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Good evening. Our main stories tonight. Unaffordable pensions and | :00:14. | :00:20. | |
overpaid civil servants. Jersey's finances under scrutiny. We | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
remember at the little known sacrifices made by men and women in | :00:23. | :00:30. | |
Alderney after the occupation. He has been the deputy and the bailiff. | :00:30. | :00:40. | |
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Now Sir Philip Bailhache wants to be the chief minister. | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
Jersey is living beyond its means and is not as cash rich as people | :00:48. | :00:55. | |
think. That is the blunt conclusion of one I've going politician. In | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
his final report, Ben Shenton says we are simply spending too much. It | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
is not every day Jersey's finances are likened to our horror movie, | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
but that is what has happened. Is there really less in the government | :01:11. | :01:18. | |
wallet than we thought? The answer is yes if you read the report from | :01:18. | :01:24. | |
the Public Accounts Committee, it says the current pension scheme is | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
not fit for purpose. It says contributions should be | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
significantly increased to clear a large deficit. It also says civil | :01:33. | :01:43. | |
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servants are paid more here than in It says that the long-term | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
consequences could be dire. We need to get to grips with these issues, | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
and it is not going to be popular, we need the support of other | :01:52. | :02:00. | |
politicians, civil servants, and unions. What is the truth? This man | :02:00. | :02:06. | |
should know the answer. Public finances are not in a bad position. | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
They are the strongest in the world. We do not have a credit rating | :02:10. | :02:19. | |
because we do not have any debt. We certainly do not have any magnitude | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
like is said in the report. It is not a yawning black hole. | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
Reassuring words. This report is Ben Shenton's last as a politician. | :02:31. | :02:34. | |
It may leave some of the newer members more scared than others | :02:34. | :02:43. | |
over how much is in the state purse. Blue Islands is selling its fleet | :02:43. | :02:50. | |
of Trislanders. The older planes will make way for larger aircraft. | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
It is because the airline says that is what customers want. The move | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
affects four pilots, but it is thought they will be found | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
alternative roles. Senior politicians are held private tot | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
with internet shopping businesses in Jersey today to discuss the | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
response to the UK decision to close the VAT loophole. 1,700 jobs | :03:11. | :03:18. | |
across Kersey at -- Jersey and Guernsey could be at risk. A | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
ministerial task force has been set up to deal with the issue. They are | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
also considering a legal challenge. As far as we are concerned, what | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
has been announced is discriminatory against the Channel | :03:31. | :03:37. | |
Islands. We feel it is unreasonable and unfair. We will defend local | :03:37. | :03:44. | |
businesses and local jobs. There is a fresh drive for trainer teachers | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
in Guernsey. They will be partnering with a Brighton | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
University. They will look for local graduates who want to train | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
in schools and on the island. It will be primary or secondary level. | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
The teaching will be free. always look to a point locally | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
qualified teachers. This is an opportunity for people who might be | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
looking for a change in career, who have found for her family | :04:11. | :04:19. | |
circumstances they must not be able to leave the island. This gives | :04:19. | :04:28. | |
local people the opportunity to train on the island. Today was the | :04:28. | :04:35. | |
11th day of the 11th month of 2011. At 11am, islanders paused for two | :04:35. | :04:44. | |
minutes to mark Armistice Day. Soldiers past and present, | :04:44. | :04:50. | |
politicians and islanders joined in silence to remember the men and | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
women who have lost their lives in conflict. This year was | :04:56. | :05:04. | |
particularly poignant in Alderney. This morning, just before 11am, a | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
small group of people gathered beside the grave of Sapper Onions | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
to mark Armistice Day. Sapper Onions died clearing mines | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
following the German occupation of the Channel Islands. At his | :05:16. | :05:23. | |
graveside was a woman who served in the second world war. No one else | :05:23. | :05:30. | |
