# ![@PeterRoffey5 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1354454291394789377.png) @PeterRoffey5 Peter John "Rufus" Roffey

Peter John "Rufus" Roffey posts on X about guernsey, jersey, london, 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
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@oldfarmhorace @pierregsy Few unemployed so to make a real difference it would require very largescale immigration. That would certainly help - not just pensions but broader economy - for a while. But longevity is the new normal and young immigrants would age too. What then A population escalator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1440946920428556291)  2021-09-23T07:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Fed increases US "base rate" by 0.75%. Biggest increase in several decades. Likely to push the /$ exchange rate down further. That will make imported goods more expensive & thereby fuel UK inflation even more. It will be interesting to see the BoE's next move"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1537149878467444742)  2022-06-15T19:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jviddy Why are people so keen to get on their plane for long haul flights They'll be sitting in their seats for hours so why add to it by being one of the first to board And be organised so once onboard you just sit straight down & don't flaff around. I'd pay to be a "tardy boarder""  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1661821388624109568)  2023-05-25T19:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Inside the Iranian Uprising review an unforgettable memorial to teens who died for freedom via @yahooNewsUK I rarely watch television but this was a revealing and powerful programme. Well done to all involved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1674531227984969733)  2023-06-29T21:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@alasdair_milroy @DavidPiesing63 @gavinstpier Moving to defined contribution would move the risk from the States to the individual but wouldn't necessarily reduce the cost"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1677588357579255810)  2023-07-08T08:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Faroe Islands men on fire in the sprints at the International Island Games winning both the 100m and 400m against hot local favourites. Great times too. And the chap who edged out Cam Chalmers in the 400m is only [--]. Of course I wanted Gsy winners but hats off for [--] great runs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1678499021885698048)  2023-07-11T09:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ShaneLanglois @GsyPressSport @CamChalmers400 Doesn't apply to 400m as it is a complete lap but I understand the 100m races were also "legal""  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1678556307513655299)  2023-07-11T00:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChrisBrownSport Noon on the show courts and 11am on the others sounds like a sensible formula"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1678678084944273410)  2023-07-11T08:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@GuernseyPress I think those cross roads are called "The Bailiff's Cross" rather than "The Dairy Crossroads". Or am I just being old fashioned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1678678628807196672)  2023-07-11T08:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I always thought the Island Games would be mega but I confess that so far it is outperforming even my high expectations. Any estimates of the crowd at Foote's Lane for the athletics last night Such a special atmosphere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1678679242832330754)  2023-07-11T08:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@MartynRoussel @marcwinn Thing is that the commission uses public funding as leverage to raise private sponsorship in a way that individual volunteers couldn't hope to do. Not sure we have a way of gathering data on the spend by visiting athletes coaches family and friends but it is certainly welcome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1678688158022615043)  2023-07-11T08:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @Chris_Gnapp @DavidPiesing63 @notquitelocal @undergroundfox @marcwinn It was the crowd Horace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1678790162765971457)  2023-07-11T15:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@LeRoiHaptalon @PaulSrodz For some reason I could never manage any event which required vertical lift. Useless at high jump. Never even tried pole vault thank heavens. Even the long jump was a challenge. Was a reasonable sprinter but couldn't get the height and landed before using that momentum fully"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1679017927608004608)  2023-07-12T06:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @PaulSrodz @guernseyliz14 @BailiwickGsy It certainly would but I really think a pension age in the late 70s would be politically undeliverable. Rightly so as it would be a huge backwards step socially. The debate will be over where the Goldilocks point is on this issue. Personally I think current policy comes close"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1689542646128119808)  2023-08-10T07:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @yvonnet172g @PaulSrodz @guernseyliz14 @BailiwickGsy The sort of social mind-shift we need to encourage here too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1689570923546849280)  2023-08-10T09:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Yesterday marked [--] years since I lost the love of my life. Family and friends marked it with a pilgrimage to Sark where we were married. Stiff wind but Morgan still managed to get us out on and in the water"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1690665931746230272)  2023-08-13T10:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"My entry for today's charity bake off at the North Show in aid of Grow Limited. Good luck to all my fellow bakers. May there be no soggy bottoms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1694239247081889848)  2023-08-23T06:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Come on BBC. Get your world athletics coverage together. Extending self-indulgent chat from pundits on sofas mean you can only show one lap of the 2nd heat of the women's 3K steeplechase. Dreadful priorities. Action first - chat when time allows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1694415455308464484)  2023-08-23T18:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Congratulations to all who took part in this excellent fundraiser. A politician humbled by the media Well I have become used to that over the decades. Well done Yvonne through gritted teeth and particular congrats to Nikki who won the whole thing. I will keep practising"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1694599586109677930)  2023-08-24T06:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @DavidPiesing63 @matt_fallaize @alasdair_milroy @pvbsc1 @OllieGoddardGsy @LeRoiHaptalon @richarddigard @RossLeBrun @HeidiSoulsby Or bring their parents to live here Of course local residents moving elsewhere wouldn't count on it might help with health/social care costs but not with the rising cost of pensions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1695902253809332557)  2023-08-27T20:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @DavidPiesing63 @matt_fallaize @alasdair_milroy @pvbsc1 @OllieGoddardGsy @LeRoiHaptalon @richarddigard @RossLeBrun @HeidiSoulsby To your first point - fine but they never have been. SS used to get a States grant. Now the opposite is true and part of the SS contributions are put towards the HSC budget. On contribution rises - the States have already accepted/voted that this is needed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1695907268775080064)  2023-08-27T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"By framing the issue of assisted dying/voluntary euthanasia in the context of saving money my colleague Lester Queripel does the cause no favours at all. It should have nothing to do with cash savings. It should 100% be driven by compassion. I'd support it even if it cost more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1696779775631585399)  2023-08-30T06:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I supported P+R's progressive tax package which included a GST but completely respected what I thought was a popular grass roots opposition movement. It was a grass roots movement - right So how come Carl M. can now promise the opposition will be more muted this time around"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1698959477762859164)  2023-09-05T07:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@HeidiSoulsby @gavinstpier Me too but I don't think it will be straight forward. In areas like health and education they will need to be competitive/compatible with the UK which still offers defined benefit schemes. So in reality it may only be possible to go to defined contribution for core