From the Summit of the Moral High Ground

Anyone who studies what is happening in macro-global economics can clearly see that there are just three steps to go to the return of a gold standard. Saudi Arabia accepts payment for oil in currencies other than USD Germany leaves the Euro The gold price in the Shanghai gold market is set at double the price on the UK & US markets What this means for Jersey Jersey is totally dependent on the banking system of the United States for its living. The City of London is the offshore centre for the US banks and Jersey, the offshore centre for the City of London. With the stuttering stock market and announcements recently that interest rates will not rise, rendering our recent emergency budget incorrect just two days after the election. Poor stock market performance will affect not only the government's income but the fees collected by Jersey's finance industry meaning that we can expect further job cuts and lower than budgeted corporation tax receipts. As t...

Politics is not a matter of right and left, liibertarian and authoritarian, it is a matter of right and wrong. All these things will I give you,  if you will fall down and worship me. Quite unbelievably the island has voted to hasten moves to place all power in one man's hands, If all men are created equal then how can it be right that one person alone makes decisions for everyone? How can those decisions benefit everyone equally? The corrupting influence of this absolute power, free from external UK control when we get full indpendence. Our organised religions teach that there is one all powerful god (although this is a corruption of the words ascribed to Jesus who said "we are all gods"), I wonder if somewhere in our collective cosciousness you (because it sure was not me!)  are seriously trying to recreate that on this island. But our orgaised religions also teach us that the god of this world is satan. So who shall we set as our Prince of Darkness? Philip ...

Following the election in which Jersey appeared to moved towards an "Establishment" line I thought it was appropriate to examine what exactly the establishment is. The short answer is - that we are nearly all the Establishment. With the exception of those few of us who are truly Libertarian. However to explain the short answer requires some degree of explanation. That many Libertarians are very well read in theology may surprise you, but the whole notion of an establishment is a fundamental religious concept, which we have recreated in our human societies. First let's note that whether or not you believe in "God" for the moment, whether or not you are religious that these beliefs have been the foundation of our society and laws for so many generations that they are inescapable. They are imprinted upon our conciousness, individual and collective. John 10 33 The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and becaus...