On 28 April, all Sark residents received a questionnaire from the Reform Law (Good Governance) Policy Development Team of Chief Pleas. “Since 2008 fewer qualified Sark residents have stood at each successive election,” the form writes. How can we get…
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The Royal Commission
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On 20 November, Guernsey Press reported 22 high-profile Channel Islanders observing the inconvenient truth that Sark is having problems, wondering where these come from, whether these problems have built up over a generation or so and calling for a Royal…
Sark
MoJ’s 5 Year Economic Plan for Sark
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Ronald Reagan once said “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” Reagan’s America never had…
Sark
The Isle of Sark Albatross
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The big story of this week is the publication of the Isle of Sark Shipping accounts. Let us remind those readers not familiar with this fact that the company received a massive government bailout only a few years ago. The…
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What is Causing Sark’s Cancers? (Part 2)
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On 10 April 2013, at their Easter meeting, Chief Pleas approved the spending of £5,000 to test electromagnetic radiation levels on Sark, because of a concern that the said radiation may be causing cancers. Two young people on Sark were…
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On Civil Servants: a True Story
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As Sark debates whether or not to appoint a full time civil servant, we are reminded of the following (true) story. One interesting case was a 44-year-old French man, whose brain had been reduced to little more than a thin…