staff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1700261895570440229)  2023-09-08T21:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Liz Truss attacks Joe Biden and Greta Thunberg as left-wing orthodoxy via @Yahoo Blimey. Everybody's part of a global socialist conspiracy except her & a few other enlightened ones. And that's why she lost the premiership. Makes sense. Why else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1700934479303352422)  2023-09-10T18:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CherlyGsy @jojomay1 @coughlin66 @NigelStaples That's right. In fact GB is smaller than the UK as it only includes England Scotland and Wales - not Northern Ireland. British Isles is by contrast a geographical term rather than a political one. Not only does it include the Channel Islands but also the Republic of Ireland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1701116043647668588)  2023-09-11T06:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Went for a swim from the "horseshoe" on Sunday. Thought to myself "if the States suggested spending money on building something similar today they'd be ridiculed". Yet our predecessors did and gave pleasure to generations of islanders. So are "nice to haves" sometimes justified"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1701194757630832944)  2023-09-11T11:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The weakness in P+R's funding policy letter is the appearance that the amount we need to tax is wholly driven by the amount of capital spending to be carried out. In reality that's very much a secondary consideration to funding the burgeoning revenue costs of an aging population"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1701532722353565834)  2023-09-12T09:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@guernseyliz14 @MaryLowe501 @Buses_gg What is it you don't like about it I don't take the bus very often but always quite enjoy it when I do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1703083911843102930)  2023-09-16T16:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard @oldfarmhorace @GeorgeFixit [--]. Just to reply to Omnibus's now deleted post. I've no doubt their plans include good defences for LY. All I'm saying is that if the states are to invest 35M in Bridge regeneration I am in favour then they should seek to broaden that scheme out to protect the wider area"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1703354080213532846)  2023-09-17T10:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard @oldfarmhorace @GeorgeFixit [--]. And as to the reference to "fire scare stories" no one's trying to do that. My request for in-depth due diligence by P+R on this aspect was simply to ensure I COULD vote in favour when it comes to the States as I very much want to. The national media has much material on "  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1703354730640990322)  2023-09-17T10:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BBCr4today @bbcnickrobinson Not impressive I'm afraid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1704758133438960103)  2023-09-21T07:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The "Guernsey Aviation Action Group" states in today's Press that "It is calculated that the capital requirements just to fund Aurigny's five year business plan is of the order of 350M". This is presumably calculated by GAAG and is a mere 350M out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1706929533289419155)  2023-09-27T07:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's official. The UK is on track for record tax levels. Despite being under under a Tory administration with an ideological predilection for lower taxes. The reason Simple. Britain's changing demographics. Ring any bells"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1707854911306625382)  2023-09-29T20:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Richard_D_E Really. In all taxation as opposed to simply Income Tax I am really surprised by that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1707873388268535965)  2023-09-29T21:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard @Richard_D_E There is no doubt that the cost of living in Guernsey is significantly higher than in the UK. Also those on basic rate income tax pay no more on the other side of the Channel. But I am not at all convinced by the argument that the total tax take is lower there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1708159252987097387)  2023-09-30T16:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BrehautBarry Yes but based on usage rather than ownership. I have no axe to grind (not owning a car) but why should old Mrs le Page who uses hers twice a week get clobbered Surely modern technology would allow measurement of mileage whatever the propulsion system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1711466598890963112)  2023-10-09T19:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BrehautBarry @fattyguern Never been a road tax of any sort. It was a motor tax. But it was a great Guernsey myth like suggesting petrol couldn't be sold on Sunday because it was alcoholic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1711467554655355270)  2023-10-09T19:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Interesting proposal to set up a stand-alone states committee to review Guernsey's taxation system. This matter lies pretty much at the heart of P+R's mandate so the suggestion feels rather like a VONC in sheep's clothing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1711625511368057213)  2023-10-10T06:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@pvbsc1 It was one of the long list of amendments I flicked through this morning (admittedly [--] of them mine). Think it was Gavin St. Pier. To be fair to him I don't think he does have confidence in them. Nor do I think he is quite so anti GET as he appears at the moment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1711627941241622971)  2023-10-10T06:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Big increases in TRP proposed in the budget. Particularly for larger properties. Not opposed in principle but will really struggle to support without a deferred payment option for elderly to take from their estate. See too many cash poor pensioners who will only become poorer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1711630972330865040)  2023-10-10T06:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@pvbsc1 I can also imagine Jersey's tourism promotions if Guernsey introduced a visitor tax"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1711635691958849867)  2023-10-10T06:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@StoneDeCroze @pvbsc1 Consumption taxes are ubiquitous and almost invisible as a result. Nor do they discriminate between visitors and locals. A specific tourist tax is very different. Faced with two channel islands one of which was boasting that they levied no such tax I suspect it would sway some"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1711722183028793395)  2023-10-10T12:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@LeonieLeTissier @oldfarmhorace @DavidPiesing63 I need to study the budget in its totality. I could vote against this element and may well do so but the convention is that it is only responsible to vote down taxes if you also then find another way to plug the funding gap that rejection would create"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1712582884723249530)  2023-10-12T21:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@LeRoiHaptalon @guernseyliz14 @coughlin66 @LouLTots It was also used for the original Beau Sejour car park. A bit of a disaster I recall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1713152177210855520)  2023-10-14T11:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@yvonnet172g @mitchell_di Frankly I think it's a lifeboat for ESC. Can't see current plans progressing. Some deputies back them but not largescale borrowing/capital spending. Others are more sanguine about borrowing but not to fund a fundamentally flawed education project. Need to move forward asap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1714899560378626527)  2023-10-19T07:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Massive States vote in favour of very very big increases in the taxation on motorists. I think only two votes against. I can't tell you how much of a change that is on attitudes in the Assembly a decade or two back. A change for the better or worse Or just unavoidable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1715440078367986165)  2023-10-20T18:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I know I am biased but that looks like a great list of destinations for next summer released Aurigny today. Some keen prices too. London City circa [--]. I almost wish I needed to go there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1715485326066504077)  2023-10-20T21:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"How the heck are these mystery women who keep instantly "liking" my tweets It is