We honour our shared history when we tell the whole story First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-11-27 Ben Shenton’s recent JEP column on trust in the public sector drew on the world of Jersey’s docks to make a wider moral point. It is a story worth hearing – but also worth examining carefully, because the history it invokes…
After Blue Islands: Why the Channel Islands Need an Integrated Air Network First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-11-22 Introduction The collapse of Blue Islands came as a shock to many islanders, but it should not have come as a surprise. For years we have depended on an aviation model that looks stable from a distance yet is structurally…
The Broken Promise Between Generations and Giving Younger Islanders Back a Sense of Agency First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-11-13 Introduction: A Personal Unease I belong to a generation that was told – and for the most part believed – that hard work would bring reward, and that our children would naturally have more opportunities than we did.…
I carry Mr Doughty’s influence every day. It’s there in the risks I’ve taken, the things I have achieved First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-11-06 The teachers we never leave behind Reading the Teacher of the Year entries for the Pride of Jersey Awards reminded me that the most powerful voices in our lives are rarely the loudest…
Fairness and the Housing Puzzle: Markets, Tenants, and Responsibility First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-10-24 When we read analyses of Jersey’s property market, we often turn to familiar explanations: limited land, foreign buyers, or speculative developers. In their recent article in this newspaper, Peter Lucas and Dr Michael J Oliver invite us to look differently. They argue that…
For the Island to flourish, the private and public sectors must work well together First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-10-17 Public and Private: In Praise of Interdependence We all know the stereotypes. One wears a lanyard and clocks off at 4:59. The other wears a tailored suit and makes money while others sleep. One is a public servant,…
Is the new health board start of something more coherent – or a risk of something more confused? First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-10-08 Later this year, the States Assembly will debate a proposition from Health Minister Deputy Tom Binet to refresh and expand the governance of our Island’s health and care system. Known as P.52/2025, it seeks…
Pilgrimage: A superb way to meet strangers and yourself First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-10-04 The flagstones in front of St Peter’s Basilica are cool underfoot in the half-light. Sleepy baristas wipe down tables outside cafes on the road out of Rome. I shift my 7kg pack into place, feel the tug on my shoulders, and take the…
Seeing the Future of Care: Why Jersey Should Embrace Predictive Analytics First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-10-01 Introduction The Health Minister, Deputy Binet, is facing a busy autumn. The Budget Debate in September will see him asking for significantly more resources for baseline funding, preventative healthcare and digital development. He is also taking forward new governance arrangements with…
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Rethinking Decline in Jersey’s Story First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-09-26 I often find myself in conversation with Islanders who say, quite simply, that things used to be better. There’s usually no anger in the statement – just a sense of sadness, or quiet resignation. People speak of a time when houses were more…