Guernsey Press Politics Podcast

In a first for the Guernsey Press Politics Podcast, Matt Fallaize is joined by four deputies - two from each side of the tax debate - as States members prepare to pick up where they left off earlier in the summer.Policy & Resources president Lindsay de Sausmarez and vice-president Yvonne Burford and two of the most prominent critics of the tax reform plans, Garry Collins and Rob Curgenven.

Peter Roffey speaks to Alderney’s top politician, Policy & Finance chair Jeannie Cameron, about growing discontent in some quarters over its relationship with Guernsey, the potential development of a data centre, and the ongoing issues with air connectivity and the island’s runway.

Ahead of debate on tax reform resuming next week - and following on from his interview with P&R member Andrew Niles, Matt Fallaize speaks to Haley Camp, a prominent opponent of the senior committee’s plans, about why her views have not changed over the summer, why Guernsey needs to go for growth, and why she is not giving up the fight against GST.

Ahead of the resumption of the States’ big tax debate later this month, Policy & Resources member Andrew Niles joins Matt Fallaize to talk about the package of reforms on the table, how it’s been communicated, and how the vote might play out.

Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc take a look at the latest - and possibly - last joint report published by HSC and the MSG, and get out in the field to see what shape one of the island’s former hospital sites is in...

James Falla is joined by London-based Guernseyman Will Walter to talk about the Guernsey Deputy Scorecard, a new website which he has created to help islanders keep track of the performance of their deputies and whether they are holding to their political promises.

Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc deliver their review of the States summer blockbuster. And with an autumn sequel already in the works, can members find a way to bring the tax story to an end, or will the saga continue?

To be continued... Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize round up this week’s big tax debate as deputies run out of time and will pick up where they left off at the end of September.

Strap in! Ahead of next week’s big tax debate in the States, former deputies Michelle Le Clerc and Heidi Soulsby run through all 20+ amendments to P&R’s plan - what they’re aiming to achieve and what the wider implications would be...