a bit unnerving"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1715737236971368581)  2023-10-21T14:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@richarddigard @Richard_D_E @politicseditor They aren't - just described as an extra 10m in transport taxes. From memory I think that is about a 50% increase. Probably justified given Guernsey's traditional very low motoring taxes but I predict very considerable push back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1715740718596084093)  2023-10-21T14:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @RichardXof55 @guyplum @DavidPiesing63 @richarddigard @pvbsc1 @ImproSarah @ShaneLanglois @helenwalton_gg [--]. . Today many non-locals live in the local market mainly license holders and a few locals live in the Open Market. It is no guide to ethnic identity - thank goodness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1716198507436995005)  2023-10-22T21:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @ScribblerJB But it doesn't. It has different powers than a duck a different role than a duck it fact its a much like a duck as a goose"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1716504676277907959)  2023-10-23T17:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Isle of Man parliament backs bill to legalise assisted dying They have dared to go where the Guernsey States shied away from despite knowing it was fundamentally correct"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1719466220162883848)  2023-10-31T21:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Lindsay_Gsy May I be allowed to add in various STSB employees States Works Ports teams Dairy and others all went well above and beyond before during and following the storm. Thank you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1720777411313156221)  2023-11-04T12:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"3 months ago I went car free. Been feeling guilty over owning one which sat unused for weeks on end. Guernsey weather certainly seems determined to test my resolution. About to cycle to co-op for 2nd time today. I time it for the bright spells but showers come from nowhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1720778726982467717)  2023-11-04T12:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"3. .The electorate in [----] will know that is on the agenda P+R is already mandated to return with tax raising measures in [----] and may well elect an assembly of members pledged not raise taxes. With massive borrowing incurred on false assumptions about "  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1722528045674729680)  2023-11-09T08:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"4. . future fiscal policy Guernsey would be well and truly up the creek without a paddle. I just can not play that game no matter how much I want our neglected infrastructure updated. If we want the buildings we need the backbone to commit to the revenue raising first"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1722528599356387489)  2023-11-09T08:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Anyone else get the feeling Braverman is trying to get sacked as Home Secretary in order to become such a darling of the Tory right that she is in poll position for a leadership contest following Sunak's resignation post general election defeat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1722705729209982987)  2023-11-09T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @marcwinn Guernsey pound"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1723272303637590092)  2023-11-11T09:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RossLeBrun I find Guernsey Woolens a bit more affordable. Not an endorsement - just an observation. And they do last for decades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1725238529041502415)  2023-11-16T19:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MRheumy @capt_murray @mikereadgsy As a shamefully frequent flyer I've never paid [---] on Aurigny. But of course if the Guernsey States wanted to subsidise Aurigny's landing fees in the same way Jersey does EasyJet's then I'm sure we could get far lower fares"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1725624868698255710)  2023-11-17T21:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Co-op and Aldi champagnes beat Veuve Clicquot in Which taste test I am not a champagne drinker honestly but Les Pioneers is incredible. Strongly recommend it for special celebrations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1725784962870198584)  2023-11-18T07:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@NigelStaples @guernseyliz14 @mikereadgsy That is a very fair point which I will pass on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1731034454167093365)  2023-12-02T19:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Minimum salary to qualify for the UK "skilled work" visa to rise to [-----]. I'm not yet clear what the implications for Guernsey are. Will we be allowed and deviation from this policy Will endeavour to find out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1731719590286135554)  2023-12-04T16:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@swchalkies50 For the sake of our economy. 4% unemployment in the UK and 1% in Guernsey requires very different policies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1731731697006223667)  2023-12-04T17:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@argyllscricket Not only racist but incidentally untrue. He is very much a Guernsey boy. I know his dad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1731758554799837650)  2023-12-04T19:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ViaerFou I am no expert but I think that is possible in the UK context within some very narrow defined areas with identified labour shortages. Still waiting to hear from Home Affairs how/if this all impacts on Guernsey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1732074951132209398)  2023-12-05T16:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SimonLeTocq Fair point but the body of evidence is growing that this experiment takes those countries which embrace it down an educational cul de sac"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1732529752152392146)  2023-12-06T22:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@guernseyliz14 I completely agree. Knowledge & skills should be opposite sides of the same educational coin. Sadly too many countries decided to skew things totally towards skills as if knowledge didn't matter & it's not going well. In reality the context of knowledge helps develop skills"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1732756316412637546)  2023-12-07T13:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Confused. Just back from STSB meeting considering savings proposed by the public. Looked at [--] ideas shortlisted as the best by the "savings committee" which includes Deputy Vermeulen. Of these [--] were basically "put up mooring charges". So does Simon want us to do this or not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1732798672545419372)  2023-12-07T16:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@guernseyliz14 @legrandcourtil @helenwalton_gg My first payment today comes at [--] and [--] months. bless those kind people at ESS. The age threshold is now rising an extra [--] months every [--] months. Supposed to stop when it reaches 70"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1733168195744264401)  2023-12-08T16:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@StoneDeCroze Ok Let's take a typical [--] foot boat and compare proposed [----] mooring fees in Guernsey's marinas v Jersey's. In Guernsey [----]. In Jersey 3617"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1734558348542968170)  2023-12-12T12:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pvbsc1 @LeonieLeTissier @louisemisselke @JeanetteHart42 @jeffstuart_JS @GsyInstitute @GuernseyCollege @Govgg I suspect that if ESC compromised and just went for the Guernsey Institute element of the LOC project at this stage they would easily get majority support to fund it. Question is do they believe half a loaf is better than none or are they going to die in the trenches"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1735725537119625364)  2023-12-15T18:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@gavinstpier @legrandcourtil We keep talking about the need to work with Jersey. In many contexts it would be impractical but this is a clear exception to that rule"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1737856889151803595)  2023-12-21T15:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @yvonnet172g @LeRoiHaptalon @RossLeBrun @three14159265 @richarddigard @GuernseyPress I could start a debate over how much that is really genetic. Nature v nurture and all that. But I certainly know many very bright kids who somehow "failed" the [--] 1+ and then gave up on achievement for a few years because "now I know I must be thick" . What was the point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1741548323134451868)  