So BBC Radio 4 did a report on Sark yesterday. Their reporter, Sarah Montague, told us that democracy on Sark is under threat. No kidding? And I thought the UK brought us democracy in 2008. That’s when the nice, do-gooding…
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Public meeting with Belinda Crowe
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I was glad to receive an invitation to and to be able to attend the public meeting with Belinda Crowe on 15 March 2012 at the Island Hall. I had read the letter to the editor in the 136th issue…
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British prisoners to get the right to vote after 140 years following European ruling
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Jack Straw, the British Justice Secretary, is considering allowing anyone sentenced to less than four years the right to cast a ballot. This would result in more than 28,000 British prisoners voting in future general elections. Ministers have acted five…
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European Union’s constitution violates the European Convention on Human Rights
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Article 3 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights was first brought to my attention in relation to Sark. It has been alleged that our 442 year old constitutional and legal order – still in many…