tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111456314243683939.post7751779418548374880..comments2024-03-29T10:36:26.431+00:00Comments on Senator Sam Mézec: Reform - Who do you trust: an Oxford professor or a JEP editor?Senator Sam Mézechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072393815446147249noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111456314243683939.post-37822399720902281452013-10-29T16:29:32.884+00:002013-10-29T16:29:32.884+00:00James, the States Greffe has got back to me and le...James, the States Greffe has got back to me and let me know that it was an accidental miscalculation which has now been corrected and the ranks have been listed as they should be. Well done for spotting it.Senator Sam Mézechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072393815446147249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111456314243683939.post-46198775891355623062013-10-27T13:04:56.403+00:002013-10-27T13:04:56.403+00:00Well spotted. I don't think it is the most ove...Well spotted. I don't think it is the most over-represented that would be the typo, since it is written as 2.03 on the St Mary part of the chart (which is about right I would have thought), so it must be the range that is wrong.<br /><br />I'll email the States Greffe and see what he says. I did think it was odd how poorly Green's one ranked.Senator Sam Mézechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072393815446147249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111456314243683939.post-83197216674502134552013-10-27T12:08:14.607+00:002013-10-27T12:08:14.607+00:00I just love the new PPC; they are such witty chaps...I just love the new PPC; they are such witty chaps. First they introduce a Proposition for Reform that removes the Deputies in three Country Parish (St John, St Mary, Trinity) because they are currently over represented. Then they get academics to critique all the Propositions that will be debated on 5th November on the basis of their proportionality. This exposes the ones that are completely wanting.<br /><br />What lies exposed is the gross gerrymandering that wishes to perpetuate the dominance of sparsely populated Country Parishes to the disadvantage of St Helier and other urban areas. Gerrymandering the system keeps those currently in power there for another generation – that is their hope – but their little game has been exposed.<br /><br />Clearly the political class is incapable of creating an electoral system that is fair by international standards. It’s time for States Members to refresh their memories about “the underlying principles of Europe’s electoral heritage” embodied in the Venice Commission Code of good practice in electoral matters. http://tinyurl.com/osq8ame <br /><br />The good old boys must be fuming. The Constable of St Mary's little slight of hand is beauty - dilute the urban vote by dividing it up and joining it organically with safe Country Parishes. Needles to say, there are no figures or graphs about that ticklish subject of proportionality in her proposition.<br />Nick Le Cornuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983215673635966459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111456314243683939.post-87304419048913225032013-10-27T10:00:45.277+00:002013-10-27T10:00:45.277+00:00Actually, Sam, there's a typo error in the tab...Actually, Sam, there's a typo error in the table. (Why did I spot it, and not the States staff?). Column 5 - the Green proposal - reads:<br /><br />Most overrepresented 2.03<br />Most underrepresented 0.77<br />Range 2.26<br /><br />If the most overrepresented is a typo for 3.03, that's not a problem. If the 2.26 is a typo for 1.26, that changes the ranking on page 8 such that Green comes up to 9th - leaving PPC Rejected and Default as the bottom two options.<br /><br />It doesn't affect the general contention that Clothier is the best answer, but it does make you wonder about the calibre of States staff that they can't do simple arithmetic...Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194881271051758232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111456314243683939.post-14187711445228958672013-10-26T13:33:04.920+01:002013-10-26T13:33:04.920+01:00Jersey's own commemorative "Reform Day&qu...Jersey's own commemorative "Reform Day" passed by without a single flag being raised on 28 September this year. Next week children and adults will be burning Guy Fawkes in effigy all over the Island because of an attempted attempt to blow up the London Parliament in 1605.<br />What does political history mean in this Island? Does it have any significance and can "Reform" mean anything at all without an understanding of how the "present" came to be....? See you all in the square on 5 November?Tom Gruchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384387998228996741noreply@blogger.com