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Politics: Reforms start to streamline islands’ political system

By Christopher Swann

Published: November 8 2005 16:00 | Last updated: November 8 2005 16:00

For almost five years Jersey and Guernsey’s electors have been agonising over the reform of their Byzantine political systems.

Not only are the islanders among the most over-represented people in the world – with one politician for every 1,600 people – their systems of government were of almost unparalleled complexity.

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