# ![@DavidPiesing63 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1537560055.png) @DavidPiesing63 David Piesing

David Piesing posts on X about guernsey, jersey, finance, investment the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
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"@GsySill @MartynRoussel @oldfarmhorace @pvbsc1 @matt_fallaize Not what I have been told and see answer [---] here https://statesassembly.gov.je/assemblystatements/2007/minister%20for%20ed%20re%20easyjet%20plc.pdf https://statesassembly.gov.je/assemblystatements/2007/minister%20for%20ed%20re%20easyjet%20plc.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1545340842067611649)  2022-07-08T09:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @GsySill @MortMirghs @richarddigard I dont believe that the true cost of EMAS was clarified at that time and Im still not entirely sure that it has been. I would definitely rule out a full extension to 1700m outside the perimeter but EMAS with an extension to 1623m within the perimeter needs proper costings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1768766719084904751)  2024-03-15T22:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @alasdair_milroy Thats where we really missed out. Thats 20m per annum which would have come effectively from non-residents and not from the pockets of islanders. That and the social insurance personal allowance were gamechangers. It needs to come back to the table"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1844864680948298211)  2024-10-11T22:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Really good read and of course very relevant to Guernseys economy too. Excellent piece by @keenjersey in todays @JEPnews about why its so expensive to live in Jersey and why its so expensive to run a business in Jersey and how the two things are linked. Hope it gets the eyeballs it deserves. https://t.co/gjgWSxgbqG Excellent piece by @keenjersey in todays @JEPnews about why its so expensive to live in Jersey and why its so expensive to run a business in Jersey and how the two things are linked. Hope it gets the eyeballs it deserves. https://t.co/gjgWSxgbqG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1891052113754485050)  2025-02-16T09:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@adam_k07 @MaryLowe501 Different airline same ATR tech issues"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1892903034331537768)  2025-02-21T11:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Really hope that the daily summer Islands Unlimited inter-island ferry service takes off and is a success. It is so badly needed. @Govgg should be backing it or at least underwriting it to get it launched and then funds can be raised from the public"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1893231981846016480)  2025-02-22T09:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"On the [--] days a week when BF and DFDS run their inter-island service Islands Unlimited could run Jersey/Alderney rotations which would give Alderney much-needed access to the Jersey tourism market making Alderneys economy less dependent on Guernsey. So many benefits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1893232894534975983)  2025-02-22T09:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GuernseyPress @matt_fallaize @Lindsay_Gsy See my separate post about over-relying on Pillar [--] tax revenues. I have today submitted an FOI request regarding the source of the unexpected Pillar [--] tax revenue which has resulted in an unexpected accrual of an extra 24m for 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1977621256351760686)  2025-10-13T06:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 @GuernseyPress @RossLeBrun basically [---] sf to contain kitchen sleeping area and living area plus storage cupboards plus a balcony which obviously eats into that total area. Thats minuscule. Strictly singles only. But how does an owner ever move up from there The gap to anything else in the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1978348408181072144)  2025-10-15T06:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 @GuernseyPress @RossLeBrun market is a massive one price-wise. Since the 1980s here in Guernsey I cant recall any time when a single person on a basic (living) wage has been able to buy a property. It has always needed either two incomes of that level or a single person on a way-above-average salary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1978349248614678792)  2025-10-15T06:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @GuernseyPress @RossLeBrun @Govgg .that would mean that a cost of just 5m the States could make a very material contribution to the housing market. Extrapolate that to 20m a year (but for only maybe [--] years) for the States to also fund becoming a developer to get houses built more cheaply. The direct and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1978360865158987785)  2025-10-15T07:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @GuernseyPress @RossLeBrun @Govgg indirect returns to the Guernsey economy from solving the housing crisis by getting a lot of houses actually built over the next 3-5 years at a far more affordable price will far exceed the opportunity cost of giving up that tiny element of investment return from our reserves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1978361349655683104)  2025-10-15T07:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @GuernseyPress @RossLeBrun @Govgg The principle of @RossLeBrun idea is not a bad one at all but its impossible to force people into tiny 25sm studios (33% smaller than the legal minimum in London) other than as tenants. Buy one of those as a single person and youd be stuck there. No relationship and a gap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1978455751426208038)  2025-10-15T13:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @GuernseyPress @RossLeBrun @Govgg In terms of the cost to the States assume that our collective reserves are currently 2.5b. (I havent checked but its in that ballpark). Assume that those reserves generate an average total return (not just income) of 7%. That would be 175m a year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1978456903236612511)  2025-10-15T13:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 @fattyguern @Richard_D_E When living on a rock of [--] square miles going on holiday is vital for ones sanity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1979663270140403954)  2025-10-18T21:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"So is Prince Andrew now far more likely to get extradited"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1979814564738023579)  2025-10-19T07:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ANDYDB7 @ClinkWrites No - [--]. Are you referring to Afridi of Pakistan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1981099963053420956)  2025-10-22T20:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ANorthantsfan @robprogressive Its bollox. The authors are totally detached from the reality of the exodus and the scale of it. The damage to the economy is enormous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1981419480061231502)  2025-10-23T17:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ANorthantsfan @robprogressive Theres a very material exodus. Try talking to the people who advise them and also to the advisors in Monaco Milan Dubai Switzerland Jersey Guernsey etc. They were perfectly happy paying tax in the UK but not IHT on wealth they had before they came to the UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1981556286685925811)  2025-10-24T03:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ANorthantsfan @robprogressive Dubai isnt gas-rich it has hardly any oil. Abu Dhabi has it. That article focuses on billionaires - of which theres a very small number. The wealthy leaving in their droves are the ones worth 20m+ - the wealth creators and the job creators who WERE paying a lot of tax"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1981559106579419371)  2025-10-24T03:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Thats appalling. Lord Falconer says people with learning difficulties or autism could with proper assistance access assisted suicide. That should alarm every Peer in the Lords. Vulnerable people dont need help to die. They need support to live. https://t.co/M583w3in5R Lord Falconer says people with learning difficulties or autism could with proper assistance access assisted suicide. That should alarm every Peer in the Lords. Vulnerable people dont need help to die. They need support to live. https://t.co/M583w3in5R"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1981609745766338717)  2025-10-24T06:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ANorthantsfan @robprogressive Simply wrong. They are leaving in their droves and either selling their houses or retaining them for when they visit and they can continue to own and run their businesses remotely from abroad with regular visits to the UK if they havent already sold up ahead of tax increases"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1981673115173495247)  2025-10-24T10:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Very sad news about Sheffield Wednesday. Lets hope there is light at the end of the tunnel for one of the countrys oldest clubs. A charlatan owner who deserves to lose everything. Scandalous that the EFL has no teeth to intervene once its obvious theres a bad owner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1981718209196667060)  2025-10-24T13:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Ruud4life @advocategreen1 I think I have too. Read quite a few by Stephen Frey (not Fry) too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1982719893423222966)  2025-10-27T08:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Ruud4life @advocategreen1 Really enjoyed Michael Connellys Lincoln Lawyer and the Netflix series of it was addictive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1982720702378832047)  2025-10-27T08:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SeanM1997 @ci_aviation Aurigny dont do an [-----] from Guernsey to Jersey. In fact they dont fly to/from Jersey at all from/to Guernsey. Whats going on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1982791136079933629)  2025-10-27T12:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard We need to know exactly in which departments at what grades and at what cost. Who on earth is making these decisions knowing that the States simply cannot afford it If any politicians are signing off on it then we need to know who. If not then who is We have to know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1982884339592638714)  2025-10-27T18:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ANDYDB7 @pvbsc1 Its clearly not financially viable to have a dialysis machine on Alderney so patients need to move to Guernsey to get treatment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1983233328535724477)  2025-10-28T18:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@marcwinn @ANDYDB7 @pvbsc1 Ill leave you to sort it out then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1983246092163494356)  2025-10-28T18:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard We actually have a very large quantity of open fields especially in the upper parishes and invariably hidden by the awful ribbon development policies of the past. Take a look out of the plane window left and right next time you take off or land. Green fields dominate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1983432085185663168)  2025-10-29T07:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard Folk like you Did you get out of bed the wrong side this morning Read what I wrote. Not turning fields into building plots but turning rat-infested weed-overrun derelict vineries into building plots"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1983472127312576803)  2025-10-29T09:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@alasdair_milroy @richarddigard Not sure it can be reversed sadly. Definitely need a lot of aged care facilities and apartments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1983611034641539467)  2025-10-29T19:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard From Steve Williams in [----] - [--] years ago. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-27640015.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-27640015.amp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1983612804704956674)  2025-10-29T19:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@CherlyGsy @richarddigard @Govgg With the predicament that we are in - [----] houses short - the visual impact Im afraid is secondary. What counts in a crisis is getting houses built as affordably as possible which means building to achieve economies of scale probably using modular. [----] houses is a lot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1983958059690160343)  2025-10-30T18:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@StoneDeCroze @beaucettegirl Yes its going to be a really clear acid test of where they stand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1983988584773570990)  2025-10-30T20:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Guernsey tweeps or Xs these days. Ordered one of these online and for some reason they sent me two The ultimate buy one get one free. Free to a good Guernsey home. First come first served"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1984007004093116758)  2025-10-30T21:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard @GuyPlummer34449 @spice62005527 Yes that has proved to be a huge mistake by @Govgg over the last decade and one which needs to be urgent addressed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1984262508732129740)  2025-10-31T14:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 He certainly has some close friends here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1984928236455768240)  2025-11-02T10:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MaryLowe501 @pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 Theres a 6-page chapter in the book which focuses on the relationship with the local friends and their Luxembourg bank"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1984953562149831045)  2025-11-02T11:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BenBoardma97122 @Heccles94 Exactly. And theres no if the rich do leave. Theyre already leaving in their droves for Dubai Italy Switzerland Monaco Jersey Guernsey Portugal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1985974330518393082)  2025-11-05T07:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 @flick2leg @BBCGuernsey @drandy_sloan @gavinstpier Maybe the amendments needed to be more laser-focused. Salary budgets for purely administrative staff (not frontline staff) to be cut by x% (but not Guernsey Revenue staff as theyre revenue collectors). Plus zero-cost budgeting across all committees"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1985976530099417358)  2025-11-05T07:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@flick2leg @GuyPlummer34449 @JayneOzanne @HaleyCamp @jameswpen @Govgg One would never guess that theres a crisis. Meanwhile Rome burns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1986145047977370060)  2025-11-05T18:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Ok Guernsey tweeps (is that still a thing now its called X) whats your view of the outcome of the Guernsey Budget Thumbs up or Thumbs down Ill start - a big 👎"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1986153222843867452)  2025-11-05T19:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@richarddigard @GuernseyPress @argyllscricket Does it praise their can-kicking skills though Waiting for the tax review (and more crucially a definitive tax-raising outcome to that) compounds the extend of the current deficit. Its staggering that this Budget delays real action to start cut govt costs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1986369207928246310)  2025-11-06T09:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 @jameswpen I cant recall when any Assembly in recent times has understood the notions of investing for growth or stimulus. Assembly after Assembly has viewed it as spend not investment totally regarding all the resulting upside of ROI and GDP growth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1986376913607327853)  2025-11-06T10:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MaryLowe501 Guernsey has been shockingly inept at getting new homes built. The Andium model clearly delivers. Meanwhile does the GHA even still exist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1986447366283796990)  2025-11-06T14:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jerseyrobins @richarddigard @GuernseyPress @StatesAssembly Fear of confrontation with the many unions involved The status quo is too ingrained in both islands. Ive said for years that the senior civil servants really run Guernsey not the politicians. Unless that situation is reversed nothing will change"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1986716330934808757)  2025-11-07T08:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Brilliant https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-davies-b82a161b_breaking-news-from-the-glamorous-world-of-activity-7392426239543779328-2eAeutm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAAAP0qFgB65KYHAvltGrbXs5MwD1alCZ46eY&utm_source=social_share_send&utm_campaign=x