tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post456506292234563057..comments2024-03-20T11:09:50.796+00:00Comments on voiceforchildren: Len Norman (with others) and "The Jersey Way."voiceforchildrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-19250865652153508562019-07-03T08:34:27.206+01:002019-07-03T08:34:27.206+01:00Part two.
"PRESS RELEASE FROM DEPUTY TADIER
...Part two.<br /><br />"PRESS RELEASE FROM DEPUTY TADIER<br /><br />Deputy Tadier has said that he has once again been prevented from doing his job by the Bailiff after having been ‘shut down’ from asking questions which he says are of fundamental importance to his constituents and the wider public. During question time the Treasury Minister was asked questions about the de minimis exemption on G.S.T. (the rule that means that GST on imported goods under £240 is not applied).<br /><br /><br /><br />'There is a fundamental principle that Parliamentarians should be able to speak without fear or favour. For some time now, I feel this principle has become eroded, in the Jersey Assembly.<br /><br />Questioning the underlying rationale for any given government policy must be a valid line of questioning, especially when it is given as a key reason for that policy. In this case, the Minister was defending a possible reduction in the de minimis on the basis of a level playing field. It stands to reason that an elected member should then be able to question whether that rationale is sound or not.<br /><br />One of the reasons given by the Minister for potentially reducing the de minimis was to create a ‘level playing field’ in terms of taxation between local sellers and the internet. I tried to question whether the Minister was being consistent in her desire for a level playing field, given that in other areas of Jersey taxation a level playing field is not considered necessary. The Bailiff ruled this question out of order.<br /><br />There is a wider context to consider here too. We are at a fundamental crossroads both in terms of government policy and what kind of society want to live in. GST is an example of this. Whilst there might be other compelling reasons for reducing the de minimis, it will ultimately affect those just about managing the most, because GST is an inherently regressive tax. Similarly, any increase in the overall rate of GST would be highly regressive, especially as it currently applied to the essentials of life.<br /><br />In terms of government policy, we have seen evidence that the Government plans to perpetuate austerity, whilst refusing to consider truly fair and progressive taxation on wealth and very high incomes, this is despite signing up to very laudable and ambitious social objectives which will necessarily mean increased spending.<br /><br />The reaction by some fellow members to my stand unfortunately shows me that the Jersey Way referred to by the Care Inquiry is still alive and well. There are many States Members who are more concerned with reputation and deference to authority than they are with standing up for the underprivileged in our community.<br /><br />I have been very clear about my purpose as a Politician over the past 11 years, and that is not going to change.’<br /><br />Thank you for your time."voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-58243965864938688842019-07-03T08:33:47.143+01:002019-07-03T08:33:47.143+01:00Email sent from Deputy Montfort Tadier (this morni...Email sent from Deputy Montfort Tadier (this morning) to parts of the Old, and new, Media (part 1).<br /><br />"Dear Media,<br /><br />We are now two years on from the Care Inquiry Report being released, with its shocking findings and recommendations for urgent modernization needed in Jersey.<br /><br />Yesterday, we saw two things: yet another example of an elected politician (it happened to be me this time) being shut down by an unelected Chief Judge from asking a perfectly legitimate AND in order question to our treasury Minister about a fundamental plank of her tax policy. Apart from one diligent BBC reporter who contacted me before I sent out this press release yesterday, none of the Mainstream Media have contacted me for comment maybe because it is so commonplace, they have stopped reporting it(?). *And I have just seen a JEP article, but not read it yet.<br /><br />We also had a farce of a debate which skirted around the issue of our politicized judiciary (the fact the our Chief Justice STILL remains the power-base in our legislature), and there is clearly no appetite for change from the rural representatives who have benefited from our gerrymandered electoral system to give them vastly disproportionate voting power.<br /><br />This brings me on to electoral reform - because all of these issues are linked - the media should be up in arms about the electoral inequity. The media should be leading the campaign for modern, fit for purpose institutions and fighting for Jersey’s powerless and (relatively disenfranchised).<br /><br />So that I do not fall into cliché, I do recognize the many individual examples of good journalism and personal stories that are covered, but I have to ask that media take it upon themselves to campaign for systemic change for the fundamentals of any democracy.<br /><br />I reattach a (corrected) version of my press release from yesterday."