Serious problems are found with our government. Do they address the issues? No, they gang up and go after the...
- ‘Back us or bin us’ (40)
rosie | February 9, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Ted. I hope that you will be able to come to the presentation this evening in the Harry Bound Room at Les Cotils. 7.30. The financial risks of this proposal that...Phil | February 9, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Toby What absolute nonsense. How many do you think would sign a petition FOR the Suez plant? Nowhere near the amount that have signed the one against it I am 100%...Toby | February 9, 2010 at 2:50 pm
All of you clamouring for the States to accept public opinion and perform a u-turn on Suez still don’t seem to understand that there is actually nothing (...Ted | February 9, 2010 at 12:22 pm
A variety of reasons are given for opposing the States decision to go for the Suez proposal, some of them very well argued. However, the reason given by most...Matt Fallaize | February 9, 2010 at 11:43 am
Steve, My earlier posts did not claim that any one particular solution was untested. I was merely making the point that we cannot base a long-term waste...
- North urged to silence boss (77)
Player | February 9, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Im not wanting to engage in conversation, just tell you the truth and what is really going on. If your as close to North as you think you are why are you not in...Chocolate lover | February 9, 2010 at 10:19 am
Player, I’m not sure why you’re getting so worked up about this. My earlier posts are in defense of MLP and the amount of stick he’s...
You guys want more respect? Thats rich, scroll up the page and read your and everybody elses comments on Mick and Ian? Do you respect them? If anyone is getting...Ed | February 8, 2010 at 5:13 pm
player – what do you call involved? 5.5 hours coaching on Saturday 3 hours coaching on Sunday “It” was a topic of conversation that came up a...
Player – Not sure you’ve grasped the concept of an online forum and perhaps you need to be a little less defensive and more respectful of...
- Why ‘people’s hospice’ needs your help (53)
Sheila Cataroche | February 9, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Emlianeko Fedor I do take exception to your categorisation of Guernsey people. We have travelled, worked and emigrated all over the world and most of...coco | February 9, 2010 at 11:57 am
This is all getting a little out of hand..TIT 4 TAT ….. just give to whatever chrity that feels right to you. i am giving money to les B because that is...Dean | February 9, 2010 at 9:17 am
damn it.
And here was me thinking that Emelianeko Fedor might be a track by the Cardiacs. Just shows that one shouldn’t make wild assumptions (Arnald & Fast...bcb | February 8, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Fedor Emelianeko You have just proved to me that you dont really have much idea of what you are talking about mate. You see i am well travelled too and your (try...
- Dismay as Environment gives the green light to four-storey apartment build in George Road (32)
Scarlett | February 9, 2010 at 1:15 pm
absolutely, GregR, you have explained my point perfectly. Thank you! In the appropriate setting, some of Mooarc’s designs may well fit in, perhaps...Bloke | February 9, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Scarlett - Theres always the Clameur de Haro eh?Auntie GP | February 9, 2010 at 11:56 am
Heres a spanner – I am young (ish), local, and I cant afford a glass and steel tower to live in – but I like it – Im jealous yes –...antsy | February 9, 2010 at 10:54 am
thank you GregR for some sensible comments. Yes I do like modern architecture and have stated that. But no, I don’t think everyone should have it, very...
My issues with a lot of the comments on this thread are that they are of a personal nature – there have been at least 2 comments which have implied...
- TV licence is a tax and that’s why George will not pay it (115)
Dave Jones | February 9, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Truth Man Yes I do occasionally watch the BBC and I also pay the present licence tax but that does not mean that I agree with this tax in principle this is...Truth Man | February 8, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Dave Jones: Call it what you like – it is what pays for the BBC, and anyone who does not want to pay is asking for a service for free. You never did...
- Get paid for going shopping (3)
you dont need to pay me to shop ;< }
Yeah I did it once, and it wasn’t as fun as it sounds. I had to basically lie to someone’s face for 10 minutes and remember my back story, which was...Paul | February 9, 2010 at 9:57 am
Claire said that she didn’t expect the huge response to her recruitment drive. In my 20 years of experience of the mystery shopping industry (fieldwork,...