https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-davies-b82a161b_breaking-news-from-the-glamorous-world-of-activity-7392426239543779328-2eAeutm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAAAP0qFgB65KYHAvltGrbXs5MwD1alCZ46eY&utm_source=social_share_send&utm_campaign=x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1986784200196751473)  2025-11-07T13:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 @advocategreen1 @pvbsc1 @RossLeBrun For me it depends largely on what slot times can be secured at Heathrow because unless theyre peak commuting hour slots I cannot see us filling a jet sufficiently to make it viable. I think jets v ATRs on Gatwick is the bigger issue along with changing Aurignys mandate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1988508401525989568)  2025-11-12T07:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @HenryPryor @BBCGuernsey Lack of supply is the big issue. Until thats addressed nothing will change"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1988519388379508771)  2025-11-12T08:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @HenryPryor @BBCGuernsey Yes although I dont see supply of open market increasing anytime soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1988524540658368530)  2025-11-12T08:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 Aurigny has a huge role to play but it needs a fresh mandate. Let it lose money in a strategic manner but use it for economic enablement in the process. Id be happy for it to lose 10m a year if it benefited the wider economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989398158896492680)  2025-11-14T18:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@FogBuster_ACI Well the CEO of Aurigny does seem to be a mate of the former CEO of LoganAir Jonathan Hinkles who is also on the board of Skybus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989474125891702849)  2025-11-14T23:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@resolutehrje @mg_jsy @pvbsc1 Well not really because the loan from SoJ to BI was specifically to keep Jersey open during COVID and Aurigny wouldnt have had the extra capacity to do that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989610225406496900)  2025-11-15T08:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@StoneDeCroze @GsySill @PeterRoffey5 The comment about sending money off island. Thats obvious if the targeted carriers with access to slots at Heathrow are off-island You might want to read the study that Jersey Ports issued evidencing the benefit to Jerseys economy from their subsidy of the BA Heathrow route"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989614797030109555)  2025-11-15T08:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard Not really. Loss-making all fleet leased. Even if it could be bought for a pound its a loss-maker. It lacks scale and I think only a government-owned airline is going to want to own a loss-making sub-scale airline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989635759469727971)  2025-11-15T10:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard I suspect only potential buyers would have Aurigny or SoJ. Aurigny would have gained scale and a couple of decent ATRs but would have had to make huge numbers of redundancies for costly duplicated roles. SoJ obviously decided against it preferring the Loganair option"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989637052846211583)  2025-11-15T10:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @gsyblue Theyre probably right. They want and expect jet services into Londons two main airports and theyre only going to get that by striking deals with BA and EasyJet although there seems to be no evidence of what subsidies they are still paying to either airline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989639920810615258)  2025-11-15T10:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard Although theyd have had to pick up the debt owed to SoJ as part of any deal which would automatically over-price it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989646599673520440)  2025-11-15T10:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard Theres probably some good bits for Aurigny to pick up from the carcass of Blue Islands such as taking over leases on a couple of good ATRs and cherry picking good staff and crew"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989646775238721805)  2025-11-15T10:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@YvonneBurford @GsySill @matt_fallaize @pvbsc1 @PeterRoffey5 We dont need to pay a subsidy to Aurigny. We need to simply allow it to make strategic controlled losses to benefit the wider economy. We need to use it fully to our advantage. We seem totally afraid to do that but its an investment not a spend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989833093948354645)  2025-11-15T23:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GY1Matt @WayneGallichan @richarddigard Sadly dynamic pricing doesnt allow that. But a government-owned airline with tiny scale does not have to follow the privately-owned sector with dynamic pricing. It can choose to consider fare structures which may be more beneficial to the wider economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989833780207694013)  2025-11-15T23:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@HaleyCamp @PeterRoffey5 @GsySill @pvbsc1 The only other way that a small sub-scale regional airline can wash its face is via charging high airfares which is of course totally counter-intuitive to economic development. Aurigny has been given a wholly inappropriate mandate which needs to be urgently replaced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1989967085217485300)  2025-11-16T08:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GsySill @HaleyCamp @PeterRoffey5 @pvbsc1 Lets break that down. Aurigny is currently expected to run lifeline routes (Gatwick Southampton Alderney) commercially important routes (London City Manchester and now Jersey) international connectivity routes (Paris Dublin) regional connectivity (Bristol Exeter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1990027216567034142)  2025-11-16T12:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GsySill @HaleyCamp @PeterRoffey5 @pvbsc1 Birmingham East Midlands Leeds/Bradford) and numerous vanity routes (to the Med and Europe). All with [--] x ATRs that regularly break down with spare parts scarce plus [--] Dorniers which also regularly break down. What sort of a mandate is that We are asking far too much"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1990027864637604045)  2025-11-16T12:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GsySill @HaleyCamp @PeterRoffey5 @pvbsc1 of it. The CEO is expected to deliver all of that whilst breaking even A strategic rethink must happen establish the right new mandate streamline the offering and partner with other airlines (with subsidies as necessary) to deliver the rest. We need to get on with it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1990028578575315238)  2025-11-16T12:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jameswpen @GsySill @HaleyCamp @PeterRoffey5 @pvbsc1 Theyve got the Dorniers for Jersey. And on Friday it was one plane going tech while another was in for scheduled maintenance. Possibly need one more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1990058186532143535)  2025-11-16T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @pvbsc1 @GsySill @HaleyCamp @PeterRoffey5 Maybe. If its coming out of EDs budget it might be hard to keep it undisclosed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1990116706912522253)  2025-11-16T17:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jameswpen @GsySill @HaleyCamp @PeterRoffey5 @pvbsc1 Youre quite right. [--] years in Guatemala they [--] years in a French hangar. Obviously was in great demand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1990161602864124360)  2025-11-16T20:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard Lets hope the best practices referred to are on the same page as what Cayman and Bermuda are doing and which seem to have been accepted by the UK if Im not mistaken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1990857013551563039)  2025-11-18T18:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@marcwinn @YvonneBurford @jjh @GsySill @matt_fallaize @pvbsc1 @PeterRoffey5 Correct but if the price is excessive that undoubtedly dampens whatever demand there is. In Alderneys case for young workers to be able to access much cheaper UK flights from Jersey would make working in Alderney much more appealing. More jobs more tax change demographics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1990909907466375468)  2025-11-18T22:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@autismadhdmicro @Laura_radiogsy Thats odd - all within the CTA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991502193221083608)  2025-11-20T13:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jameswpen @SeanM1997 Nope - but those times wont work at all as it elimates the day-commuter market and those are essential to help fill a jet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991520891310862356)  2025-11-20T14:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jameswpen @CherlyGsy @jojomay1 @pvbsc1 @SeanM1997 @YvonneBurford We definitely do need to grow our economy and that does mean investing in it but its really hard to see these slot times being a success"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991608048956371000)  2025-11-20T20:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@YvonneBurford @jameswpen @CherlyGsy @jojomay1 @pvbsc1 @SeanM1997 BA apparently lost a lot of pax from their Jersey/LHR route when BA slashed the very attractive loyalty card benefits. Those pax switched to Gatwick and EasyJet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991636702100705356)  2025-11-20T22:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @YvonneBurford @jameswpen @CherlyGsy @jojomay1 @pvbsc1 @SeanM1997 We own the slots so can lease them out. That would be wise if/when LHR is lost again. Im not convinced that the LHR will last 2-3 years with those slots"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991637767688699939)  2025-11-20T22:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @jameswpen @YvonneBurford @CherlyGsy @jojomay1 @pvbsc1 @SeanM1997 That depends entirely on whether Aurigny do what a commercial operator would do and drop their fares to try to retain their pax numbers. But more likely theyll lose some pax raise their fares to compensate and then its a self-driven spiral of lost numbers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991638639630061632)  2025-11-20T22:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jameswpen @matt_fallaize @YvonneBurford @CherlyGsy @jojomay1 @pvbsc1 @SeanM1997 Am pretty sure Aurigny will get a licence but theres mileage in LoganAir also flying the route"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991646744170442975)  2025-11-20T23:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@YvonneBurford @GuyPlummer34449 @matt_fallaize @jameswpen @CherlyGsy @pvbsc1 @SeanM1997 Which are less important if Aurigny isnt mandated to break even. It doesnt matter if Aurigny loses 5m if wider Guernsey PLC gains at least that through economic enablement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991649485555151252)  2025-11-20T23:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jameswpen @YvonneBurford @matt_fallaize @CherlyGsy @pvbsc1 @SeanM1997 Or get them to jointly operate the Gatwick route with their jets in association with Aurigny. Its not practical for one single aircraft to just fly a short route every single day (much as Id love to see an Embraer operate the Gatwick route)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991650377033478589)  2025-11-20T23:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@GY1Matt @jameswpen @SeanM1997 Well they wont be pulling out of Heathrow Theyll stick with a deal with Guernsey for so long as it works for them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991848798419861954)  2025-11-21T12:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jameswpen @GY1Matt @SeanM1997 Cant honesty see Aurigny winning slots at LHR with ATRs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991849140754477456)  2025-11-21T12:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Why is economic growth barely mentioned in P&Rs Fiscal Framework Policy document It is so crucial to the islands immediate future. Do you not think its important @Lindsay_Gsy @YvonneBurford @gavinstpier @steve_falla @dep_parkinson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1991978726343737805)  2025-11-21T21:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@marcwinn @Lindsay_Gsy @YvonneBurford @gavinstpier @steve_falla @dep_parkinson Totally agree. Very worrying indeed from P&R to be so negligent about economic growth. The challenge to their approach must be very robustly made by the rest of the Assembly. P&R need to quickly wake up and smell the coffee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1992146437392715806)  2025-11-22T08:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@mlihouPenfold The previous Test in that series didnt last much longer than this one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1992161754386944358)  2025-11-22T09:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@marcwinn @Lindsay_Gsy @YvonneBurford @gavinstpier @steve_falla @dep_parkinson Yes - good point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1992187824141951446)  2025-11-22T11:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ShaneLanglois @Lindsay_Gsy @YvonneBurford @gavinstpier @steve_falla @dep_parkinson Nonsense - its a huge element of the fiscal policy when were running a huge deficit. Leadership comes from the top. ED need to deliver from within their budget but a serious investment in economic growth requires more money allocated to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1992228787443154968)  2025-11-22T13:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ShaneLanglois @Lindsay_Gsy @YvonneBurford @gavinstpier @steve_falla @dep_parkinson It needs a top-down approach not a bottom-up one and Im not convinced that all members of P&R actually care about or want to see economic growth. It needs a pro-growth mindset from the Assembly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1992245555171578271)  2025-11-22T14:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@marcwinn @ShaneLanglois @Lindsay_Gsy @YvonneBurford @gavinstpier @steve_falla @dep_parkinson Totally agree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1992291708932145596)  2025-11-22T17:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jjh @ShaneLanglois @Lindsay_Gsy @YvonneBurford @gavinstpier @steve_falla @dep_parkinson You disagree that economic growth requires more spending I sort of agree - because its not spending but investing in economic growth thats necessary. A return on investment is sought. Its essential even to keep pace with inflation as our expenditure is exposed to that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1992292301356540209)  2025-11-22T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ShaneLanglois @Lindsay_Gsy @YvonneBurford @gavinstpier @steve_falla @dep_parkinson To deliver their element of the fiscal policy framework proposed by P&R (which is largely silent on economic growth) That proposed framework is not EDs paper"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1992317310162579675)  2025-11-22T19:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Really sad to learn of the death of Billy Bonds. A giant figure in West Hams history for so many years. RIP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1995119696924770785)  2025-11-30T13:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ANDYDB7 @JonathanRenouf @GovJersey On the basis that @GovJersey only met that Friday afternoon to decide that they wouldnt lend them the extra sum agreed the week before which immediately triggered the need to go into administration its hard to know what comms they could have sent whilst taking urgent advice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1995967540175208920)  2025-12-02T21:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ANDYDB7 @JonathanRenouf @GovJersey @GovJersey may have known they were going to pull the plug and may have told LoganAir but I doubt BI knew before being told that afternoon based on what they were seemingly told a week earlier. Interestingly they seemed to have far fewer staff than Aurigny"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1995968277277970539)  2025-12-02T21:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ANDYDB7 @JonathanRenouf @GovJersey Interesting. Guernsey are behind in a few areas like that. Not sure what Alderney has but I think we can guess"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1995969194509435122)  2025-12-02T21:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@cg_murray @richarddigard One thing worth bearing in mind is the ability to link with Easyjets network from Southampton. Maybe a throughticket collaboration opportunity for Aurigny/Loganair Alicante Amsterdam Barcelona Belfast Faro Geneva Majorca Paris routes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1997811002419921110)  2025-12-07T23:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Devastated to learn that Da Nello is closing down on [--] December. Has always delivered great food and fantastic service. It