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Guernsey Press Politics Podcast
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A regular show bringing together sitting deputies and interested observers to explore the political issues shaping island life.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tony Curr is joined by Matt Fallaize and Tom Porter to round up a short and sweet States meeting and talk by-elections, P&R’s five new ‘super priorities’, and the big issues on the horizon for 2026. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Health & Social Care president Deputy George Oswald joins Matt Fallaize to talk about the challenges facing his committee, including care funding, cannabis misuse, and the island’s soaring healthcare costs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Having taken on a new role as IT adviser to the Policy & Resources Committee, Deputy Marc Laine joins Matt Fallaize to discuss P&R’s recent revelation that £42m. had been wasted on two IT schemes, with the potential of more project failure to come. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The new president of the Development & Planning Authority, Deputy Neil Inder, joins Matt Fallaize to talk about taking on the role, solving the island’s housing woes, guarding against urban creep, and how he wants to make planning popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc are back with another edition of The Long and the Short of it, talking IT failures after this week’s ‘revelations’ in the States, P&R’s scrutiny hearing, and the Budget. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Fallaize and James Falla join Tony Curr to reflect on this week’s States meeting, which saw members reject a code of conduct recommendation to suspend Deputy Gavin St Pier - after the P&R vice-president had revealed that tens of millions of pounds of public money appears to have been ‘wasted’ on two failed IT projects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the second of a two-part interview, Gavin St Pier joins Matt Fallaize to talk about the code of conduct recommendation to suspend him from the States, which will go before members next week.Read more on the background to the story here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the first of a two-part podcast, P&R treasury lead Gavin St Pier joins Matt Fallaize to talk about the 2026 Budget and what comes next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Fallaize and James Falla join Tony Curr to reflect on a turbulent week for the island’s air links, with British Airways landing in Guernsey as Blue Islands bows out.Plus there’s a look ahead to next week’s States meeting as Deputy Gavin St Pier faces a vote on whether he should be suspended from the Assembly over a code of conduct breach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Fallaize and James Falla join Tony Curr to review this week’s Budget debate, which saw P&R’s proposals approved - but not without a few dissenting voices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
St Martin’s senior constable Dave Beausire joins Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize to preview next week’s Budget debate and talk parish politics ahead of the upcoming parish elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ahead of States members debating it early next month, former deputies Michelle Le Clerc and Heidi Soulsby dig in to the detail of the 2026 Budget and what it means for the island’s finances.If you’ve got a question for a future episode, get in touch at longshortgsy@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Fallaize joins Tony Curr to discuss the big talking points from this week’s meeting, including the election of a new DPA president, updates from E&I, and the latest on the code of conduct recommendation to suspend Deputy St Pier from the States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scrutiny president Deputy Andy Sloan joins Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize to look ahead to this week’s States agenda and talk about why he plans to vote against P&R’s 2026 Budget. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After nine months in the job, States chief executive Boley Smillie joins Matt Fallaize to talk about what he’s learnt, what he wants to change, and why the island simply can’t continue on the path of public sector pay growth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the second part of our interview with Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez, Matt Fallaize speaks to the Policy & Resources president about the pressing issues facing her committee and the community, including housing, education, air links, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the first of a two-part interview, Matt Fallaize sits down with the president of the Policy & Resources Committee, Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez, to talk about its 2026 Budget, which was published earlier this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After her first three months as a States member, Deputy Haley Camp - who sits on Economic Development and Scrutiny - joins Matt Fallaize to talk about economic priorities, the opportunities around digital assets, and why she thinks challenge is key to our consensus government.Matt hasn’t been replaced by AI (just yet). There was a technical issue with his mic, so apologies for the audio quality on his end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc are bringing back their podcast this political term - and bringing it to the Guernsey Press Politics Podcast feed!On the first of a new monthly ‘The Long and the Short of it’, they discuss the code of conduct case against Deputy Gavin St Pier, the role of States property services in light of the Fermain cafe saga, and where we are with scrutiny of the island’s finances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Fallaize joins Tony Curr to round up the big talking points from this week’s one-day meeting, as P&R treasury lead Deputy Gavin St Pier updated members on public finances - against the backdrop of a code of conduct recommendation to suspend him from the States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.






