From the Summit of the Moral High Ground

The JEP  has made quite a feature of the thoughts of Mr Tony O'Neill the MD of Sandpiper and his belief that the high street will be 25% empty in the next five years, but I mean, really? Yes I know Jersey people love to avoid placing the blame squarely on the main culprits when these problems arise, the very same people they look to for solutions, have you guessed who it is yet? The States of Jersey. Regaled on a regular basis by tales of Jersey in the 1980's a time when the shops opened from 9am to 9pm throughout the Summer, when it was nigh on impossible to walk down King Street during the day and when turnover in a day was enough to buy a house. So what happened? The answer is simple Frank Walker listened to his Civil Servants. Tax has risen from 20% income tax with very generous allowances and 5% social security with next to no Impots and user pays charges were non-existent. Today tax will shortly be 21% with most allowances phased out and no inflation linking for ...

Jim Willie's (www.goldenjackass.com) latest update on the impending financial meltdown... Many are the signals of breakdown, in the financial system and the Gold market. The day is near for release of gold from under the thumb of the criminal bankers. They can no longer operate in the shadows, recently in full view. The best information coming to my desk indicates that three major Western banks are under constant threat of failure overnight, every night, forcing extraordinary measures to avoid failure. They are Deutshe Bank in Germany, Barclays in London, and Citibank in New York. Judging from the ongoing defense from prosecution and cooperation (flipped) with Interpol and distraction of resources, the most likely bank to die next is Deutsche Bank. They are caught with accounting fraud and outright financial fraud over collateral shell games, pertaining to USTreasury Bonds, other sovereign bonds in Southern Europe, and OTC derivatives linked to FOREX currency contracts. De...

Proof that the government have been robbing us?  When something does not make sense, we have a word for that, it's  NONSENSE . The ongoing GST saga over the rents on the Public Markets, is really beginning to get frustrating as there simply is no reason or logic to the position which the government has adopted. Initially I am sure that they did not believe that I would be able to make a case, but having submitted the relevant cases in precedent and shown that there is a case to be considered, I received a worried e-mail from the Law Officer asking me to expand my argument, this is most unusual. The Law Officer has said that based on the case in 1904, virtually any activity which involves an exchange of money can be as business, and whilst I have demonstrated that there has been further refinement since then specifically in the area of when government should be treated like a business, he has not budged from his position. My issue with your arguments is as f...

A Notice of Understanding and Intent is a notice served to ensure that a full understanding of the intention of the parties entering into a contract is clear. This is particularly important if, as in my case, there is no intention to enter into written contracts. The purpose of this particular notice is to establish that certain statutes cannot apply to any relationship between the parties named in the notice. Points 1 to 3 make it clear that the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 is not applicable to the relationship, point 4 makes it clear that the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974 does not apply, point 5 rules out the Regulation of Undertakings and Development (Jersey) Law 1973 and point 6 rules out the Control of Work and Housing (Jersey) Law 2013. The method is simple in each of the above laws there is a section which sets out the 'status' of any person to which it applies, therefore by excluding the granting of that status by any contract which the parties may enter ...