We do need policy, not platitudes
SOME islanders thought they saw a sense of irony in Guernsey’s new political ‘movement’ making great play on the slogan of ‘policy not personality’, and then launching with an event that did not have a single shred of policy, and with the floor time dominated by probably the biggest political personality in the island for the past decade.
No policy in Future Guernsey? That’s because they are working hard – a significant volunteer workforce behind the scenes – in trying to pull together a proper policy suite for a proper manifesto come the spring, with a real focus on delivery.
It’s not a surprise to see a mixture of scepticism and worse at the launch of a new ‘party’.
After all, their track record locally is woeful.
There also must have been the fear for the people behind Future Guernsey that their mere presence might have become something of a ‘lightning rod’ for political dissatisfaction.
Proper policy rather than platitudes might just do that too.
The alternative view, though, must be that trying to have some good thoughts are better than no thoughts at all.
And if few islanders are presently happy with what their government is doing, or rather not doing, and the associated delivery, or lack of it, then taking a fresh look around us has to be worthwhile.