will be hugely missed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1998510018841424250)  2025-12-09T21:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Excellent article from Geoff Cook about Jerseys fiscal position and one which is equally relevant to Guernseys. https://geoffcookadvisory.com/2025/12/03/hard-wiring-fiscal-discipline-why-jersey-must-protect-its-advantages-before-they-erode/ https://geoffcookadvisory.com/2025/12/03/hard-wiring-fiscal-discipline-why-jersey-must-protect-its-advantages-before-they-erode/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1998876224714846446)  2025-12-10T22:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @Hospitalitygg @GsySill Yes on the face of it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/1999575131673235691)  2025-12-12T20:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Why is the British Army (aka as the UK taxpayer) sponsoring Sky Sports Premier League coverage Has it got money to throw at that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2000258486777876672)  2025-12-14T17:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@cobolegend @BoothCricket Hes bowled very poorly in the Lions games apparently so thats likely to have been a factor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2000531806928462147)  2025-12-15T11:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 @CherlyGsy @StoneDeCroze Very good news re the planning permission. Its only a commitment to review HSC funding but its a start. Persuading the Assembly will be a big challenge. The debate on accessing property equity will make the GST debate pale into insignificance but it has to happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2000650076587507746)  2025-12-15T19:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@marcwinn @GuyPlummer34449 Very hard for Guernsey to realistically build any strategy around. The art of the possible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2001047170619674862)  2025-12-16T21:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@marcwinn @GuyPlummer34449 Maybe - and good luck with it - but I cant see it shaping our immediate health strategy here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2001055818049876376)  2025-12-16T22:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@YvonneBurford @oldfarmhorace @marcwinn @GuernseyPress Will that include the introduction of zero-budgeting If not why not Senior civil servants will try to block it. Tough. They will need to either get fully on board or jump overboard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2001071738012999936)  2025-12-16T23:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ShaneLanglois @YvonneBurford @marcwinn @GuernseyPress If theres to be any degree of commitment to achieving economic growth then thats exactly what must happen and yes of course CfED need to have a strategy. But if theres no extra funding its pointless them wasting thousands of officer hours on strategy which would gather dust"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2001183370462593186)  2025-12-17T06:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@marcwinn @ShaneLanglois @YvonneBurford @GuernseyPress These are the sort of blockages to growth that must be eliminated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2001187917297856840)  2025-12-17T07:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @SPFGsy Saw some speculation last night that it might even be 0.5% but I cant see that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2001576140641821046)  2025-12-18T08:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MaryLowe501 We have to always invest in the economy. Economic growth also generates revenue to fund the nice-to-haves. There are plenty of savings able to be made to the cost of government to fund essentials - theres far too much wastage there. It just needs strong political will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2002787995976659394)  2025-12-21T17:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Alan4NewportSal @PetefromHayNSW @englandcricket @WG_RumblePants @darren_lehmann Foakes was the best keeper in the world when he was dropped and its not as though he cant bat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2002788436303085978)  2025-12-21T17:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @rue_simon @richarddigard @Govgg @sashakmiller Totally disagree re your second para. After a lifetime in BD I wouldnt ever suggest writing a BD plan without having a known budget to utilise The delivery method is merely part of the plan to be costed into it. Plans with 3m 10m and 20m budgets would hugely differ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2003801739108159993)  2025-12-24T12:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BenBoardma97122 @GsySill I think with most genuine quicks there probably at best a 3-4 year window where they will be at their peak and fully fit. Any more is a bonus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2003820162303324248)  2025-12-24T13:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyliz14 Maybe there needs to be a night school class for those of us in need of help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2003820392276971674)  2025-12-24T13:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Achieving_Goalz @lukestokes84 The clubs hierarchy obviously dont think theyre ready yet. Agreed that some appear to have great potential but its a lot easier to stand out at that level. Some are simply not strong enough yet for senior football. I hope Whitwell returns now and gets a League One loan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2004937248291394027)  2025-12-27T15:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Baggieboy75Mike @sharonbaggies To benefit next season yes but how could they return later this season They could only return once the season is over. Cant move outside of transfer windows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2005197847466242144)  2025-12-28T08:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@simongl30339211 @J_Phillips1994 Joey Saputo owns 99.9% of Bologna so any stake is a maximum of 0.1%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2006864052698652847)  2026-01-01T23:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@NickWBA1993 Theres no brass neck about it. The ownership company is Bilkul Football WBA LLC a US company. US companies use the President/Treasurer/Secretary model"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2007122155243511808)  2026-01-02T16:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 Who actually decides that these roles are necessary and whats their accountability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2007445978106806305)  2026-01-03T13:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@lucy_ted1 We already have the Nature Commission Societe Guernesiaise the National Trust Guernsey Conservation volunteers (plus ACMLS and States Works). Pay a grant to one of those bodies to outsource it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2007481410471506085)  2026-01-03T15:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@lucy_ted1 I asked you to convince me WHY its essential. Youve made no attempt whatsoever to do so. Please justify it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2007483197064671275)  2026-01-03T16:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @paulfalco4 I doubt Ryan will be there much longer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2007903668507754923)  2026-01-04T19:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @paulfalco4 Its simply not working. Very Spursey. In many games weve played one good half and one awful half. In-game management a real weakness. Does seem popular with most (but not all) of the players. Seems a nice guy but results are what matters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2007933666618707987)  2026-01-04T21:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @paulfalco4 I think Leicester are in as desperate a state too. El Sackio tomorrow night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2007935186508333440)  2026-01-04T22:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Alan4NewportSal @Ben_1885 Lets dissect that. Finn left in July [----] (aged 20) after having been out on loan to Cheltenham for the whole of that season. We were in the Premier League that season (got relegated). Was he ready then to play in the Premier League No. The previous season when he was 18"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2008251498644598849)  2026-01-05T18:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Alan4NewportSal @Ben_1885 going on [--] we were successfully driving for promotion from the Championship. The right