It came on the same day as it was revealed that Deputy St Pier had sent a copy of the best-selling book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, to Donald Trump with a hand-written message that this was 'a reminder of the shared history, values and connections between Guernsey and the USA'.
In a strong sign of what those shared values do not include, and after Mr Trump's campaign was dogged by his comments about women, Deputy St Pier said in the States: 'It is estimated that one in five women between the ages of 16 and 59 will be the victim of a sexual offence and almost one in three girls have experienced unwanted sexual touching at school. Sexual harassment is reported as being routine in young people's lives. These statistics are truly horrifying; and as a father of three girls, frankly, terrifying too.
'Of course, the vast majority of these offences go unreported.
'And the fact that 59 million people last week felt comfortable with an explanation that bragging about sexual assault was merely 'locker room talk' is, I would suggest, very unlikely to change any of these statistics in a positive direction or encourage an increase in the reporting of sexual offences.'
The book was sent on behalf of Policy & Resources via the US ambassador to the UK, Matthew W. Barzun, along with a letter from Deputy St Pier detailing Guernsey's links with America.
Jersey's Chief Minister Ian Gorst told the States there yesterday that he was not planning to send any congratulatory letter.
