The Guernsey Party was officially registered yesterday, with Advocate Mark Helyar as the leader.
'You can see what we stand for, and see that we have already been able to cooperate on reaching a collective view on a very diverse range of issues, and this is just the start,' its website says.
'This is how Guernsey's government should work. Politics in Guernsey has become either driven by ideology without regard to public opinion or cost or is dithering around the same issues without moving forward.
'Since politicians have been paid our government has become significantly more introspective and left leaning in outlook, leading this year to some of the largest public protests in living memory.
'Government cannot provide support for social policy or build and equip new schools or medical facilities without a thriving and efficient economy. We believe that it is important to balance views by creating a party organisation that is a flagship for common sense, supporting industry, commerce and finance and which pursues the reduction of cost and waste in government whilst enhancing our environment and protecting our culture and values.'
It lists a series of policy objectives.
For education, it will support a three school model with a sixth form college and means tested scholarships for colleges.
It wants to reduce the amount of business going to the States and allow electronic voting to speed up 'non-contentious' matters.
The party is against a GST, unless its proceeds can be used to raise the income tax threshold to protect the lowest earners.
It would also create a solar fund for free panels for all domestic premises repaid by solar production.
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