2023-12-31T19:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @yvonnet172g @LeRoiHaptalon @RossLeBrun @three14159265 @richarddigard @GuernseyPress I agree with all of that and it is happening in spades in all of the best comprehensive schools in England. We should be following suit. Sadly other parts of the UK (particularly Scotland) have lost their way with this bonkers ideologically driven knowledge light curriculum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1741555391631392957)  2023-12-31T20:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @LeRoiHaptalon @RossLeBrun @three14159265 @richarddigard @GuernseyPress What confused me about the process was that we were told it was not about passing or failing. Rather the 11+ determined "what school would most suit you" . But when it determined a kid from a rich family was most suited to a secondary modern they got sent to the colleges anyway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1741810431835214332)  2024-01-01T13:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard Millennium Bug After all most things come [--] odd years late to Guernsey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742167231214059830)  2024-01-02T12:53Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace That is a very compartmentalized way of looking at it. Tourism is crucial to connectivitywhich in turn is crucial to our broader economy. Without hospitality we'd be a less attractive place to live. That is before getting on to the care sector. By your yardstick it is a drag"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743207241669349432)  2024-01-05T09:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace Probably not but if they did Guernsey would be well placed to benefit from UK tourists wanting to stay closer to home. Can't see it happening though. And I confess that air travel is the weak point in my efforts to live more environmentally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1743443749118615954)  2024-01-06T01:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Hasbudral @pvbsc1 @richarddigard @LeRoiHaptalon @GuernseyPress @ValeParish [--]. What a weird way of looking at it. We are charged with securing the disposal of all waste streams arising from the douzaine funded collections. RDF plastics tins+ cans paper food waste etc. A division of responsibility fully supported by both parties. But we don't "  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1746128796615680419)  2024-01-13T11:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Hasbudral @pvbsc1 @richarddigard @LeRoiHaptalon @GuernseyPress @ValeParish [--]. Actually provide the disposal services ourselves. Rather we enter a series of contracts with specialist firms who do. These are subject to periodic review and open procurement exercises to ensure best value for the Guernsey taxpayer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1746129691982037163)  2024-01-13T11:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Hasbudral @jameswpen @pvbsc1 @richarddigard @LeRoiHaptalon @GuernseyPress @ValeParish [--]. I know nothing of this. When But I do know there was a formal complaint against [--] STSB officers alleging bias which led to a full scale external investigation. That investigation not only fully exonerated them but concluded that there had never been any case to answer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1746361299125374986)  2024-01-14T02:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Hasbudral @jameswpen @pvbsc1 @richarddigard @LeRoiHaptalon @GuernseyPress @ValeParish [--]. It really is high time that these baseless and public attacks on officers who can't answer back stopped. What conceivable motivation does anyone at STSB have to do anything other than secure the best outcome for the people of Guernsey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1746362268672225303)  2024-01-14T02:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Hasbudral @jameswpen @pvbsc1 @richarddigard @LeRoiHaptalon @GuernseyPress @ValeParish One of the grounds for your complaint that a disinterested independent investigator found to be completely baseless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1746487849900552238)  2024-01-14T11:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Have to say that I am not at all convinced at the fairness or democratic correctness of allowing British ex-pats to vote in UK elections & referendums no matter how many years they've lived abroad - and presumably had no UK tax liability. It feels all wrong. Is it just me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1747267366566990034)  2024-01-16T14:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Jonathanreeves Fair enough. But I can just imagine the reaction if the Guernsey diaspora was given similar rights and installed deputies who then voted for example for a set of deputies who then brought in a GST. Those living here would say "but its not them who have to pay it""  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1747348042670391455)  2024-01-16T20:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@grumpyjsymum Many thousands of people who worked in Guernsey for a few years get a States Pension. But personally I find that a tenuous reason for allowing them to vote for deputies decades after they last lived here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1747349329075933236)  2024-01-16T20:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@meloflo @pvbsc1 Yes but did you feel that was right in principle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1747621954100609171)  2024-01-17T14:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GuernseySpeaker @PeterGr89539754 @letocq @ShaneLanglois @HeidiSoulsby About being a saint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1747680948131430412)  2024-01-17T18:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"3. migration Including providing genuine refugees with a proper route to apply safely. That way the population decline of Europe could be moderated and the age profile change more slowly. Or are the references to "overwhelmed" more cultural than numerical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1747876523451744426)  2024-01-18T07:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Putin is starting to talk tough about the Baltics laying the groundwork for 'future escalations' with NATO: ISW via @Yahoo Worrying times for many Guernsey residents. Will the West pay the price for being too timid in its initial support for Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1747953803616297130)  2024-01-18T12:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Freedomisle11 Refugees are an important but minimal part of the controlled + legal migration to Western Europe which could be accommodated over the decades ahead while still seeing overall population declines. Guernsey is a complete outlier in that its population is already rising sharply"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1748223162716696892)  2024-01-19T05:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@markguernsey1 @DaveGoulson I am told that Neonictinoids are banned in Guernsey with the sole exception of Imidacloprid which can be used but only under license to control chaffer grubs and leatherjackets in amenity grassland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1748348903349449121)  2024-01-19T14:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Freedomisle11 @samitchell78 It simply is and always has been. Guernsey is not a nation state doesn't have its own immigration regime and is part of a common travel areas. As such when there is a big demand for labour our population tends to rise significantly no matter what States policy may be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1748374669437145395)  2024-01-19T15:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BrehautBarry @Nickleh @legrandcourtil But not very closely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1749129712327106746)  2024-01-21T17:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"So delighted the Guernsey Institute project is moving forward. Absolutely required & long overdue. But I'd feel much easier if the States had had the courage to put proper revenue raising measures in place first. Feels like the next States are being asked to fund our decisions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1750237281628176592)  2024-01-24T19:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Richard_D_E @Nickleh I think our ancient charters makes Guernsey folk immune from conscription"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1750434330113941789)  2024-01-25T08:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Scientists may have finally found a way to destroy the toxic forever chemicals found in our drinking water via @Yahoo interesting in the Guernsey context"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1751821581616091380)  2024-01-29T04:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Sunset time in Guernsey today is 5pm. Always one of those