tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post4237034191183656808..comments2024-03-22T07:09:58.978+00:00Comments on Bob Hill Jersey Blog: Jersey's Black Hole--We are all in it together????Bob Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-73794640540433235392015-08-04T20:40:41.226+01:002015-08-04T20:40:41.226+01:00Bob.
Ted Heath might be the Headline but he is no...Bob.<br /><br />Ted Heath might be the Headline but he is not <a href="http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/2015/08/ted-heath-might-be-headline-but-he-is.html" rel="nofollow">THE STORY.</a>voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-55801611915547101842015-08-02T22:06:46.646+01:002015-08-02T22:06:46.646+01:00Yep the Economics Department are making big saving...Yep the Economics Department are making big savings according to an article in the Jersey Evening Post. The loss of six senior managers are going to save the department a considerable amount of money. <br /><br />They are being transferred to the Chief Ministers Department.<br /><br />You could not make this stuff up !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-74514912294882725872015-07-27T23:35:14.556+01:002015-07-27T23:35:14.556+01:00
Yes workers in all of the public sector pay taxes...<br />Yes workers in all of the public sector pay taxes from their wage packet. It is still completely insane for an piddly little island to have a public sector wage bill ( which includes employers social sec and pension contributions ) of £365,000,000 per annum.<br /><br />Yes £365 million. The reason being greed, poor Government. Before any one goes on about the latest states borrowing ( hospital to cost £1.3 billion after borrowing and interest ) just remember they have over £720 million in the strategic reserve.<br /><br />Why not use that rather than the states borrowing their your own money ? Is it because the civil servants, judiciary and top of the public sector tree, want to make sure their wages are safe for a good few years yet. <br /><br />What a mess Jersey is becoming with an ever wider gap between the public sector mafia and the private sector who like green fly keep the ants in work and fed soon to be abused even more with further increases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-70334836306104610392015-07-25T19:45:14.602+01:002015-07-25T19:45:14.602+01:00For many out there it may come as a bit of a shock...For many out there it may come as a bit of a shock but I know first hand that 'final salary pension' in the public service worked this way. First you maximized your take home pay during your last year at work, this meant massive overtime, work during your holiday time, but best of all keep going to courses to 'upgrade' your qualifications knowing your pay is based on your grade. This was a joke because most of the extra knowledge would never, ever be used, but it got the upper grade. The most tragic thing is that everyone knew what was going on, from management on down and we mugs get to pay the bill. O.A.P's get shafted again. So here is a free be to our Ringbinder / Film promoter, how about you cut 10% from the incomes of all those Public Servants on over £100,000 a year (that includes the Bailiff and all the other law officers) that will save a good few million. I am quite sure they will all understand that "we are all in this together" and let's face it I now it would be tough but I'm sure they could scrape by on what's left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-6361704964967616512015-07-16T22:19:57.171+01:002015-07-16T22:19:57.171+01:00Always worth a read
http://freespeechoffshore.nl/...Always worth a read<br /><br />http://freespeechoffshore.nl/stuartsyvretblog/jerseys-public-finances-2004-2014-and-philip-ozouf/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-19457334096939690962015-07-16T22:11:30.190+01:002015-07-16T22:11:30.190+01:00Jersey has adopted the ostrich approach for so lon...Jersey has adopted the ostrich approach for so long that it has become a culture. Yes the next phases will be interesting. Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-29936705536746137702015-07-16T21:59:19.554+01:002015-07-16T21:59:19.554+01:00Hit the nail on the head Bob yet again.
