Sporting a new Body

 

The new body would be at arm's length from the States.

It has been announced by Steve Pallett, Assistant Minister with responsibility for sport that there may be another Quango – Sport Jersey, which will be at arms length from the States. What other bodies are there that have been set up over the years?

Visit Jersey – body set up to market tourism

Sport Jersey – body to co-ordinate sport in Jersey.

Vote Jersey – body set up to provide information on candidates standing for election and thereby dissuade people from voting.

Waste Jersey – body to co-ordinate sewage tax and increased States spending - and more States members pay

Tax Jersey – body to promote tax advantages of living in Jersey or running a business with Jersey from outside Jersey and getting money by hiking taxes for locals.

Charge Jersey - body to coordinate increased and new stealth taxes

Rate Jersey – body set up to centralise property rates and replace unpaid rates assessors with a professional middle management

Film Jersey - body set up to spend £200,000 on a vanity project

Rule Jersey – Another name for the Council of Ministers

Reform Jersey – A body set up to promote States members growing their hair very long.

Hole Jersey – a body set up to co-ordinate golf and pot-holes in Jersey roads for the International Golf Roadathon

Phone Jersey – body set up so that Ministers lost in Budapest or India can call home.

Love Jersey – body set up to promote same sex marriage on Island beaches

Exorcise Jersey – body set for the Vicar of Gouray to sound off about things he doesn’t like, such as same sex marriage on Island beaches

Time Jersey – a body set up to co-ordinate time between different Island Parishes after it was noticed that the clock at St Aubin’s Parish Hall runs slow every day.

Grow Jersey – a body set up to co-ordinate ways to circumvent the immigration policy

Tweet Jersey – a body set up to promote birdwatching

Blog Jersey – an uncoordinated body of slightly eccentric individuals, among which I am pleased to include myself.