little watershed moments in the middle of winter. Tomorrow 5.02pm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1752082380754387240)  2024-01-29T21:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MarkGrimley4 @keenjersey @BenShenton3 Just join in your own right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1752087404079386795)  2024-01-29T21:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Latest figures show Guernsey's anual net migration running at more than [---]. I love seeing new people in the island but I am not sure this rate is sustainable in terms of infrastructural provision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1752816423154422071)  2024-01-31T22:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@camelclutchme There is much in what you say but I would double check the relative electricity and water costs if I were you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1753066569536811261)  2024-02-01T14:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"UN's median population prediction for Jersey in the year [----] is [------]. Whereas for Guernsey it is [-----]. Not sure they are right. If they are it will make the muratti a bit of an uneven contest but I still prefer our forecast to theirs. Not that I'll be here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1753920393109278855)  2024-02-03T23:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ViaerFou To be fair the UN gives just such a range for each territory - the figures I was quoting represented the median point of those ranges for both Jersey and Guernsey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1754165745531916728)  2024-02-04T15:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Watch Mystery on Bird Island on BFI Player OK. Very Enid Blyton but some great shots of Alderney + Guernsey. Including a 1950s States sitting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1754207688794202521)  2024-02-04T18:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I've received a letter in the post from a Mrs le Page. She tells me she's a supporter but please can I & other deputies stop referring to "Mrs Le Page from Torteval" when talking about ordinary Guernsey folk. Fair point. Next time it will be "Mr le Cheminant from the Vale""  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1754523404164624790)  2024-02-05T15:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I think they were allowed to film at the start of a genuine [----] States Meeting and if so the lady seen sitting near the top of the St. Peter Port bench must surely be Marie Randall towards the end of her long and pioneering stint in the States. See 45-50 minutes into the film"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1754527115423129649)  2024-02-05T15:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@womenpubliclife Yes but I think we're talking about the other side. On the left as you face the Bailiff. That was traditionally the St. P.P. bench with those who came highest in the poll closest to the Bailiff. I think I spotted a fairly mature woman in that position in another shot. Marie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1754536588606935079)  2024-02-05T16:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Almost reluctant to post this for fear of putting the juju on her but . excellent straight sets win by Guernsey's Heather Watson over the world number [--] in Abu Dhabi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1754881858372858201)  2024-02-06T14:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@cdproussel Well we were all runners at the time but this event was actually a traditional long distance walking race in Guernsey. It went around the island linking all of the parish churches"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1754971205331730440)  2024-02-06T20:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@StevenMtennis @ChrisBrownSport Yes. Keep it up. Many of us in Guernsey are following with interest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1755225782832484604)  2024-02-07T13:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Duo euthanasia: former Dutch prime minister dies hand in hand with his wife via @Yahoo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1756430279994937630)  2024-02-10T21:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @HeidiSoulsby @richarddigard @ElevenGg @YvonneBurford Yes that would indeed be the ideal. Trouble is unless and until we can significantly increase the amount of social housing in Guernsey the entry criteria will deny access to some who are local key workers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1757343060210422266)  2024-02-13T09:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@YvonneBurford @richarddigard But the rate in Jersey probably the more important comparator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1760032433737760818)  2024-02-20T20:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Tuesday 27th sees a crucial meeting of Gsy co-op members at 6pm registration from [----] at St. P Park Hotel. Board proposing far reaching rule changes. I strongly oppose but whatever members' views I hope there's a big turn out. Jsy members meeting following day. Please retweet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1761376845721674026)  2024-02-24T13:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace Just milk or by-products too - on YouTube A more modern dairy would need far fewer workers. One reason for rebuilding. About 1m a year in revenue savings. Plus I imagine on bigger farms elsewhere robotic milking units are more common - just starting to be introduced here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1761468573799563603)  2024-02-24T19:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace Which is an option co-op that the states would never have resisted here. But I think comparisons between farming in Guernsey and the IoM are problematic. Their population density is considerably lower than the UK's. So large blocks of land available at affordable prices"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1761509882732142750)  2024-02-24T21:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace [--]. + of course farming is inherently more expensive with our field pattern & high cost base. Then the Gsy cow may produce much better milk than Holstein Friesian but less of it at more expensive input cost per litre. So better comparison is farmgate price for CI herds in UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1761701892906754496)  2024-02-25T10:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace OK. I bow to your knowledge. But please don't blame me for the Guernsey's breeding programme over the last [--] decades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1761705533969445160)  2024-02-25T10:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ElevenGg @guernseyliz14 I very much doubt they're close to the brink of collapse having seen their balance sheet over recent years. Certainly I don't feel any need to withdraw my share capital. Taxpayers money That isn't remotely on the cards. They wouldn't ask and if they did they wouldn't get"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1761746890691867029)  2024-02-25T13:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Showed my confidence in the Channel Islands Co-op today by putting more cash in my share account"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1765789820431880363)  2024-03-07T17:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@HenryHulme3 Fair enough but I wasn't talking about shopping preferences - although I am a co-op man. Rather about the fact that I am confident enough in its balance sheet to invest withdrawable share capital in this local mutual society despite the over reaction in some quarters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1765799271658381391)  2024-03-07T17:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace Certainly. Nothing worse than politicians who regard all those in other parties as "enemies". Not that I have had much experience of party politics - although at times over recent years it has felt like I was in a quasi party atmosphere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1766835751461830785)  2024-03-10T14:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jk_rowling Sark is a truly special place. Hope you enjoyed your stay and maybe also saw something of Guernsey on your way through"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1768676150077804886)  2024-03-15T16:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"2. . Israel unequivocally "against these acts of terrorism". No mention of or comment on the correct response to those events . Rightly so as the States has zero role in international affairs. Some have asked me to engender a Jersey style debate on the tragedy "  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1769634788778909868)  2024-03-18T07:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"3 . unfolding in Gaza. That would not be appropriate simply because