time to blood an [--] year old Not really. Palmer made his debut at age [--] in [----] after being loaned out to Plymouth and Lincoln for our promotion season and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2008252460335591538)  2026-01-05T19:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Alan4NewportSal @Ben_1885 .our Premier League season when he was understudy to Sam Johnstone (and England squad keeper). Seems reasonable enough. He was a late developer (not uncommon with goalkeepers). The only time he should have played more was when he was inexplicably dropped for Button"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2008253000159264935)  2026-01-05T19:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @SkyFootball Thats quite possible and all managers fail at some point. Good managers learn from what went wrong. Hes clearly stubborn and I fear that will hold back his managerial career"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2008484333984587876)  2026-01-06T10:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @AndyfromNewHamp @TheLiquidatorP1 The result was indeed harsh and the performance was good but thats been a pattern. Poor in-game management away from home has meant that performances dont get rewarded. [--] successive away defeats is some feat For those watching every game it was a month late coming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2008839978965770588)  2026-01-07T09:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@PaulWChambers70 @pvbsc1 Worth trying DHL Also worth contacting Iris Freight (the newspaper boat) which returns to Jersey every morning leaving here around [----]. Youd need to get down to the harbour early though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2008969325303181718)  2026-01-07T18:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@lukestokes84 @WBA Hes under contract until June [----] with a further year option in our favour I understand so unlikely to slip through unless sold. The big question now is whether hes better sitting on our bench now (and getting some game time) or starting every week in League [--] on loan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2008974333486731379)  2026-01-07T18:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jameswpen @richarddigard Correct decision I think re these two routes but I hope there are restrictions for Aurigny under an SLA because that should always be included in a controlled monopoly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2009681854820192722)  2026-01-09T17:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@grumpyjsymum @JonathanRenouf I think recent events re Heathrow BI and possibly EasyJet (to come) will have caused a major business plan rethink"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2009994833470038481)  2026-01-10T14:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @hotspurreports Yes I think an upgrade. Far less of a gamble. [--] seasons as a manager not just [--] games as a caretaker manager. Only time will tell though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2010089798325940284)  2026-01-10T20:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ShaneLanglois @richarddigard @BBCGuernsey Blimey thats quite a take. They failed to constrain successful economic growth How dare they"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2010442264519323974)  2026-01-11T20:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 Rejected 100m of private investment which will now need to be replaced by taxpayer funding to make it happen. Chances of that being made available Negligible or at least only at the expense of some other big project. Needs a full review by Scrutiny of the CS role in this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2010717984612921432)  2026-01-12T14:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BilboBaggies68 @Elliottina86 @WestBromXtra @DanielMarsh92 Nothing wrong with Dikes ability - just injury prone. And we bought him from Barnsley not from the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2010723869271969813)  2026-01-12T14:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jsherbs @DerrickEvans4WV Theres no immunity for actions prior to or after period of presidency and even actions during presidency are not immune unless they are tied to presidential responsibilities. As per the Supreme Court in Clinton v Jones (1997)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2011538175639113791)  2026-01-14T20:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ChasMcHugh @ANDYDB7 @pvbsc1 Yes its [--] return more than Blue Islands were charging which in turn is [--] more than Aurigny are now charging"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012154642558492923)  2026-01-16T13:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@StoneDeCroze @GuyPlummer34449 @oldfarmhorace @GuernseyPress @Govgg Youve hit the nail on the head there with your first sentence. It will inevitably be needed even if the Assembly does get its act in order regarding fiscal responsibility because of the scale of the deficit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012220349094441137)  2026-01-16T17:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@StoneDeCroze @GuyPlummer34449 @oldfarmhorace @GuernseyPress @Govgg Maybe one alternative is a fixed term temporary (say 3-year health surcharge tax) ringfenced for that purpose only. Lets face it thats mainly what its for. And spend the next [--] years doing major public sector reform (including restructuring our healthcare offering). Plus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012227798874632500)  2026-01-16T18:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@StoneDeCroze @GuyPlummer34449 @oldfarmhorace @GuernseyPress @Govgg zero-based budgeting. In that period well have 2-3 years of Pillar [--] tax revenue before that does. Then look at whether to continue with a health tax together with GST+ (if its still needed after public sector reform and fiscal responsibility having returned)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012228554390470667)  2026-01-16T18:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@alasdair_milroy I think your autotype is on overdrive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012240977109332455)  2026-01-16T19:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@alasdair_milroy I dont think its been a structural deficit for the full [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012245169144258691)  2026-01-16T19:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@YvonneBurford @ANDYDB7 @StatesAssembly @GovJersey @Govgg It was around [--] (18 payable to Jersey [--] payable to Guernsey) in c2010. Mind you that was on Trilanders (with 100% load factor) as opposed to ATRs. I used to have a detailed annual negotiation lunch with Malcolm Hart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012256823210889534)  2026-01-16T20:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@YvonneBurford @oldfarmhorace @StoneDeCroze @GuyPlummer34449 @GuernseyPress @Govgg Except in relation to economic growth 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012260178226258093)  2026-01-16T20:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@YvonneBurford @GuyPlummer34449 @oldfarmhorace @StoneDeCroze @GuernseyPress @Govgg Horace is right that zero based budgeting simply has to happen. Theres too much resistance to it from within so cull that resistance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012288172407898611)  2026-01-16T22:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Interesting article re Skybus https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/skybus-has-hill-to-climb-to-build-customer-confidence-in-london-flights-870149utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwdGRjcAPXn29leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeomTdh0M7y1pgRa9PGHVco-7UP9HFJ1OqGyC4yB0F1QkZJ1Q_lWQGhjgtaXM_aem_bEcQr6eZ-hAwNvAgcAQoYQ#Echobox=1768558429"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012295895014867088)  2026-01-16T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChrisWoodward93 @AliJones9 @CJHall83 Are you seriously including that freak own goal yesterday as attributable to the keeper Bare stats need context"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012437608547209342)  2026-01-17T08:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@hamzadarby @Albionwestand @JDWBA2 Including the first goal A freak own goal Nonsense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012438229316763717)  2026-01-17T08:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @TottenhamMasky I think Glasner will be heading to Old Trafford or Anfield"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012671503599325280)  