Challenging Power. Championing People.
The Jersey Chronicle is an independent website offering news, political commentary and perspectives on the issues facing Jersey.
We make no apologies for wearing our heart on our sleeves. We are a progressive outlet, with a staunch social democratic philosophy. Where others conceal their motivations and agendas, we are transparent about ours.
For generations, successive conservative governments have presided over Jersey’s managed decline. Lacking imagination and clinging to outdated orthodoxies, they have allowed our Island to become a place where ordinary people are increasingly worse off, opportunities are shrinking, and the prospect of a better future feels ever more distant.
More worryingly, in recent years, vested interests have sought to exercise greater influence on our politics. First by intense lobbying. But more lately through funding campaigns, using off-Island consultancies and company structures to bypass our local legislation on election funding transparency. The Jersey Chronicle stands wholesale against this creeping corruption, and will call it out at every opportunity.
A better Jersey is possible. We want to arm members of our community with the knowledge, facts and arguments they need to challenge the status quo, hold power to account and play their part in turning our Island around.
A Name From Jersey’s Past
The name is inspired by La Chronique de Jersey, a historic newspaper associated with the reformist movement in nineteenth-century Jersey politics. The newspaper championed democratic reform, challenged conservative entrenched interests and advocated for the development of infrastructure and public services.
The original Chronique belonged to a different age, but the struggles between reform and conservatism, and between the interests of the powerful and those of ordinary Islanders, remain remarkably familiar.
This modern Chronicle is not a continuation of that newspaper, but takes inspiration from its place in Jersey’s political history and the tradition of debate, satire and fierce campaigning that ought to be rekindled in our politics today.