<br /><br />voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-9851897230163312972019-07-02T22:55:10.709+01:002019-07-02T22:55:10.709+01:00T'was a revolution not just about corn! Mike D...T'was a revolution not just about corn! Mike Dun and Trev Pitman must be disgusted. What happened to the promised exhibition mentioned in answer to Deputy Tadier;s question last year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-79336940557225232512019-07-02T22:13:46.148+01:002019-07-02T22:13:46.148+01:00It was asked in an comment above just who the '...It was asked in an comment above just who the 'London criminals' are, and in what type of occupation we would find them. A subsequent comment correctly identified the London based legal profession as the turf ploughed by most of the main gangsters. <br /><br />I have a background in law enforcement in more than one jurisdiction, and I think the key factors involved in the Jersey situation make the nature of the criminal activity involved pretty clear. So much so, we’re speaking of things which are ‘hidden’ in plain sight. <br /><br />It has been rightly said by other observers that, at base, Jersey and its off shore finance industry represents the perfect set of circumstances for the fostering of high level international mafia activity. Given the simple non-existence of any checks & balances on Jersey, and the capacity and willingness of your local mafia bosses to run a cosmetic ‘law enforcement’ system in exchange for big big slices of the action, it would be astonishing if the place was not the most corrupt jurisdiction in all the democratic world. <br /><br />But as others have suggested, as big and as bad as your local mafia bosses are, they have worse, bigger and bader bosses elsewhere. <br /><br />The key to understanding your circumstances, and to understanding how organised crime works and uses Jersey as a ‘get out of jail free card’, is to conduct what might be termed ‘thought-experiments’.<br /><br />Let me give you a highly relevant example. The following, it should also be understood, is very much a part of the awareness of the Jersey situation held by law enforcement agencies in other jurisdictions. <br /><br />It is commonly understood, yes, that judicial departments are supposed to be impartial, non-political, whiter than white, free of all suspicious activity and not involved in day to day executive, political activity? I think that is not credibly disputed. A judicial department most certainly should not be involved in matters of deep, partisan, political controversy, let alone controversies which involve mafia based financial terrorism, and the obviously illegal cover-up of child-abuse. With me so far? I say nothing controversial in the foregoing. <br /><br />So, here is your ‘thought-experiment’ for today: ‘what, on Earth, is a judicial department, the United Kingdom Justice Department, doing having partisan political, executive responsibility for protecting the deeply controversial, sleazy, mafia run, big money, crime concealing establishments of the Crown Dependencies?’ <br /><br />You see, no? <br /><br />The very last UK public authority which should have any responsibility for or involvement in the stone-age crime family jurisdictions of those tax havens is the UK Justice Department. But, there it sits. <br /><br />You ask ‘where we might find the London criminals?’ <br /><br />Simple thought experiments are often crucial in penetrating high level organised crime. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-12009059686282808772019-07-02T21:58:10.281+01:002019-07-02T21:58:10.281+01:00Thank you Mike and also StuartThank you Mike and also StuartAnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135284743716069464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-22232550221841612422019-07-02T20:53:26.857+01:002019-07-02T20:53:26.857+01:00Don't get too excited.
They forgot the Corn Ri...Don't get too excited.<br />They forgot the Corn Riot anniversary quick enough. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-35262820193486280742019-07-02T20:37:35.667+01:002019-07-02T20:37:35.667+01:00Never forget - £24 million = stolen money.
Fraud....Never forget - £24 million = stolen money.<br /><br />Fraud.<br /><br />Embezzlement.<br /><br />Racketeering. <br /><br />And we're going to recover it.<br /><br />Every penny.<br /><br />Plus costs, interest and damages. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-83250359866642362042019-07-02T20:33:27.708+01:002019-07-02T20:33:27.708+01:00I think the Children's Day is a good idea and ...I think the Children's Day is a good idea and am supportive of it. We've seen in this posting alone (Len Norman's/Kevin Pamplin's attitude) that it doesn't take long to slip back into the bad old "Jersey Way."<br /><br />A reminder, all be it only once a year, of how ignoring Survivors and whislteblowers destroys people's lives, breeds paedophilia, and protects those who protect paedophiles. What has happened in the past (and still happening today) must be eradicated.<br /><br />A couple of your questions should be answered in the interview I did with the Children's Minister yesterday which I hope to publish tomorrow. Tomorrow being the second anniversary of the publication of the Care Inquiry Report.voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-50434127585896672822019-07-02T19:48:40.405+01:002019-07-02T19:48:40.405+01:00For you next post if you would be so kind.
