When will life return to 'normal'?
THE bathing pools – or more precisely, the diving platform – eventually ended up in the States yesterday for the first, and possibly the last, time.
It was right and proper than the Environment & Infrastructure Committee could be quizzed over what exactly is going on down at La Vallette, who is responsible, and why.
At the moment, we hang to hope that it may remain in place.
The E&I president was, at times, curt in answering questions (that could also be read as trying to shut debate down), though on other occasions fulsome in response.
Although it was Deputy Gollop who raised the questions, it was that man of the people, Deputy Inder, who prised out some of the ‘real’ storylines here.
Whether the whole matter was sparked by a near-miss off the diving board – it appears so; and whether the long-term consequences will be a blanket ban from jumping off any pier into the sea – apparently not.
This argument – it’s not (yet) a debate – really is a metaphor for fighting for Guernsey as we knew and loved it.
We’ve no idea how many people are using the diving board nowadays but plenty more want to be outraged by the prospect of taking it away, because it equates to taking away ‘our Guernsey’ – with the chilling prospect, outlined by Deputy Inder, of more to follow.
As Deputy Le Tocq asked: ‘When will life return to normal?’