It doesn't have to be this way - 12 June 2023
On 12 June 2023, Women in Public Life hosted ‘It doesn’t have to be this way. Making Guernsey politics work better for everyone’ at the Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts.
Our guest speaker was Jennifer Nadel, co-founder of Compassion in Politics. Panel members were Deputy Heidi Soulsby MBE, governance specialist Perrin Carey and Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen.
It was an important debate on the future of Guernsey politics, with lots of questions and suggestions from the audience, generating numerous ideas for change including:
– asking the Bailiff to be stricter
– a Code of Behaviour for Deputies, not just a Code of Conduct
– filming States meetings
– follow-up training and mentorship for new Deputies
– Citizen’s Assemblies
On this page are Paul Chambers‘ wonderful photos of the event. Plus video highlights from OnScreen Creations (full video being edited, will be added soon).
Numerous ideas to improve Guernsey politics were generated during the panel discussion, by the audience in the foyer and in Jennifer’s presentation.
In addition, in May, our Politics Group Live discussions focused on ‘It doesn’t have to be this way’. You can read the additional ideas from those sessions HERE.
These brilliant ideas won’t do themselves. If any of them strike a chord with you, feel free to take it forward.
All photos courtesy of Jackson Chambers Photography.
The event was recorded in full, thanks to the kind sponsorship of JML Compliance Solutions.
Here are seven important moments (the full video is below):
Video shortcuts:
Shelaine’s intro speech: 0.00
Jennifer Nadel presentation: 8:37
Expert panel discussion: 43:10
Audience questions: 1:07:30
Subtitled version to follow shortly.
Credits:
Event video kindly sponsored by JML Compliance Solutions.
Produced by OnScreen Creations.
Footage of the Speaker attempting to control an unruly House of Commons has been removed from Jennifer Nadel’s presentation for copyright reasons. You can watch it separately here.
John Fernandez’s interview with Jennifer Nadel at 3:16:18.