2026-01-17T23:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @TottenhamMasky Agreed re Alonso but Im not convinced that Carrick will get the permanent gig. Mind you that could change as yesterdays United performance was their best in a very long time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012837130880311594)  2026-01-18T10:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @TottenhamMasky Have just seen your February fixtures.ouch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012838092172927385)  2026-01-18T10:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @TottenhamMasky I like Carrick. Probably stayed too long at Boro. He certainly understands the United DNA (as does OGS) but Im not convinced that the clowns who run United place much weight on that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012838743682486597)  2026-01-18T10:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyboy1 @TottenhamMasky There are certainly some parallels right now Difference is that were recovering from the financial disaster of a rogue Chinese owner whereas Spurs problems seem to be of a rather different nature"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012841506915201079)  2026-01-18T10:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@huwzat It doesnt seem to be about cashflow its about sustainable levels of loss. The ECB dont want counties blowing the one-off windfall on wages but want them to invest in becoming sustainable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012942453376946239)  2026-01-18T17:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Pastures_Green_ @PNEChatter Definitely not buying [--] year olds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012971358376870012)  2026-01-18T19:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RPETS9 @Pastures_Green_ @PNEChatter Sorry - that sort of thinking re veteran players has cost us massively. We must have learnt that lesson. Legs of that age suddenly go and were stuck with them. Hed undoubtedly want a 2-3 year contract. Definitely not for me except on a loan and that wont be an option"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012977449659740244)  2026-01-18T19:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Pastures_Green_ @PNEChatter Absolutely no way we should we be signing a [--] year old except on a loan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012977656829034937)  2026-01-18T19:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RPETS9 @Pastures_Green_ @PNEChatter I wouldnt be concerned about this season. Id be extremely concerned about the extra [--] years of a contract"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2012993578650251464)  2026-01-18T21:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ANDYDB7 @AlisonMitchell @jimmaxcricket @Wardjenner @JLPerchard @henrymoeranBBC @MichaelVaughan @markbutcher72 @cricketinjersey I guess its because theres no time left to play a qualifier between the next placed in [--] or [--] regions to decide which one to go through so theyd go with the highest-ranked country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2013267366994428337)  2026-01-19T15:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jameswpen @GuyPlummer34449 @drandy_sloan @GuernseyPress @HaleyCamp It has to happen. Anybody who is against it is going to need a very good reason indeed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2013726543168545025)  2026-01-20T21:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ShaneLanglois @jameswpen @GuyPlummer34449 @drandy_sloan @GuernseyPress @HaleyCamp It is precisely that attitude which got us into this mess. Bury the head in the sand and its someone elses problem. Fortunately there are some new deputies prepared to try to eradicate that attitude rather than just drifting along and filing it in the too difficult tray"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2013765682647703960)  2026-01-21T00:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@HaleyCamp @GuyPlummer34449 @jameswpen @drandy_sloan @GuernseyPress Lets hope those responses hold firm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2013766176057278719)  2026-01-21T00:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@lukestokes84 @talkwba @SportsPeteO Id never write them off because of age. Id only write them off as not being ready for a relegation battle at this level. But a few faces are certainly needed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2014072158268408291)  2026-01-21T20:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@lukestokes84 @EyaWeGew Sorry I wasnt including OLeary. 29/30 for a keeper isnt barely peak though so not worried about that. More important is whether they are any good I agree that Josh is very likely to be sold quite possibly next week if it funds other reinforcements"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2014767433618219133)  2026-01-23T18:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ANDYDB7 @zoester73 True"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2014825731092631648)  2026-01-23T22:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard Precisely. Wheres the GHAs accountability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015360397407056273)  2026-01-25T09:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard As per its December [----] accounts the GHA had a loan of 88m from States of Guernsey and a 30m revolving credit facility with Butterfield Bank which is guaranteed by States of Guernsey. 118m of taxpayers money sitting on 15m of land but failing to deliver new housing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015362496467517939)  2026-01-25T09:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GuyPlummer34449 @richarddigard And thats in a period of known and identified housing crisis. Scrutiny Accountability States totally asleep at the wheel Time is long overdue for very serious questions because its clearly not working"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015363967154081921)  2026-01-25T09:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@alasdair_milroy @richarddigard No as theres over 200m of finished properties on the balance sheet so the debt is employed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015376742530044266)  2026-01-25T10:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard No because most of the existing debt will have been used to fund the 200m+ of finished property already on the balance sheet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015377293342875717)  2026-01-25T10:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @alasdair_milroy @richarddigard @Govgg @PeterRoffey5 Thats missing the point - the decisions of the board of directors are exactly what need to be challenged by the States. If GHA cant deliver then withdraw States funding and fund alternatives. GHA is not delivering"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015409882074075463)  2026-01-25T13:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @alasdair_milroy @richarddigard @Govgg @PeterRoffey5 Wheres the challenge and governance by the States GHA is not part of the States but is funded by the States and regulated by the States. What questions are being asked and by whom Wheres the accountability when the States have 118m tied up in it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015410759782551937)  2026-01-25T13:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@NigelStaples @richarddigard @MaryLowe501 @alasdair_milroy @Govgg See my other comment. Theres also 147k of pension contributions but not clear whether its already included in those figures I have. Theres no other breakdown of remuneration costs in those figures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015418163718943158)  2026-01-25T13:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @alasdair_milroy @richarddigard @Govgg @PeterRoffey5 @GsyHousingAssoc No I dont disagree with it but theyve stopped building a few years ago and that has hugely compounded the housing crisis. Meanwhile they are sitting on 15m of land doing nothing. Id be far happier if theyd been requesting more loans to fund actual building of new housing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015425931972661668)  2026-01-25T14:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@alasdair_milroy @richarddigard Im not sure as my response was to your comment about 118m sitting idle but its not - its been used (or at least 88m of it had been by end of 2024). It has been deployed (portfolio worth over 200m). We wont know how the 30m RCF has been deployed until [----] accounts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015463162842157249)  2026-01-25T16:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@alasdair_milroy @richarddigard To