There is...Hit the nail on the head Bob yet again. <br /><br />There is a problem at the top of Jersey's civil service gravy train.<br /><br />Stopping the pensioner Xmas bonus, saves around £1.5 million we are told.<br /><br />The man that lead the Civil service and publicly lied saying he was not the second man, took out an injunction against the Evening Post over the Graham Power affair, after illigally suspending him. <br /><br />Mr Ogley, without a third party taking minutes of what would have been an incredibly important and heavy weight meeting, decided to take the minutes himself, and then presented them typed a few days later. Ex Police Chief G. Power refused to sign them. The Police chief was told resign or be suspended without any warning or representation. Completely out of order.<br /><br />Rather than paying Mr Bill Ogley around £537,000 to retire and more than £150,000 a year pension, any decent respectable government would have suspended him subject to investigation. <br /><br />No wonder the black hole is getting bigger by the month, his right hand man was promoted and why not, he knows all the tricks and is no doubt familier with the Jersey Way.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-73431534873675335882015-07-16T19:00:38.543+01:002015-07-16T19:00:38.543+01:00Deputy Higgins had lodged an Oral Question which i...Deputy Higgins had lodged an Oral Question which in many ways addressed some of your concerns. Unfortunately he was too unwell to attend Tuesday's sitting so the question was not asked.<br /><br />In previous blogs I have expressed my concerns about the lack of monitoring and as mentioned in this blog the Inquiry and the Chief Minister are supposed to publish monthly expenditure, but 4 months on both have failed to do so.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-70717815021929355742015-07-16T18:53:12.240+01:002015-07-16T18:53:12.240+01:00As a former senior civil servant I can recall from...As a former senior civil servant I can recall from my early days on the Corporate Management Board that the Treasurer of the States would often say that Senior Politicians were "in denial" regarding the state of the Islands finances and that a serious budget deficit was building up and that nobody wanted to address the hard questions.<br /> <br />The second is that it is surely true that the COI is a contributory factor in the current situation. But this situation arises from a similar problem to the first. The COI is in existence for a number of reasons one of which is that the government did not recognise, grasp and resolve child abuse issues when they could and should have done so. They are now playing a very expensive game of catch-up in consequence of them being "in denial" on this issue in earlier times when a more competent administration would have grasped the issue and done what was needed instead of attempting to kick the issue into the long grass.<br /> <br />The Jersey "Manyana Culture" is finally coming home to roost. Those who caused the problem are mostly retired. Those who have to attempt to sort out the mess so far appear to be out of their depth.<br /> <br />The "Jersey Way" of ignoring uncomfortable problems in the hope that they will go away is finally presenting its bill. The cost is high and Jersey is on its own. It is not Greece. It is not a member of the Euro. Nobody feels obliged to bail it out. The next phases will be interesting indeed.<br /> <br /> <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-33624841995770958342015-07-16T14:46:01.502+01:002015-07-16T14:46:01.502+01:00I was looking for a black hole or bottomless pit a...I was looking for a black hole or bottomless pit and the image used was the best I could find and like you could not read the caption. However your suggestion about our "betters" continuing dump on up is about right.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-44452921097887005322015-07-16T14:27:45.624+01:002015-07-16T14:27:45.624+01:00Jersey, a modern democracy and trustworthy finance...Jersey, a modern democracy and trustworthy finance centre <br />or a world class joke?<br /><br />Let the muppets decide !<br /><br />http://ricosorda.blogspot.com/2015/07/how-26-jersey-muppets-politicians_7.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-79104859492881128042015-07-16T14:16:28.937+01:002015-07-16T14:16:28.937+01:00Bob, another good blog but your 'black hole...Bob, another good blog but your 'black hole' graphic is too small to see properly and we can't read the caption<br /><br />Does it perhaps depict 'middle jersey' at the bottom of the hole, and our 'betters' continuing to dump on us?<br /><br />A situation which is bound to continue until the Jersey electorate wise up or we get a functioning democratic system not 'supervised' by the Bailhaches and their ilk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-54454390449247939812015-07-16T13:38:25.732+01:002015-07-16T13:38:25.732+01:00A good example of expenditure which needs "ju...A good example of expenditure which needs "justifying" is the involvement of two very senior civil servants in the CoI, Richard Jouault and Tony Le Sueur, as highlighted in your previous blog.<br /><br />Why are these senior and highly paid civil servants apparently permanently seated in the CoI rather than attending only when necessary?<br /><br />And why are civil servants who should probably be appearing before the Inquiry instead being allowed to "assist" it?<br /><br />The more cynical (or perhaps less gullible) readers may suspect that the inexplicable positioning of these civil servants is intended to intimidate witnesses and particularly to inhibit whistleblowers from within their departments and the civil service as a whole.<br />A cynical observer might suspect that there is no attempt being made to control costs (unless this relates to the complainant's/survivor's side of the fence e.g. http://ricosorda.blogspot.com/2014/10/jersey-child-abuse-inquiry-serious.html)<br />Wasn't one of the first actions of this "Committee" was to present an ultimatum demanding higher payment as soon as they started work? The phrase that springs to mind is "he who pays the piper calls the tune" and huge amounts of money has been flushed on legal advice, largely only on one side with teh Ex Health Minister and critical witness and Whistleblower being famously refused.