- Minister stakes career on Suez plant being the answer (80)
Guernsey has never been know for being ahead of the game in environmental matters…. But even if you aren’t interested in the environmental reasons...
Matt F Do you remember when you changed your mind about the school closeure? you gained more info and decided that you were wrong in your initial thoughts. Well...
- Police trainees put theory into practice in exercise (18)
SM | February 9, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I suggest you dont pass comment on the police or the new recruits until you know someone in the police force and all the training they do. Yes my boyfriend is one...
- Herm’s Mermaid makeover leaves it without a licence (8)
Martino | February 9, 2010 at 11:53 am
What I am saying, Eric, is that a law is either fit for purpose in our 21st century society or it isn’t. What you seem to be saying is that any law that...Paul Le Page | February 8, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Slightly off topic but I agree with you about Sunday trading Martino…I wrote in a previous thread that the current law is ludicrously unfit for...Eric | February 8, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Martino; Sorry but I cannot agree with you about doing away with our traditions. In the 1st place we’re not English, but of Norman decent. The English have...
- Ambulance service – it’s adapt or die (1)
Andy | February 9, 2010 at 10:12 am
Unfortunately if the adaptation follows the UK paradigm then people will die. Many rich and influential people only care about money and cant even see this will...
- Vote for incinerator delay ‘would mean £8m. wasted’ (21)
Neil, I didn’t say before the Lurgi tender. I said (or meant) before this current tender went out. Andy Hall was one of the group who put forward the...Stephen John | February 9, 2010 at 9:37 am
Neil If by original rejected plant you mean Turgi Or whatever they are called, then Andy Falla makes that fact clear in his letter to the Press.islander | February 9, 2010 at 1:09 am
Everyone, reasonably, asks what would the alternative be. However most make the assumption, no doubt in part due to the perceptions created by PSD that we...Neil Inder | February 8, 2010 at 6:31 pm
That doesn’t stack up Rosie. RGF were in joint tender for the original rejected plant.
j. You would be wrong…… There has been no time delay and none suggested. We are waiting for the Planning Application to come out for Suez. The...
- Ormerer impaled in fall on rusty spike (20)
Pete | February 9, 2010 at 7:00 am
I cannot tell a lie, It was im!.
- PSD ‘has no mandate to get involved in the waste debate’ (6)
Ray | February 8, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Did he have a mandate to ignore the tendering specifications which no company was able to meet ? Flouquet should have gone back to the Assembly to seek different...Jamie | February 8, 2010 at 7:12 pm
PSD had a very specific ‘mandate’ for the tendering process …. all tenders failed. However in these circumstances they decided to go beyond...Smudger | February 8, 2010 at 6:06 pm
bcb I wonder why that could be….we can only speculate although many have their suspicions… Stephen I wouldn’t read too much into...
Several of the Deputies are saying that we are where we are because attempts to change the direction of the waste strategy don’t get enough votes in the...
Well at least what most suspected has now been confirmed, he`s not in the slightest bit interested in anything else but suez, apart from keeping an eye on the...
- Pupils disrupt school’s appeal for Haiti (169)
Vickey. | February 8, 2010 at 7:23 pm
okay you have a poitn just cause of texts and facebook dosent mean its true, but also posted ont he site is an offical link to the site for children to have an...
- Randalls sells Vauxlaurens Brewery (1)
Good bye Bobby; shall miss you. That delightful smell as you walk through Candie Gardens, Just another bit of Old Guernsey died of old age.
- New-car emissions tax a mistake, says traders’ body (23)
Emelianeko Fedor | February 8, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Phil Typical conversation, in an office somewhere in St Peter Port “So, where do you live??” “By Rohais motor centre”...
- Rangers show their ‘big three’ credentials (12)
Geoff Greening | February 8, 2010 at 5:03 pm
There wasn’t a big crowd at St Andrews on Saturday to see Ross Allen score four goals(two pens).His efforts on the day highlighted a good...
- More opposition to TV’s ‘UK tax’ (19)
Luke | February 8, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I was speaking to my brother about this, and he was in support getting rid of the :”tax” until i told him he would never be able to watch any BBC...
- Emergency action (1)
And at the same time PSD insists it must waste by fire, about a quarter of a billion of the taxpayers’ money on the incinerator. “Priorities...
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