ever when you are the poor fellow. He was only a youngster. Ever since | :05:30. | :05:39. | |
I have been here, we have always pick a little poppy on his | :05:39. | :05:46. | |
gravestone. St Anne's Church will be packed for the Remembrance Day | :05:46. | :05:53. | |
service. The place will be very busy. There is a lot of army people, | :05:53. | :06:03. | |
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Voluntary Services, hundreds of ordinary folk. They will remember a | :06:03. | :06:09. | |
substantial portion of the island gave their lives in the war. Since | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
the end of the second world war, Britain has been involved in 18 | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
military campaigns around the world. One man who was just doing his job | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
in the Falklands was Tony Flower. These people have given the | :06:21. | :06:26. | |
ultimate sacrifice. The young people are going out there | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
voluntarily, laying their lives on the line. It is extremely important | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
we remember that, not just for those who come back but those who | :06:34. | :06:44. | |
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do not come back. Next tonight, on Monday, Jersey | :06:47. | :06:56. | |
Stakes elect a new chief minister. There is just two candidates. Last | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
night we heard from the senator- elect. Now let us hear why Sir | :07:00. | :07:06. | |
Philip Bailhache is after the job. Why have you decided to go for the | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
role? There are some reasons. I stood for election as a senator | :07:12. | :07:19. | |
because I wanted to achieve some constitutional reform. In the way | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
the state operates and the way the state is composed. I have decided | :07:23. | :07:30. | |
the best way to achieve that change is to work through the Council of | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
Ministers and the committees. I would like to beat working at the | :07:35. | :07:45. | |
head of that. Hope you wish to change the... What else do you feel | :07:45. | :07:52. | |
you have to offer? The island faces a number of significant threats | :07:52. | :08:01. | |
from the outside. I have considerable experience of dealing | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
with the machine in Whitehall, the international community, and I | :08:06. | :08:13. | |
think that would be helpful for a chief minister to have. There are | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
difficult times ahead. Do you feel you can take on those challenges? | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
would like to be able to rely upon a number of other skills within the | :08:23. | :08:33. | |
Civil Service, and from ministers. The chief minister, after all, | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
merely co-ordinates the activities of his ministers. I feel confident | :08:38. | :08:47. | |
I could do that. You have only just been elected as a senator. You have | :08:47. | :08:56. | |
been deputy and bailiff. You feel you have enough experience? I do | :08:56. | :09:03. | |
know how the system works, because I was involved and it held the | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
office or bailiff. I understand the legislation and know how the system | :09:10. | :09:16. | |
works. I do not think that is a particular disadvantage. The last | :09:16. | :09:26. | |
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two chief ministers have left after taking the role. The you plan along | :09:26. | :09:33. | |
political career? I am getting on a bed so I do not suspect it will be | :09:33. | :09:40. | |
long. I do not know. I am certainly willing to remain in political | :09:40. | :09:50. | |
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office for as long as I feel I can do it. Thank you very much. That | :09:52. | :09:58. | |
was Sir Philip Bailhache. Join us on Monday for the swearing-in. Now | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
on Monday for the swearing-in. Now the weather forecast. We have some | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
rain tonight. Some of that will be quite widespread and persistent. It | :10:07. | :10:13. | |
does move away, and but the time -- by the time we get to the weekend | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
it will be mainly dry and mild. One weather front moving of grass | :10:18. | :10:27. | |
becomes very slow-moving. It will move northwards after midday. It | :10:27. | :10:37. | |
will brighten up into the afternoon. By Sunday, press, a sudden wind. -- | :10:37. | :10:43. | |
brisk southern wind. There is the picture in more detail. Lighter | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
patchy rain becoming more persistent before fizzling out | :10:47. | :10:56. | |
towards the morning. Some drizzly showers tomorrow morning. It will | :10:56. | :11:04. | |
improve to give a sunny spells in the afternoon. We should see | :11:04. | :11:14. | |
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temperatures of 15 degrees. Onto the forecast for the coastal waters. | :11:17. | :11:27. | |
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Early showers and fog will clear. Times of high water now... Not a | :11:27. | :11:36. | |
great deal of surf, with south-east wind up to one to two feet. The | :11:36. | :11:41. | |
forecast for Sunday is dry. The temperatures are still mild for the | :11:41. | :11:50. | |
time of year. Not much changed as we move into next week. Each day | :11:50. | :11:56. |