Aside from the copious optimism expressed by speakers in the States yesterday, the election of the new president of the Policy & Resources Committee felt like a good day.
By choosing the candidate who had no ties with previous P&Rs, the Assembly has voted for a fresh start, a clean slate, and, again referenced by many, a hoped-for end to the division which arguably made the last States sometimes entertaining, but damaged its prospects to achieve very much.
It’s not necessarily that Lindsay de Sausmarez was the best person for the role. But arguably she is the best person for now.
And she must look to rally and inspire 39 other States members to ensure that proves to be the case.
But the most meaningful content thing Deputy de Sausmarez will do now, as our new ‘leader’, probably won’t happen this week. It will be what she says in her first presidential update, scheduled for two weeks’ time.
That proved to be the speech which set a topical, much-desired (at the time) plan from Peter Ferbrache’s P&R committee, which ultimately contributed to bringing that committee down. ‘Action this day’ sadly proved to be anything but.
It will be most revealing to understand what ‘action’ this new committee will propose, and to understand more about how it intends to go about it.
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