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Threat of independence from the UK - but this time from Jersey
vivatifosi
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From the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/26/jersey-threatens-independence-tax-backlash
A barrage of regulatory clampdowns and political attacks on the Channel Islands' controversial financial industry has prompted one of Jersey's most senior politicians to call for preparations to be made to break the "thrall of Whitehall" and declare independence from the UK.
Sir Philip Bailhache, the island's assistant chief minister, said: "I feel that we get a raw deal. I feel it's not fair … I think that the duty of Jersey politicians now is to try to explain what the island is doing and not to take things lying down.
"The island should be prepared to stand up for itself and should be ready to become independent if it were necessary in Jersey's interest to do so."
In a Guardian interview, he said strained relations with the UK over the past five years had made it "very plain" that Jersey's interests were not always aligned with those of Britain.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/26/jersey-threatens-independence-tax-backlash
A barrage of regulatory clampdowns and political attacks on the Channel Islands' controversial financial industry has prompted one of Jersey's most senior politicians to call for preparations to be made to break the "thrall of Whitehall" and declare independence from the UK.
Sir Philip Bailhache, the island's assistant chief minister, said: "I feel that we get a raw deal. I feel it's not fair … I think that the duty of Jersey politicians now is to try to explain what the island is doing and not to take things lying down.
"The island should be prepared to stand up for itself and should be ready to become independent if it were necessary in Jersey's interest to do so."
In a Guardian interview, he said strained relations with the UK over the past five years had made it "very plain" that Jersey's interests were not always aligned with those of Britain.
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*sniggers* ... sorry to derail a serious thread.... but his name looks AWFULLY like ball-ache
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Does Jersey have a productive output?
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