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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
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    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
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    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
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    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…
    Go to the profile of Colin Lever
    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…
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    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…
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    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
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    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
    Go to the profile of Ollie Taylor
    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
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    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
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    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?
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    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’…
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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…
    Go to the profile of Natalie Strecker
    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…
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    Ollie Taylor
    Apr 3, 2020
    Licensing Jersey Landlords

    Licensing Jersey Landlords

    And how treating land as a commodity helped create “Generation Rent”
    Go to the profile of Ollie Taylor
    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’…
    Go to the profile of Natalie Strecker
    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
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    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?

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    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…
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    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…
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    Nigel Jones
    Oct 2, 2019
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