Guernsey Press Politics Podcast

As the build-up begins to next year’s second island-wide election, Matt Fallaize is joined by Guernsey’s longest-serving politician, Deputy Peter Roffey, chairman of the think tank Gpeg, Lord Digby Jones and the man chairing a review of the States, Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq, to discuss the way the island is run — and whether it can be improved.

A little over 100 days since being re-elected as P&R president, Deputy Lyndon Trott joins Matt Fallaize to reflect on the role and talk about the big issues facing the island and islanders, including public finances, housing, and wages.

Matt Fallaize and Mark Ogier speak to Deputies De Lisle and Roffey as the former’s move to cut an increase in mooring fees lost on the second and final day of the March meeting.Make sure to pick up Friday’s paper for full States coverage.

Matt Fallaize and Mark Ogier are joined by P&R president Lyndon Trott after it was revealed by Health president Al Brouard in the States that he had been kept in the dark by staff for months as the projected cost of the hospital transformation project increased by tens of millions.Read more States coverage from the opening day of the March meeting in Thursday’s Press.

Simon De La Rue and Matt Fallaize are joined by Deputy Simon Vermeulen, a member of Economic Development and Home Affairs, to talk about the issues currently facing Aurigny and a trio of requetes that he is putting his name to relating to mooring fees, parish waste, and planning — the first two of which will be debated at next week’s meeting.

Simon De La Rue and Matt Fallaize round up a one-day February meeting as States’ Assembly & Constitution Committee president Carl Meerveld is accused of ‘hiding’ behind excuses over a lack of progress.

As States members prepare to return to the Royal Court this week, James Falla and Matt Fallaize consider the challenges coming down the line as ESC looks to see its transformation project through, including interviews with Deputy Aiden Matthews on his objections to plans to move the sixth form centre to La Mare and a response from Education president Andrea Dudley-Owen. Plus there's a look ahead to the February meeting and a relatively light agenda.

Simon De La Rue is joined by Education president Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen and director of education Nick Hynes to talk about what the future of education now looks like following the States’ recent decision to fund Les Ozouets.Listen out for the second part of this interview, covering some of the challenges to Education’s latest plans, later this week.

Simon De La Rue recaps the final day of the States’ January meeting.