Guernsey Needs Its Own DOGE to Curb Civil Service Overreach
How Bureaucracy Is Killing Community Spirit – and What We Can Learn from the U.S. The recent cancellation of Guernsey’s Vintage Agricultural Show 1 should set off alarm bells far…
Institutional Sadism: When Power Corrupts Without Cause
Introduction When I launched www.stateofguernsey.com, I noted on the front page that Guernsey’s small talent pool had led to mechanisms designed to shield public officials from scrutiny and criticism. Over…
States IT meltdown
Guernsey’s Civil Service: A Catalogue of IT Failures and Negligence The recent public statement by the Data Protection Authority1 regarding the catastrophic failure of Guernsey’s government IT systems should send…
Public Trust and Authority: A Lesson for Guernsey
Public trust is the cornerstone of a functioning society. In Guernsey, where government and community often intersect closely, breaches of this trust have amplified consequences. When those in authority manipulate…
The 3 types of notice
Legal Notices in Guernsey: Actual, Constructive, and Public Legal notices serve to inform parties of their rights, obligations, or legal proceedings. In Guernsey, as elsewhere, these notices fall into three…
The People’s Trust
Welcome to The People’s Trust: A Movement for Guernsey’s Future We are a consortium of local families and individuals united by a shared belief: the need to protect our rights,…
Misconduct in public office may not occur in Guernsey
This article is informed by recent discussions with English lawyers and focuses on potential misconduct in public office in Guernsey – a jurisdiction of sixty-three thousand – and reflects my…
Ethical Governance. Suggestions from 2015.
Nine years ago, I was asked by the then States CEO, Paul Whitfield, to make suggestions about transparency and ethical conduct in Guernsey’s public sector. My reply highlighted critical areas…
Why We Need a Public Services Ombudsperson in Guernsey: A Simple Explanation
Imagine you have a serious complaint about a public service in Guernsey, but the system to resolve it is slow, complex, and doesn’t really listen to you. Right now, if…
Public Services Ombudsperson, disclosure obligations & the role of a Review Board
Expanding on point (3), in my post about a Public Services Ombudsperson and about “Disclosure Obligations,” the consequences of the current lack of disclosure obligations from the Civil Service during…