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Will political decisions made during the pandemic bring about change to Jersey politics?
Will political decisions made during the pandemic bring about change to Jersey politics?
Colin Lever raises the threat of voter apathy come 2022 election time
Colin Lever
Feb 21
2021: Needing a Crystal Ball
2021: Needing a Crystal Ball
Trump has gone, Brexit is done, all that remains is to consign Covid-19 to history
Colin Lever
Jan 10
Gaining 2020 Vision
Gaining 2020 Vision
Human rights activist Natalie Strecker reflects on a year racked by turmoil and global unrest
Natalie Strecker
Jan 3
It’s now vital that Jersey’s Chief Minister gets ahead of the curve and regains the initiative
It’s now vital that Jersey’s Chief Minister gets ahead of the curve and regains the initiative
Covid-19 is here to stay, and we will have to learn to live with it…
Colin Lever
Dec 20, 2020
Issa Amro, my peace activist friend facing military incarceration
Issa Amro, my peace activist friend facing military incarceration
Issa Amro is a name everybody knows in Hebron and indeed is internationally renowned within the Palestinian solidarity movement for his…
Natalie Strecker
Dec 19, 2020
Jersey’s Educational Consultants: Value for Money?
Jersey’s Educational Consultants: Value for Money?
We hear much about external consultants within States departments. Theirs is a shadowy world, shrouded in mystery and acronyms…
Colin Lever
Nov 29, 2020
How Jersey is not looking after its looked after children
How Jersey is not looking after its looked after children
Unless direct action is taken, gross inequality will persist within our education system
Colin Lever
Oct 7, 2020
Following the Care Inquiry, Government of Jersey Reviews its Children’s Homes
Following the Care Inquiry, Government of Jersey Reviews its Children’s Homes
But concerns remain over the Independent Children’s Homes Association appointed to conduct it
Ollie Taylor
Oct 4, 2020
How safe are our schools?
How safe are our schools?
Following the science doesn’t mean it’s not subjected to political influence
Colin Lever
Sep 11, 2020
Who’s really running the government?
Who’s really running the government?
When it comes to Education, Charlie Parker’s modernisation programme may not be the kind of change it needs
Colin Lever
Aug 23, 2020
Education and racism
Education and racism
You can teach children about slavery but how do you educate them not to be racist?
Colin Lever
Jul 16, 2020
An open letter to the States of Jersey regarding proposition P.78–2020 ‘Jersey and the Slave Trade’
An open letter to the States of Jersey regarding proposition P.78–2020 ‘Jersey and the Slave Trade’
Kit Ashton on ‘hard work, bravery, and patriotism’…
Kit Ashton
Jul 12, 2020
How to support the Jewish community without being anti-Palestinian
How to support the Jewish community without being anti-Palestinian
And my experiences of the weaponization of antisemitism in Jersey
Natalie Strecker
Jun 29, 2020
The whitewashing of George Carteret
The whitewashing of George Carteret
And why how we see the past continues to shape our present
Ollie Taylor
Jun 18, 2020
Thinning the herd: how economics are defining the pandemic
Thinning the herd: how economics are defining the pandemic
The great wealth divide is once again ensuring there are winners and losers when it comes to the coronavirus
Colin Lever
Jun 17, 2020
The Day Islanders Took a Knee for 8 Minutes and 46 Seconds in Solidarity
The Day Islanders Took a Knee for 8 Minutes and 46 Seconds in Solidarity
Human Rights activist, Natalie Strecker, provides her speech from the Jersey Black Lives Matter demonstration
Natalie Strecker
Jun 17, 2020
‘Liberation 75’ and my personal reflections from witnessing an occupation
‘Liberation 75’ and my personal reflections from witnessing an occupation
This Saturday, 9 May 2020, we will see Jersey and Union flags flying proudly all around the island…
Natalie Strecker
May 8, 2020
How the UK government’s failure to take the coronavirus seriously has put Jersey lives at risk
How the UK government’s failure to take the coronavirus seriously has put Jersey lives at risk
Recent news reports have shed some light on the UK government’s approach to the coronavirus, revealing that not only has it failed to act…
Ollie Taylor
Apr 3, 2020
Licensing Jersey Landlords
Licensing Jersey Landlords
And how treating land as a commodity helped create “Generation Rent”
Ollie Taylor
Feb 23, 2020
Why I referred myself to the Labour Party’s Compliance Unit for antisemitism
Why I referred myself to the Labour Party’s Compliance Unit for antisemitism
For the past four years I, like many others, have watched with incredulity as I have witnessed the unfolding of the antisemitism ‘crisis’…
Natalie Strecker
Feb 10, 2020
The Limits of a Climate Emergency
The Limits of a Climate Emergency
When it comes to climate breakdown, it’s business as usual for Jersey’s government
Ollie Taylor
Feb 9, 2020
What if harming the living, nurturing, grieving world were actually a crime?
What if harming the living, nurturing, grieving world were actually a crime?
Nigel Jones
Nov 2, 2019
Cooling and degrowth
Cooling and degrowth
Planned degrowth is much better than an uncontrolled economic crash. You can’t have affordable homes in the same market as people sitting…
Nigel Jones
Oct 4, 2019
A shadowy elite, or thugs with guns?
A shadowy elite, or thugs with guns?
Who really runs the world, and makes it so awful for the rest of us? Is it actually just us, ‘following orders,’ earning a living, doing…
Nigel Jones
Oct 2, 2019
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