tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post4349237645512434756..comments2023-06-21T12:30:17.221+01:00Comments on voiceforprotest: The birdman of crassvoiceforchildrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-78541239512516921942009-10-13T06:07:19.339+01:002009-10-13T06:07:19.339+01:00Jersey prohibits the importation of cows milk. Tha...Jersey prohibits the importation of cows milk. That is to protect the dairy industry. We don't export milk. Anyway it is too expensive for others to buy. 15,000 people boycotting milk and within 2 years the dairy industry will be gone. The will be sold off. And what of the fields then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-75127959776029759582009-10-10T22:03:11.676+01:002009-10-10T22:03:11.676+01:00It's rumoured that the next stage of the Trust...It's rumoured that the next stage of the Trust's "Coastline Campaign" is to have the new incinerator removed from the St Helier sea-shore location and built at their St Mary HQ instead.<br />If true that would be a true sign of the Trust's dedication - perhaps Mike Stentiford could confirm if the rumour is correct?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-54289214624949578202009-10-09T01:20:59.742+01:002009-10-09T01:20:59.742+01:00We should not be kidded that "line in the san...We should not be kidded that "line in the sand" was a spontaneous expression of public opinion.<br />The National Trust for Jersey is being marketed by the "Beach communications consultancy" just like any other product in the market place. They are obviously very successful and claim to have raised "a public political and business awareness" for their client Trust with a membership of 2000. They also represent such clients as HSBC and they were persuaded to be sponsors for the Trust's "Coastline Campaign" from which the "line" project stemmed and it is tied in closely with the "Plemont campaign" too which also raised £67,000 and a petition of 10,000 signatures in just 4 weeks.<br />This is political organising on a worrying scale and whether it is an appropriate activity for the charitably based Trust is a matter for the membership but it should cause the general public to wonder about this manipulation of political opinion to influence planning or other government policies.<br />The consultants have also recruited Jersey Dairy and Jersey Telecoms to be partners with HSBC in this campaigning activity so that the merging of commercially sensitive and possibly conflicted businesses with organised public opinion raises all sorts of questions and concerns.<br /><br />On the National Trust's own website the most recent accounts (for 2002)show that the non profit making organisation is the largest landowner in the island and has a portfolio of very valuable properties and healthy reserves of funds. By any stretch of the imagination it has the potential to become a very powerful political force in Jersey. Is that desirable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-52894843843463758932009-10-08T17:31:45.678+01:002009-10-08T17:31:45.678+01:00It should be obvious to anybody that the existing ...It should be obvious to anybody that the existing Planning Laws and policies are more than adequate to protect the countryside and these have been in place and developing since the 1960's.<br />Jersey's truly substantial planning void is with St Helier.<br />Until a comprehensive policy and plan has been agreed for the future of St Helier Town that addresses all housing, commercial, open space and parking needs then there is absolutely no point in rezoning bits of the countryside or drawing up any other policies or restrictions. The future for the whole Island depends totally upon what will happen in St Helier over the next 10-20 years so Freddie and his friends should stop wasting our money and Mike Stentiford and his chums should apply their energies to the problems of St Helier if they truly have the best interests of the whole Island in mind.<br /><br />Building in St Helier may not be the answer to any problems but without a comprehensive plan that works, how shall we know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-13193209810687289942009-10-08T12:42:53.666+01:002009-10-08T12:42:53.666+01:00Look at who brands the NTfJ & who else they ta...Look at who brands the NTfJ & who else they take care of: <br /><br />http://www.thebeach.je/folio_menu.htm<br /><br />A straight line from Geomarine?<br /><br />http://www.thisisjersey.com/2009/03/17/toxic-ash-pit-is-punctured-at-incinerator-site/<br /><br />A great pity the NTfJ concern themselves only with cosmetic issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-51339283866968622402009-10-08T08:30:00.307+01:002009-10-08T08:30:00.307+01:00The J E P coverage LINE IN THE SAND
Interesting ...The J E P coverage LINE IN THE SAND<br /><br />Interesting the photos of individuals that had taken part, I could pick out no less than five people in that article and guess what they all live in the west of the island and own there very substantial properties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-395659727236887342009-10-08T01:54:45.793+01:002009-10-08T01:54:45.793+01:00I was surfing at the time the genteel middle class...I was surfing at the time the genteel middle classes were lineing up and drove away as fast as I could. I perceived this as a JEP orgaisied event, demonstrating their power to mobilise a large section of the community for ultimately sectional purposes.<br /><br />I think the interviews below were excellent. It shows what we are up against in terms of false consciousness. Working people, a young woman and a young man, with a future ahead in an increasingly populated island divided by wealth into the haves and have nots. One is aware of the absurdities but wont engage to change it, the other with idelaised dreams - living in town but aspiring to a country residence, yet probably ultimately will be living in lower middle suburbia up on the highlands above the plain.<br /><br />No one cares about the 15,000, unless they seek to care for themselves and start protesting. More likely they will leave and be replaced by others.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-22811351793075319752009-10-07T09:41:30.007+01:002009-10-07T09:41:30.007+01:00You're not doing yourself any favours by attac...You're not doing yourself any favours by attacking much loved public figures!<br /><br />If the "15,000 people who live in lodgings" (proof?!) are enduring such a hard time, why not raise the issue to those who are REALLY responsible - not the NTJ who are trying to preserve what's good about the island?!<br /><br />And while you're at it, maybe those 15,000 will join you in your protest.<br /><br />Yeah. Right. As if.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-33130203801306181982009-10-06T22:54:23.351+01:002009-10-06T22:54:23.351+01:00For some of us it is not simply housing. People ne...For some of us it is not simply housing. People need clean air, fresh water and nutritious food. As the world struggles to feed itself and depletes its reserves of fuel it is going to be increasingly hard to source these outside of the island. An integrated planning policy, that took in to account the need to sustainably provide all the above basics would show up our current planning policy for the partial and failing thing that it is. No net immigration, and working the land for the production of wholesome food for the local market is essential. <br />That won't resolve the decades long mad policy of populatiosn growth, but it would take the foot off the accelerator before we go over the cliff edge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-35197071132759412932009-10-06T22:33:21.557+01:002009-10-06T22:33:21.557+01:00Who would have thought, Mike Stentiford a machiave...Who would have thought, Mike Stentiford a machiavellian schemer out to oppress the working class. Get a grip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237459041733760570.post-59208559235819320092009-10-06T21:13:23.355+01:002009-10-06T21:13:23.355+01:00and people say your not bringing news to Jersey! Y...and people say your not bringing news to Jersey! Yeah and there was no abusing children as well thanks for the wakeup call.<br /><br />Keep up the fine work...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com