of the States lack of mandate for international affairs. As an individual I have huge concerns over the IDF's tactics and Netanyahu's policies. Just as I do over the Russian invasion of Ukraine and many "  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1769635503509233868)  2024-03-18T08:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"4. .other international issues. But those concerns are as Peter Roffey - an individual. The States passing resolutions on such matters would be like the Guernsey Badminton Association condemning the situation in Haiti"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1769635931227672716)  2024-03-18T08:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BrehautBarry Have to disagree on this. As an individual I am happy to opine on the situation in Gaza but to do so "as a States Member" would be to display a delusion of status. Deputy Blin is in the same position"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1770019492640239675)  2024-03-19T09:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BrehautBarry I think both the UK and the US retain their stance that Israel has the right to defend itself from Hamas terrorism but have become increasing alarmed at some of the tactics deployed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1770042069580423385)  2024-03-19T10:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This has not come out of the blue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1770719575044137400)  2024-03-21T07:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SeanF68 @Lindsay_Gsy @richarddigard @legrandcourtil @gsyblue @gavinstpier @dep_parkinson @nickmoakes At the moment Guernsey only has the cable to Jersey. One of the attractions of a 2nd direct cable would be the greater resilience it provided allowing a reduction of on-island generation capacity from N-2 to N. That would certainly represent a significant saving"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1771582803034927223)  2024-03-23T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Some colleagues obsession with "the doctrine of the separation of powers" is odd. It has [--] functions. Stopping "governments" controlling parliaments - the two are the same in Guernsey. And stopping governments controlling courts but here the concern appears to be the opposite"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1772535454664904920)  2024-03-26T08:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @undergroundfox @GuernseyPress "If you don't like it there's a boat in the morning" is the phrase I remember. I very much agree with the sentiment of welcoming newcomers but confess to sometimes being irritated by those moving here only to immediately declare that everything about Guernsey is wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1772895618622537750)  2024-03-27T07:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@iomeasterrun @AthleticsWeekly @ManxHarriers @IOMAthletics Meanwhile further South at the Guernsey Easter Running Festival Steph Twell won the 5k road race by three seconds in a time of [-----] dead. Men's went to Callum Tharme in 14.27"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1773787725318980000)  2024-03-29T19:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@lmsjersey Depends if you count if you count those reefs with holiday homes on them off Jersey. I have done the rest of them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1775229962565358033)  2024-04-02T18:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@guernseyliz14 As sins go it is not a major one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1776286777885512002)  2024-04-05T16:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @legrandcourtil [--]. Well of course it does include that aim but I am simply commenting that I think we are going to struggle to achieve that over the next few years. Thus sadly I think home ownership will remain unaffordable for many. But "housing" is not the same as "home ownership" "  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1776591773462143239)  2024-04-06T12:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @legrandcourtil [--]. . So to provide affordable housing for those unable to buy we'll need a lot more social rental & partial ownership. Ideally I'd like Guernsey's tradition of high home ownership to continue but we'd be doing nobody any favours if we planned on the basis of false optimism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1776592572493762773)  2024-04-06T12:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Slightly puzzled by Deputy Trott's statement that only the idea of becoming "Speaker" would persuade him to stand for re-election. What happens if he's elected to the new states & then not chosen as Speaker Does he step down again or serve for [--] years in a role he didn't want"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1777258162946457669)  2024-04-08T08:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@guernseygirl6 [--]. We don't use that name but our presiding officer Bailiff is what would be called a speaker in the UK - and quite a few other countries. A bit like Ireland doesn't have anybody called a "Prime Minister" but British media often refer to the post that way. Interestingly "  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1777434992571723919)  2024-04-08T20:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @angebg @richarddigard @RossLeBrun @StoneDeCroze @GuernseyPress @matt_fallaize @letocq @Digbylj @GPEGLBG Yes - Well remembered Iris the hat Grandmother of the current News Editor of the Guernsey Press. Also Ron Guy + Helier Le Cheminant. Almost there now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1777672942270189750)  2024-04-09T12:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @letocq I think if I said we should go out and lynch every "insert religion" in Guernsey that would be hate speech. But if I simply offended all "insert religion" by saying I think their faith is utter moonshine that wouldn't be. But I am definately NOT defending the new Scottish Law"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1777675468046512310)  2024-04-09T12:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@mannoguernsey @HeidiSoulsby @Simon_Sebire If duty free is a concern then surely the better approach is to restrict duty free per se rather than just shifting purchases from Aurigny and presumably Guernsey ports to Gatwick and other UK ports instead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1778308903161270314)  2024-04-11T06:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MJGold Probably because some of us "super fans" were a bit late coming to social media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1779405387306778955)  2024-04-14T07:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @RossLeBrun If GP11 renders a development unprofitable it is either scaled down or disapplied. Thing is that most of the many planning permissions developers have failed to progress don't even engage GP11 in the first place"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1781243997853204826)  2024-04-19T08:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AlexSnowdon5 @captainpipkin I understand the frustration but the process must be confidential to get best outcome. Status is :- preferred contractor selected + value engineering going on to produce the best possible final figure. And no - I am not going to speculate on that figure before it is arrived at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1781262854047379496)  2024-04-19T10:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @ChasMcHugh @RossLeBrun Not true. Both social rental and partial ownership are aimed at locals. Also private housing help SHOULD be a relocation package aimed at anybody with a home/job outside Guernsey responding to a recruitment advert. This should include locals but that doesn't seems to happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1781308201427767465)  2024-04-19T13:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @ChasMcHugh @RossLeBrun Nor is key worker housing. I was splitting your post into its two parts. I share your concerns over the fairness of the relocation package - particularly as it seems to be being denied to locals genuinely re-locating back to Guernsey - which it shouldn't be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1781309932467331217)  2024-04-19T13:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@DavidPiesing63 @matt_fallaize @ChasMcHugh @HeidiSoulsby @GsySal @spice62005527 @BBCGuernsey @JohnFernandez1 @Lindsay_Gsy Maybe they were asking the wrong question. "Can GP11 be revoked without due process" Answer "No". "Can GP11 be retained but the tariff be changed - including being zero rated" Answer yes. As Matt says they didn't show much imagination in tackling what they saw as a problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1781694936858886622)  2024-04-20T14:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChasMcHugh @pvbsc1 @jameswpen @DavidPiesing63 @HeidiSoulsby @matt_fallaize @GsySal @BBCGuernsey @JohnFernandez1 @Lindsay_Gsy @GsyHousingAssoc As I said earlier. States stupidly missed out on a bargain when not buying it as part of the fire sale"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1782007366004679094)  2024-04-21T11:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@DavidPiesing63 @ChasMcHugh @pvbsc1 @jameswpen @HeidiSoulsby @matt_fallaize @GsySal @BBCGuernsey @JohnFernandez1 @Lindsay_Gsy @GsyHousingAssoc Firstly it's far from clear this has been the case. The vast majority of planning permissions which haven't been taken forward don't engage GP11. Secondly I think every deputy wants to change GP11 as part of the IDP review. Introduce cash alternatives and adjust the tariffs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1782019921372696641)  2024-04-21T12:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@HeidiSoulsby @gavinstpier Try [--] years - including [--] at the helm. I do worry we are heading for a totally unsustainable position"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1784537697459024076)  2024-04-28T10:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@GsyBlueDonkey @sog [--]. I definately don't want to destroy any green fields. Latest scheme "Oberlands" is on land which sadly already had residential planning permission so just using it in the optimum way. Any local with an established home outside Guernsey responding to a job advert should "  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1785709843807920228)  2024-05-01T16:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GsyBlueDonkey @sog [--] . qualify for the relocation package in exactly the same way as anybody else moving to Guernsey to work for the States. But I have a strong suspicion that isn't happening - not involved in this area of policy myself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1785710232645009714)  2024-05-01T16:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@StoneDeCroze @GsyBlueDonkey @sog To be fair to HSC they have no role in deciding what to pay their staff & never have had. But the hard reality is that even if pay was say 20% higher it's unlikely to have a big impact on the need to recruit outside of the island. We have a big labour/skills shortage here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1786088088055247196)  2024-05-02T17:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@guernseyliz14 @coughlin66 @SeigneurOfSark I don't think anybody or anybody reasonable is "blaming" the burgeoning older section of our population. But to plan properly we do need to honestly accept that the changing demographic does drive changes in demand for services and impacts on the size of the workforce"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1786141097388888556)  2024-05-02T21:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @JEPnews 20% increase in public service employees over the last five years - how does Guernsey compare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1786158945666580844)  2024-05-02T22:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"One minor correction to a "fact" being widely quoted at the moment. Those over [--] don't get free prescriptions. Only those over state pension age. So currently its [--] years and [--] months but slowly rising to [--] over the years ahead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1786324060651008512)  2024-05-03T09:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"One thing I find a bit odd. Deputies who make the effort to engage on social media - even on sunny bank holiday weekends - with gardens demanding attention - get lots of grief. While those who choose not to bother are largely spared. Just the nature of things - but a bit rum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1786679829619790206)  2024-05-04T08:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@three14159265 Just musing. I've no intention of withdrawing from social media- although I may be missing in action at times over the long weekend. Don't mind challenge on-line or in the supermarket. I confess I do find people quizzing me when I am eating out with friends a bit much though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1786698861261594672)  2024-05-04T10:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@three14159265 Or just pick up the phone [------] and if need be we can always arrange to meet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1786713280913825970)  2024-05-04T11:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"COVID Vaccine Side Effects: [--] Takeaways From Our Investigation via @Yahoo At the risk of passionate/angry "incoming" I found this to be a good well balanced article. https://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-vaccine-side-effects-4-175334524.htmlsoc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr https://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-vaccine-side-effects-4-175334524.htmlsoc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1786736100519641464)  2024-05-04T12:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Number of people in Guernsey aged 85+ has gone up by [---] or 11.7% in the last three years. I'm not "blaming" anything on anybody just noting facts. This trend is set to continue. Idea that we should put off planning to deal with the resultant need for social care is risible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1787077824605495712)  2024-05-05T11:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Freedomisle11 @Yahoo Happy to. Just as I have had every one offered so far. Not sure I am pushing anything though. It is an individual decision and always must be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1787078433102827722)  2024-05-05T11:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@privatejersey @Freedomisle11 @Yahoo I really can't speak for Jersey but personally I am opposed to compulsory medication"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1787107932309492009)  2024-05-05T13:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace True but we have to plan on best actuarial assumptions. What next Should we all stop paying pension contributions because - who knows - we might all die from a meteorite strike before we reach pensionable age"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1788248693721739450)  2024-05-08T16:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@HeidiSoulsby @mkleclerc Deeply worrying. If down to staff shortages in the care sector I could understand but I read the story as beds being available but waiting for potential residents to get assessment for eligibility. If true I reserve judgement this is a big own goal by HSC with pressure on PEH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1788816967710781946)  2024-05-10T06:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Nickleh @LeRoiHaptalon @Boffology @guernseyliz14 @guernseygirl6 But that was in Guernsey - not Jersey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1788832999947055243)  2024-05-10T07:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace Glad to see his call for some action. It is precisely because I have such respect for the generation which made Guernsey what it is today that I want to ensure we are in a position to cater for their needs in the future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1789221885525250516)  2024-05-11T09:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Great news. The Guernsey boy did good. Hooray @GsyAla wins the 400H in Savona with a [-----] SB which gives him a Q for Rome. Happy Ian Hooray @GsyAla wins the 400H in Savona with a [-----] SB which gives him a Q for Rome. Happy Ian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1790817491758768418)  2024-05-15T18:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@matt_fallaize @advocategreen1 @BailiwickGsy So maybe the Guernsey Party actually said they "did" support tax rises. But the editor thought it must be a typo and changed it to "didn't" instead . That would certainly explain the later U-turn by some. Not sure I would have wanted Deputy Inder editing my offering though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1791575251681235050)  2024-05-17T21:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Blast I have COVID-19 for the first time. It's not nice is it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1792286046136218010)  2024-05-19T20:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ValeBeryl @ShaneLanglois @gavinstpier Still feeling very bad but a bit less so and still testing positive. As for being there Well I certainly missed it but it seems my amendments do better when I am not there to present them. I get the message"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1793345719639687230)  2024-05-22T18:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @argyllscricket I know what you mean. I feel no guilt over the burning of "heretics" in Guernsey But I can fully understand why Alderney wanted balance against the conspiracy theorists equating Alderney with the worst death camps of the