tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556145924493162530.post1016666541908490381..comments2023-08-21T13:38:05.182+01:00Comments on District No.1, St Helier: First Referendum "Hustings" in St Saviour - Property of the ParishNick Le Cornuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983215673635966459noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556145924493162530.post-49265612321908535582013-04-12T23:34:56.526+01:002013-04-12T23:34:56.526+01:00Cynic. Listen to the blog posting above where Dr J...Cynic. Listen to the blog posting above where Dr Jonathan Renouf is interviewed. <br /><br />He states " A Referendum like this does not come along often - the chance to define the whole underlying basis of your democracy (is) a once in a lifetime opportunity - what a shame to miss this opportunity to have a say." He continues "At root its really very simple - if you support Option A, it is because you believe the electoral system should be based on fairnes and equality."Nick Le Cornuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983215673635966459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556145924493162530.post-2308846733915853032013-04-12T23:24:05.657+01:002013-04-12T23:24:05.657+01:00Sam. Thank you for the clarification. I understand...Sam. Thank you for the clarification. I understand that you do not wish to give offence to anyone and certainly not to the Constable now that the misunderstanding has been resolved. This is very diplomatic.<br /><br />That said, her remarks were wholly patronising. She acted on the basis that she is older than you and from that she felt entitled to bully a younger person. This is authoritarianism and I do not tolerate it any longer. If she had an issue to discuss it should have been taken up privately. Standing on the platform in a meeting that was not hers, it was wholly inappropriate to use the occasion for self justification. <br /><br />It is unfortunate that there are many who, instead of voicing their criticism of ignorance, simply smile and turn away, smug in their own superiority. The Constables’ conduct last night was the best advert for Option A there ever could be. She did not have the political guile to see the conflict of interest and fell straight into an avoidable embarrassment.<br /><br /><br />Nick Le Cornuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983215673635966459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556145924493162530.post-60621177544830304452013-04-12T17:21:17.222+01:002013-04-12T17:21:17.222+01:00The whole thing is a waste of time. It's like ...The whole thing is a waste of time. It's like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. We will still only have a tiny few votes out of the total number of States Members with options A,B or C - and politicians still won't listen - so very few people are going to bother with this.<br /><br />Best RegardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556145924493162530.post-35197652667066235992013-04-12T12:42:14.314+01:002013-04-12T12:42:14.314+01:00Nick, just for clarification for your readers, I s...Nick, just for clarification for your readers, I spoke to Sadie after to clarify how I had apparently undermined her.<br /><br />She had misinterpreted (or perhaps I had not explained clearly enough) a part in my opening speech in which I said that St Saviour was a Parish that does not like having a Constable that spends too much time in the States and neglects the Parish.<br /><br />She took that to mean I was suggesting she didn't work hard and was unpopular, when what I was actually referring too was the last election when Peter Hanning was defeated because he was widely regarded to have neglected the Parish.<br /><br />It was a shame she decided to take this up with me in the way she did publicly where I didn't have the right of reply.Senator Sam Mézechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072393815446147249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556145924493162530.post-68270999893260166232013-04-12T10:18:15.961+01:002013-04-12T10:18:15.961+01:00The contingency of Constables have been haunting t...The contingency of Constables have been haunting the Parish halls as a group defence over the decades.<br /><br />They don't like it when parishioners use these buildings as a democratic public platform outside the father of the Parish contigency control.<br /><br />The Public should have the right as individuals in ''our'' Parish to expect a Constable to respect different views and not to dictate what is hers and is ours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com