<br /><br />An astute observer might suspect that the (one sided) costs are uncontrolled and even increased at every opportunity. This may be intentional to minimise the effectiveness of the Inquiry while maximising it's costs in order to wear down the resolve of the jersey taxpayer and the good states members. <br />It is playing out like an episode of 'Yes Minister' .....except that no one is laughing.<br /><br /><br />Inevitably even a poorly run or compromised CoI would not be able to avoid "exposing what occurred in the past" .....or at least some .....or a small part of it.<br /><br />The CoI could be even more valuable in exposing what is still occurring now. And to the more astute observer ...perhaps by its actions and inactions, it is!<br /><br />Why this inexplicable perception that paedophilia and cover up only happens in the past?<br /><br />The world is changing and the reputations of those involved will be left in tatters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-19901748246673413932015-07-16T10:07:57.694+01:002015-07-16T10:07:57.694+01:00@06:45 Yes this is a deadly serious blog but quali...@06:45 Yes this is a deadly serious blog but quality humour is still appreciated. <br /><br />A far more important question: Is Jersey a serious functioning jurisdiction .....or a sophomoric toytown?<br /><br />Repeat after me.<br />Lessons have been learnt......<br />lessons have been learnt......<br />lessons have been learnt......<br />..........<br /><br />Bob suggests you could consider using an anagram, but I'm not sure the names you quote are anagrams so much as humorous personifications?Click HERE to listen to Jersey States death threat troll nail itselfhttp://therightofreply.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/another-reminder-of-jerseys-freaks.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-82131497900169676072015-07-16T08:27:53.658+01:002015-07-16T08:27:53.658+01:00I note that you have not published your name, you ...I note that you have not published your name, you could have published it in the form of an anagram as the 3 above have done.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-37402503081519468902015-07-16T06:45:51.347+01:002015-07-16T06:45:51.347+01:00Is this is serious blog or just a satirical one?
...Is this is serious blog or just a satirical one?<br /><br />Jon Ammonia Pants.<br />Paper-Click-Mick.<br />Maureen The Organ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-83906976450160036742015-07-16T06:41:49.046+01:002015-07-16T06:41:49.046+01:00Welcome to caring Jersey where those in pain have ...Welcome to caring Jersey where those in pain have over a 7 month wait for a MRI scan, unless you have the money to jump the queue and a vulnerable man is found in his flat 6 months after his death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-62942565806470602682015-07-15T21:54:30.111+01:002015-07-15T21:54:30.111+01:00There does appear to be a reluctance from many of ...There does appear to be a reluctance from many of the House to question or dissent if it means going against the flow.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-38324182705101823752015-07-15T21:34:13.892+01:002015-07-15T21:34:13.892+01:00Re comment at 19-56 some strong characters in that...Re comment at 19-56 some strong characters in that group. I still think that Ted Vibert's demolition speech about Frank Walker;s involvement in the Trinity infill Planning application was one of the finest I heard during my 18 years in States. It was that convincing that some of Frank's supporter's felt they could not support Frank and rather than support Ted, they abstained.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-57456928833659129352015-07-15T20:36:22.423+01:002015-07-15T20:36:22.423+01:00Scrap ISE companies here. Biggest scroungers of je...Scrap ISE companies here. Biggest scroungers of jersey society gino risolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572286433898400168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-32101934307305658152015-07-15T20:30:01.948+01:002015-07-15T20:30:01.948+01:00I disagree with Paper-Click-Mick. My dream politic...I disagree with Paper-Click-Mick. My dream political party would be Ted Heath, Cyril Smith, Lord Janner, and Leon Brittan.<br /><br />Jon Ammonia Pants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-44073080905783719902015-07-15T20:04:08.335+01:002015-07-15T20:04:08.335+01:00You are right to suggest that I would not have tak...You are right to suggest that I would not have taken the matter to court and well done to Deputy Labey for taking the matter to the States. Deputy Luce does not have to abide with the States decision but would be disrespectful if he ignored the States request. Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-83529725260970777352015-07-15T20:00:09.375+01:002015-07-15T20:00:09.375+01:00The COI is slowly but surely exposing what occurre...The COI is slowly but surely exposing what occurred in the past which was evil in two forms. One the abuse and two the cover up. <br /><br />I think you will find that £3m was removed from the Compensation Fund, but that's 3m too much. Only Senator Bailhache and co could have got away with it.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-66045219389042285442015-07-15T19:56:32.785+01:002015-07-15T19:56:32.785+01:00Bob, my dream political party would be you, Stuart...Bob, my dream political party would be you, Stuart Syvret, Trevor Pitman, Ted Vibert and Sam Mezec. <br /><br />Paper-Click-Mick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-54793244089756968712015-07-15T19:52:30.304+01:002015-07-15T19:52:30.304+01:00dear Bob all the talk in the world will not change...dear Bob all the talk in the world will not change the utter crap we have in the states right now a part from one at best my be two if you try they all need shooting i am a jersey man and i,m sorry to say when my mother starts to say they were better off under the germans than some thing has gone wrong they can only push so far something has to give.??martinnoreply@blogger.com