Questio...For you next post if you would be so kind.<br />Questions for Senator Sam Mezec - 1) Why is the compensation plan so pathetically poor. £500 - £4,000 for being assaulted is insulting, so why should people bother? 2) Why is it acknowledged that abuse happened at Les Chênes by the COM but nobody who worked there battering kids has been charged? 3) What is the point of a Children's Day? People want to move on and get on with lives not have an annual reminder of it all because that's what will happen Senator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-65214766773714353472019-07-02T18:38:06.517+01:002019-07-02T18:38:06.517+01:00Never thought about it like that but true.Never thought about it like that but true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-51693188582797013012019-07-02T17:51:42.881+01:002019-07-02T17:51:42.881+01:00Ian.
The alleged perpetrator has been named elsew...Ian.<br /><br />The alleged perpetrator has been named elsewhere but as you are well aware we have a corrupt "justice" system and if I was to name him/her on my Blog I'd be doing a ten stretch before it was published! voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-53006755704462439812019-07-02T17:49:48.192+01:002019-07-02T17:49:48.192+01:00ANNUAL CHILDREN'S DAY -
SO EVERY YEAR ON THE ...ANNUAL CHILDREN'S DAY -<br /><br />SO EVERY YEAR ON THE 3RD JULY PEOPLE CAN RELIVE THE ABUSE THEY SUFFERED AND REMEMBER THE LOUSY CARE INQUIRY REPORT.<br /><br />THANKSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-24803133431851438562019-07-02T17:47:08.878+01:002019-07-02T17:47:08.878+01:00Good old Deputy Mike Higgins, or "Last Man St...Good old Deputy Mike Higgins, or "Last Man Standing" as I refer to him. Well, we appear to have yet another situation in grubby little Jersey, and still the same underlying problem, everyone living in fear. Hark, I think I have a solution! Get in touch with VFC, Ana, get my contact details and I will name the depraved odious little weasel on my blog. I don't do fear!!!Big Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228210750484725153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-29533057015013033932019-07-02T16:21:51.388+01:002019-07-02T16:21:51.388+01:00The original comment included the paragraph:
"...The original comment included the paragraph:<br />"A separate tariff of payments is available for anybody who was resident at ANY children's home OR in foster care, which covers more 'serious' abuse, with up to £70,000 payable to those who were raped or sexually abused involving penetration."<br /><br />You may well be right regarding Les Chenes but brutal regimes often form a cover or enabler for sexual abuse and also some of the individuals with a taste for physical domination also have an apatite for sexual domination. I know that in some of the other Jersey fostering houses the sexual element was covered up with the details being expunged from the statements and the 'house-parents' being re-employed.<br /><br />A £24million Eversheds whitewash says this was not a cover-up!!!How and Why Child Abuse and Corruption happen and go unchecked...…….http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/2015/05/jersey-child-abuse-inquiry-and-william.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-46115664072325695262019-07-02T15:50:18.939+01:002019-07-02T15:50:18.939+01:00Q. "where we will find the London criminals?&...Q. "where we will find the London criminals?" <br />A …… LONDON maybe?<br /><br />Q. "What kind of occupations for example?"<br />A. You can probably partially answer this yourself. Whilst child abusers can come from any occupation the London-connected criminal enterprise would be mostly connected with financial crime and the cover up of this and of child abuse and of misconduct in public office. Which occupations do you think would have involvement?How and Why Child Abuse and Corruption happen and go unchecked...…….http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/2015/05/jersey-child-abuse-inquiry-and-william.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-32147696353159709232019-07-02T14:52:03.856+01:002019-07-02T14:52:03.856+01:00Why not call the damned Speaker out and if needs b...Why not call the damned Speaker out and if needs be get thrown out of the States? That for sure would get some headlines and help Deputy Tadier highlight what continues to go on year after year. This will probably just get highlighted and portrayed as petulence and have people wrongly thinking it is the Deputy at fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-8599293734371878012019-07-02T14:11:34.211+01:002019-07-02T14:11:34.211+01:00I'm not disagreeing, but for readers here, cou...I'm not disagreeing, but for readers here, could you give some general indication of where we will find the 'London criminals'? What kind of occupations for example? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-28883181213464837162019-07-02T13:43:25.021+01:002019-07-02T13:43:25.021+01:00The post of "Bailiff" is - very obviousl...The post of "Bailiff" is - very obviously - a criminal enterprise, in-and-of itself. <br /><br />That we still suffer from this mafia apparatus is most indicative of just how corrupt the power-structure in London is. Anything as anti-democratic and suppressive of free public debate - and not compatible with the impartial rule-of-law - would not be tolerated in any other jurisdiction without public condemnation by UK government Human Rights observers. <br /><br />Time has come for us to be rid of these crime-concealing scum - and the first step on that path has to be bringing the London criminals to justice. <br /><br />Stuart Syvret<br /><br />Investigative journalist, historian, international anti-mafia activist. Ex-Senator Stuart Syvrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133826278608795054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-49054785967395949372019-07-02T12:02:22.036+01:002019-07-02T12:02:22.036+01:00Breaking News.
Deputy Montfort Tadier has walked ...Breaking News.<br /><br />Deputy Montfort Tadier has walked out of a States Sitting on principle. "The Jersey Way" rears its ugly head again.<br /><br />PRESS RELEASE FROM DEPUTY TADIER<br /> <br /> <br />Deputy Tadier has said that he has once again been prevented from doing his job by the Bailiff after having been ‘shut down’ from asking questions which he says are of fundamental importance to his constituents and the wider public. During question time the Treasury Minister was asked questions about the de minimis exemption on G.S.T. (the rule that means that GST on imported goods under £240 is not applied).<br /> <br />There is a fundamental principle that Parliamentarians should be able to speak without fear or favour. For some time now, I feel this principle has become eroded, in the Jersey Assembly.<br /> <br />Questioning the underlying rationale for any given government policy must be a valid line of questioning, especially when it is given as a key reason for that policy. In this case, the Minister was defending a possible reduction in the de Minimis on the basis of a level playing field. It stands to reason that an elected member should then be able to question whether that rationale is sound or not.<br /> <br />One of the reasons given by the Minister for potentially reducing the de Minimis was to create a ‘level playing field’ in terms of taxation between local sellers and the internet. <br />I then tried to question whether the Minister was being consistent in her desire for a level playing field, given the fact that in other areas (‘High Net Worth’ Individuals, for example). The Bailiff ruled this question out of order.<br /> <br /> <br />There is a wider context to consider here too. We are at a fundamental crossroads both in terms of government policy and what kind of society. GST is an example of this. Whilst there might be other compelling reasons for reducing the de Minimis, it will ultimately affect those just about managing the most, because GST is an inherently regressive tax. Similarly, any increase in the overall rate of GST would be highly regressive, especially as it currently applied to the essentials of life.<br /> <br />In terms of government policy, we have seen evidence that the Government plans to perpetuate austerity, whilst refusing to consider truly fair and progressive taxation on wealth and very high incomes, this is despite signing up to very laudable and ambitious social objectives which will necessarily mean increased spending.<br /> <br />The reaction by some fellow members to my stand unfortunately shows me that the Jersey Way referred to by the Care Inquiry is still alive and well. There are many States Members who are more concerned with reputation and deference to authority than they are with standing up for the underprivileged in our community. <br />I have been very clear about my purpose as a Politician over the past 11 years, and that is not going to change.’voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-55703595786379024622019-07-02T11:21:54.044+01:002019-07-02T11:21:54.044+01:00Proud conspiracy theorist