holocaust. Wouldn't have been their fault but still"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1793586228295827774)  2024-05-23T10:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@guernseyliz14 @oldfarmhorace @argyllscricket My Dad obviously had a thing about anti-tank walls because he hated the one the Germans had erected on his favourite Guernsey beach. I think most of his generation just wanted all of the signs of the occupation gone so Guernsey could go back to what they had known before"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1793632011594149895)  2024-05-23T13:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@richarddigard @matt_fallaize [--]. .that doesn't mean every deputy has to forgo every other interest. That would shrink the talent pool available considerably. In a small community we are daft not to tap into every talent - even if only offered part time. Remember when the A+F president would fill your tank"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1793668699834257633)  2024-05-23T15:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"1. I am not a member of the "Guernsey People Have Your Say" group but someone has sent me a screen shot of a posting there under the name of Andrew Tostevin. It is pure defamation accusing me of accepting backhanders and being corrupt. I hate even considering going to law "  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1795477023181131956)  2024-05-28T15:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"2 . but this is completely unacceptable. To the extent that I might have to consider taking advice if the individual and/or the site don't delete this and apologise. Or else produce evidence - and good luck with that as nothing remotely like this ever happened"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1795477896141644068)  2024-05-28T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace Peaked me into applying to join the group. Not sure that was wise but I was proper vexed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1795482209782210626)  2024-05-28T15:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@richarddigard @drandy_sloan Because it should go without saying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1796825833773875270)  2024-06-01T08:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @NoHolyScripture If he wins in November - a real possibility unless Biden steps aside - then I think in terms of "new mad world orders" we ain't seen nothing yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1796872360181522867)  2024-06-01T11:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace @NoHolyScripture We will have to agree to differ on that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1796878254378283450)  2024-06-01T12:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@monty_mc @LostinGuernsey @gavinstpier @lewis_goodall If a fully fledged party system is required to make IWV work well then wasn't it rather foolish to adopt IWV at a time when Guernsey politics was wholly rooted in a system of independents Cart before horse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1797727195558977987)  2024-06-03T20:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In leads: BJP short of [---] Congress close to [---] in remarkable turnaround https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/in-leads-bjp-short-of-240-congress-close-to-100-in-remarkable-turnaround/ar-BB1nASZoocid=socialshare&pc=DCTS&cvid=ea2b9039d8a147ee87c7acaa52d7c8ce&ei=20 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/in-leads-bjp-short-of-240-congress-close-to-100-in-remarkable-turnaround/ar-BB1nASZoocid=socialshare&pc=DCTS&cvid=ea2b9039d8a147ee87c7acaa52d7c8ce&ei=20"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1798083140415815982)  2024-06-04T20:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GY1Matt @DavidPiesing63 @matt_fallaize @MaryLowe501 @richarddigard Sadly the serious problem with supply chains for aircraft parts goes way beyond ATRs and is causing widespread havoc. Too much closing down of production during the pandemic and then struggling to get it going again when demand returns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1798770073009836225)  2024-06-06T17:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GY1Matt @DavidPiesing63 @matt_fallaize @MaryLowe501 @richarddigard All of its eggs in one basket A bit like EasyJet or Ryanair then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1798791771557859783)  2024-06-06T18:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@danpeachey @BritAthletics I would have loved to be there but coming from an island like Guernsey travel is expensive and on top of the mortgage inducing Olympic tickets not to mention going to Glasgow back in March it was just a stretch too far"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1799774529507778631)  2024-06-09T12:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace As it would be in Jersey Isle of Man UK + Europe. All of which provide massively greater support than we now see in Guernsey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1803325485130100914)  2024-06-19T07:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MortMirghs @guernseyanne @YvonneBurford @gavinstpier @steve_falla @Lindsay_Gsy @Govgg @sashakmiller @dep_parkinson @JayneOzanne Yes that is the average price and I have very rarely paid more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1803519872699146526)  2024-06-19T20:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@advocategreen1 There are many careers where that would not be possible. Others where it might be but the best result would be working initially in large structured departments to gain experience before working with less support in the Guernsey context"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1804106794060456177)  2024-06-21T10:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A lot of talk in the UK about the morality of the "2 child benefit cap". So pleased that Guernsey has already removed its equivalent provision. It cost very little but is making a huge difference to those families impacted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1804110879497077177)  2024-06-21T11:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Torode family circa [----]. My gran Ida Torode is front left. Later to become Ida Roffey. Most of the family went to the antipodes but a few stayed in Guernsey/Alderney and never saw their parents or siblings again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1804152990627959044)  2024-06-21T14:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MasurierPeter Most went there. One to New Zealand. I have never been to either so that is an idea. But to be honest I would have preferred the search for long lost relatives had they emigrated to Fiji Cook Islands and Sri Lanka"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1804157371813429297)  2024-06-21T14:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MasurierPeter Still got over a year just to go so I am trying to focus on the next [--] months work but at some stage I suppose I will need to ponder the rest of my life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1804164439689560126)  2024-06-21T14:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Beezum There's no Elise in that picture but I read that all of the Guernsey Torode's are related somehow. One of my Gran's sisters married a Pierre Pellan and they lived in Alderney. Maybe I should go up there and do some family history once retired. A bit closer than Australia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1804200149981499843)  2024-06-21T17:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@alasdair_milroy @pvbsc1 @advocategreen1 @thegirlozanne Understood. I am a bit nave on the whole area of social media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1804525900521726243)  2024-06-22T14:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@oldfarmhorace I know. I was responding to the original comments rather than your question and suggesting that they were way wide of the mark. As to your question the problem is that it wouldn't be an even decline across the age range but rather would exacerbate our demographic challenges"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1806296149680156874)  2024-06-27T11:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@PassportAndPix @emmgibbs But this is not run by a private company. A+E in Guernsey is a government run facility. So no shareholders to pay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1806345389009752487)  2024-06-27T15:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@GsyBlueDonkey @oldfarmhorace I agree. Or only sustainable through massive and very expensive investment in Guernsey's infrastructure leading to an even more overdeveloped island. But decline it ain't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/PeterRoffey5/status/1806954839752012122)  2024-06-29T07:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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