cibwr
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Post by cibwr on Aug 29, 2023 12:00:59 GMT
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Post by swanarcadian on Aug 29, 2023 12:07:51 GMT
“A General Election was called off in 2022 because of a lack of candidates”
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Post by markfoster on Aug 29, 2023 12:20:52 GMT
Have they considered a game of musical chairs?
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Aug 29, 2023 12:39:12 GMT
Who are the Barclay brothers supporting? I'm backing whoever else is standing  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 29, 2023 12:40:12 GMT
Who are the Barclay brothers supporting? I'm backing whoever else is standing One of them's supporting 6 ft of earth, the other is doing his best to avoid paying £100m to his ex-wife. |
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nodealbrexiteer
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Post by nodealbrexiteer on Aug 29, 2023 12:41:02 GMT
“A General Election was called off in 2022 because of a lack of candidates”  |
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Sark
Aug 29, 2023 13:14:03 GMT
Post by greatkingrat on Aug 29, 2023 13:14:03 GMT
In the first Sark election there were 57 candidates for 28 seats. Clearly the initial excitement of democracy has worn off!
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carlton43
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Post by carlton43 on Aug 29, 2023 14:42:06 GMT
In the first Sark election there were 57 candidates for 28 seats. Clearly the initial excitement of democracy has worn off! Hasn't it just : For us all? |
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Post by swanarcadian on Aug 29, 2023 15:11:00 GMT
We need a party to pledge to abolish the parliament and merge it with those of Jersey and Guernsey; that might get people get out and vote. Or would it?
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Sark
Aug 29, 2023 15:57:18 GMT
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Post by John Chanin on Aug 29, 2023 15:57:18 GMT
In the first Sark election there were 57 candidates for 28 seats. Clearly the initial excitement of democracy has worn off! My memory is that this was the result of a stand off between the Barclays and the rest of the population. So the Barclays put up 28 of their retainers and employees, with the idea effectively of creating an independent state run by them. And those independent of the Barclays put up 28 residents to oppose them. When the Barclays lost, they closed down their local businesses in a huff, and there was quite a fuss about it |
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john07
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Sark
Aug 29, 2023 15:57:38 GMT
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Post by john07 on Aug 29, 2023 15:57:38 GMT
We need a party to pledge to abolish the parliament and merge it with those of Jersey and Guernsey; that might get people get out and vote. Or would it? Sark is technically part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey but, along with Alderney, was given a devolution deal by the States of Guernsey to be self-governed. |
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Post by yellowperil on Aug 29, 2023 16:33:36 GMT
In the first Sark election there were 57 candidates for 28 seats. Clearly the initial excitement of democracy has worn off! We don't have to be Sarky about it. |
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Sark
Aug 29, 2023 16:39:25 GMT
Post by johnloony on Aug 29, 2023 16:39:25 GMT
In the first Sark election there were 57 candidates for 28 seats. Clearly the initial excitement of democracy has worn off! My memory is that this was the result of a stand off between the Barclays and the rest of the population. So the Barclays put up 28 of their retainers and employees, with the idea effectively of creating an independent state run by them. And those independent of the Barclays put up 28 residents to oppose them. When the Barclays lost, they closed down their local businesses in a huff, and there was quite a fuss about it Imagine Sark as an independent state, properly and fully, not just in the sense described. Would it be a sort-of feudal Empire, with Barclay as the supreme Dictator-in-Perpetuity (like Kim il-Sung)? Or it could pretend to be a pretend micronation, with coups and revolutions (like Austenasia) just for fun. |
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Sark
Aug 29, 2023 16:42:13 GMT
Post by johnloony on Aug 29, 2023 16:42:13 GMT
We need a party to pledge to abolish the parliament and merge it with those of Jersey and Guernsey; that might get people get out and vote. Or would it? A country voting overwhelmingly to abolish its own polity, like Sikkim |
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Post by johnloony on Aug 29, 2023 17:02:09 GMT
“A General Election was called off in 2022 because of a lack of candidates” Presumably it wasn’t technically “called off”; merely that it resulted in an unopposed return and therefore no need for a poll. Unless election law in Sark is much more weird than election law in the UK. |
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Sark
Aug 29, 2023 17:38:48 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Aug 29, 2023 17:38:48 GMT
In the first Sark election there were 57 candidates for 28 seats. Clearly the initial excitement of democracy has worn off! My memory is that this was the result of a stand off between the Barclays and the rest of the population. So the Barclays put up 28 of their retainers and employees, with the idea effectively of creating an independent state run by them. And those independent of the Barclays put up 28 residents to oppose them. When the Barclays lost, they closed down their local businesses in a huff, and there was quite a fuss about it I was on Sark in May. Lots of places are still closed. |
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Sark
Aug 29, 2023 17:44:13 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Aug 29, 2023 17:44:13 GMT
We need a party to pledge to abolish the parliament and merge it with those of Jersey and Guernsey; that might get people get out and vote. Or would it? A country voting overwhelmingly to abolish its own polity, like Sikkim Isn't it the only jurisdiction to vote itself out of feudal rule? |
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cibwr
Plaid Cymru
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Sark
Sept 8, 2023 10:22:50 GMT
Post by cibwr on Sept 8, 2023 10:22:50 GMT
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polupolu
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Sark
Sept 8, 2023 11:58:08 GMT
Post by polupolu on Sept 8, 2023 11:58:08 GMT
My memory is that this was the result of a stand off between the Barclays and the rest of the population. So the Barclays put up 28 of their retainers and employees, with the idea effectively of creating an independent state run by them. And those independent of the Barclays put up 28 residents to oppose them. When the Barclays lost, they closed down their local businesses in a huff, and there was quite a fuss about it Imagine Sark as an independent state, properly and fully, not just in the sense described. Would it be a sort-of feudal Empire, with Barclay as the supreme Dictator-in-Perpetuity (like Kim il-Sung)? Or it could pretend to be a pretend micronation, with coups and revolutions (like Austenasia) just for fun. Not Barclay. It has been the Seigneur of Sark (currently Christopher Beaumont). His most famous predecessor was Dame Sibyl Hathaway.
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Sark
Sept 8, 2023 14:03:35 GMT
Post by johnloony on Sept 8, 2023 14:03:35 GMT
That link stupidly doesn't tell us the result, but anyway it's: Rosemary Couldridge 143 Benjamin Harris 140 Christopher Bateson 138 James Martin 126 |
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