I was also disgusted by...Proud conspiracy theorist<br />I was also disgusted by Len Normans attack on Mike Higgins. he called him a conspiracy theorist, I would like to point out that a theory like a hypothesis is only that until proven correct by the facts,I have followed the blogs since their inception and have watched as time and again certain people were named as conspiracy theorists as a derogatory term. Well I am proud to have been a conspiracy theorist who doubted what I was being told by the government and the MS Media. We now know following the IJCI that in fact those doubts and theories were in fact correct. We the population of Jersey have been subjected to a huge propaganda campaign ever since Syvret bombshell July 2007.It would be interesting for us to recount all the "theories" that have been proved correct.For starters, ;That there has been a cover up of child abuse in Jersey. That Graham Power was suspended illegally without cause BDO Alto report,Matt Tapp were brought in to promote that propaganda by the way who paid them, we the tax payer in the end,etc etc etc<br />Why is questioning any situation or set of circumstances seen as some how a wicked and dangerous thing, surely it is our democratic right we are not sheep. Our politicians are asking questions on behalf of the electorate, Mike Higgins is one politician who will fight for what is right ,Carry on Mike your doing a great job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-58823182857572518152019-07-02T10:04:43.150+01:002019-07-02T10:04:43.150+01:00I thought it was a red herring because I do not re...I thought it was a red herring because I do not recall any rapes at Les Chenes but I maybe wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-31189200130983384702019-07-02T09:14:19.362+01:002019-07-02T09:14:19.362+01:00@18:27 "THEN £70,000 FOR A RAPE" ...I do...@18:27 "THEN £70,000 FOR A RAPE" ...I don't think so<br /><br />No one will get £70,000 for "a rape". £70k is the top limit for the absolutely worst cases so only a handful of survivors will be awarded anything like that sum, say if they were raped and brutalised through yeas of their childhood.<br />Financial compensation is useful but can soon be spent ...and in isolation is utterly derisory.<br />What survivors need for recovery is to not have this admission drawn out for over a decade as the authorities fight, wriggle and deny and attack and imprison whistleblowers.<br />What survivors need for recovery is for their abusers and those who enabled and protected them to be prosecuted and where appropriate stripped of their pensions.<br />What survivors need for recovery is to see an environment of real trust and care (not more empty words) where they have some confidence that similar bad things are not happening to today's youngsters …..yet they see that little has changed.<br /><br /><br />As an aside I would suggest as a brutal that a *proportion* of people with bills to pay would 'willingly' endure "a rape" for £70k. There are multiple aspects to this but the point I am making is that largely it is not "a rape" that does the damage so much as that this happens to a child in their 'sanctuary', in what should be their 'home', their 'safe space'. The psychological and developmental damage that this "social/cultural dissonance" does might usually exceed any physical sexual brutality inflicted. Lasting physical damage is possible and this would of course compound the psychological damage as an ongoing reminder.<br /><br />The rape of a child is likely to be fundamentally different in some ways from the rape of an adult.<br /><br />In either case it is important that people define themselves by how they survived; and not by what happened to them.How and Why Child Abuse and Corruption happen and go unchecked...…….http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/2015/05/jersey-child-abuse-inquiry-and-william.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-27166182762190936172019-07-02T07:09:18.377+01:002019-07-02T07:09:18.377+01:00It's an insult.It's an insult. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-10555539013336770882019-07-01T20:41:23.414+01:002019-07-01T20:41:23.414+01:00Co-sign.
Stuart Syvret.
Investigative journalist...Co-sign.<br /><br />Stuart Syvret.<br /><br />Investigative journalist, historian, international anti-mafia activist. Ex-Senator Stuart Syvrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133826278608795054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-72553517170243688352019-07-01T20:39:25.997+01:002019-07-01T20:39:25.997+01:00I was attacked for, and then illegally stopped fro...I was attacked for, and then illegally stopped from speaking in the Jersey legislature, when attempting to cite the words of Jesus towards the welfare of children, when I was attempting to make the 2007 Christmas speech as father of the house. <br /><br />These people are decadent scum. <br /><br />Don't be surprised by any of the depths they sink to.<br /><br />Stuart Syvret.<br /><br />Investigative journalist, historian, international anti-mafia activist. Ex-Senator Stuart Syvrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133826278608795054noreply@blogger.com