clarify as at the end of [----] there was 88m of States loan and over 200m portfolio of built property. Another 10m of RCF (increased to 30m in March 2025) was unused at that stage along with 15m of land being sat on. The RCF is guaranteed by the taxpayer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015466388459049041)  2026-01-25T16:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jameswpen @GuyPlummer34449 @pvbsc1 @richarddigard @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc Agreed. Tied up in planning red tape"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015474259376705651)  2026-01-25T17:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @jameswpen @richarddigard @GuyPlummer34449 @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc Well they havent built even a fraction of their own [----] target of [--] a year have they Its not about my strategy. Its about theirs and also that of @govgg You can try to put any spin on it you like - it has failed massively based on the number of new units built"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015478325645287741)  2026-01-25T17:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard @pvbsc1 @jameswpen @GuyPlummer34449 @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc Pierre usually sees things as either black white but theres certainly no grey area here. Its a catastrophic failure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015478590150791676)  2026-01-25T17:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@NigelStaples @jameswpen @pvbsc1 @richarddigard @GuyPlummer34449 @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc I dont - not having rejected 100m of private investment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015833413576536482)  2026-01-26T17:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jameswpen @ShaneLanglois @pvbsc1 @richarddigard @GuyPlummer34449 @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc I suspect it might be related to the scale of new infrastructure needing to be installed (services and roads) in that area"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015910187454832660)  2026-01-26T22:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ShaneLanglois @jameswpen @richarddigard @pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc Thats maybe one developer with very little in the immediate pipeline to be occupied by [----]. Thats a 10-year period of the States being asleep at the wheel although in fairness the big surge was post-COVID from 2021"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2016175155160969352)  2026-01-27T15:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@alasdair_milroy @richarddigard Exactly - why have they stopped Why have they bought lots of land too difficult to build on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015381141973291324)  2026-01-25T11:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@NigelStaples @richarddigard @MaryLowe501 @alasdair_milroy @Govgg Note [--] to the Accounts states annual admin salaries of 1.566m plus other general wages and salaries of 195k in [----] so 1.761m in total https://www.gha.gg/sites/default/files/uploads/GHA%20Signed%20FS%202024.pdf https://www.gha.gg/sites/default/files/uploads/GHA%20Signed%20FS%202024.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015417268885246413)  2026-01-25T13:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @alasdair_milroy @richarddigard @Govgg @PeterRoffey5 @GsyHousingAssoc So at a time when @govgg is short of cash let GHA refinance the 88m States loan and the 30m RCF and free up the 118m to enable @govgg to fund another housing association. Cut GHA adrift and let them be as independent as they claim to be. @govgg had backed them to build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015420014275223668)  2026-01-25T13:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jameswpen @ShaneLanglois @pvbsc1 @richarddigard @GuyPlummer34449 @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc I dont think well ever get to the 10x average salary target"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2015907486251852077)  2026-01-26T21:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Todays @GuernseyPress is a harrowing read. The scale of depravity and deceit laid bare. Truly despicable crimes. So many innocent victims and its impossible to comprehend what his family are having to endure. Massive breaches of trust on multiple fronts. [--] years seems light"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2016056725535600870)  2026-01-27T07:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"By all accounts was just a typical night out when he lived in Guernsey During the filming of Gladiator actor Oliver Reed who played Proximo died of a heart attack in a bar after drinking three bottles of rum eight beers and multiple doubles of whiskey and cognac and beating five young Royal Navy sailors at arm wrestling. He died like a true https://t.co/BbRSmHwaUu During the filming of Gladiator actor Oliver Reed who played Proximo died of a heart attack in a bar after drinking three bottles of rum eight beers and multiple doubles of whiskey and cognac and beating five young Royal Navy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2016064326247842063)  2026-01-27T08:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ShaneLanglois @richarddigard @jameswpen @pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc @GuernseyPress Of course it would - it would have increased supply to reduce demand in the private market. Basic economics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2016236496122970521)  2026-01-27T19:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ITVChannelTV What sort of league sees 30-0 scorelines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2016282821988429844)  2026-01-27T22:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The signs are more encouraging than ever that a combined package of reducing the cost of government public sector reform GST+ and an element of corporate tax reform might just be deliverable in this term"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2016428056756293721)  2026-01-28T08:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ANDYDB7 @pvbsc1 I fear its quite common here - the sort of thing that occurs in an unaddressed housing crisis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2016451776078139823)  2026-01-28T10:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard @ShaneLanglois @jameswpen @pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc @GuernseyPress Shocking. Add the hospital extension project to that list too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2016563667005853742)  2026-01-28T17:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard @ShaneLanglois @jameswpen @pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @previe @oldfarmhorace @advocategreen1 @Govgg @GsyHousingAssoc @GuernseyPress Damning on multiple fronts. Scrutiny doing a great job and seemingly only scratching the surface"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2016575748719476930)  2026-01-28T18:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@GrumpySars Have been to Abu Dhabi several times (a mix of business and pleasure). Very different to Dubai and I prefer it far less hectic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2018099454914769032)  2026-02-01T23:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@andreaustin1 Was certainly an experience. Pilots loved it Star Ferry in [----] was HK$0.60 (about 5p)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2018100981368840193)  2026-02-01T23:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@andreaustin1 I used to buy the previous days Times for [--] (pre-internet so it was still news) from a little old Chinese lady whose son had a cleaning contract for Cathay. She would press the papers so they looked new. Only discovered they werent when the crossword was already done"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2018101899111940495)  2026-02-01T23:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 No surprise at all but its fair to say the two of them are consistent. I dont think selling the Castel Hospital once will touch the sides of a 100m annual deficit though Noticeable that its not the McKenna/Parkinson duo any more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2018232751842029814)  2026-02-02T07:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@pvbsc1 Hes toast but if Angela Rayner or David Lammy are the answer then Ive no idea what the question is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidPiesing63/status/2019635684206866522)  2026-02-06T04:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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