While the President of Education, Sport and Culture tried to convince the Assembly that it wouldn’t be appropriate to continue education on the island as it is from a safeguarding point of view, the approach of ESC was roundly criticised for being out of touch with the will of the community. 

Meanwhile, the States decided future electricity supply should be bolstered through a new undersea cable direct to France, an offshore wind farm, and through more local solar panels, after a strategy received near unanimous support from deputies following a long and detailed debate. 

Only Deputy David De Lisle voted against Environment & Infrastructures’ package, while Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq and Alderney Representative Alex Snowdon did not vote. 

It was during this debate that politicians chose to air ‘dirty laundry’, highlighting acrimonious issues between Guernsey and Jersey. 

One Guernsey representative going as far to say that given half a chance, Jersey will eat your "breakfast and your lunch". You can read more about that HERE.

Lizard Larry made the headlines after the lizard from Madeira jumped in a suitcase to visit, much to the surprise of those who discovered it. 

GSPCA Manager Steve Byrne said: “Every day is different at the GSPCA and this week we were asked to help a lizard that stowed away in a bag from Madeira. 

“The finders had been on holiday and when they were unpacking had quite a fright when a common gecko shot out of their suitcase.” 

Returning to the States, September was a high pressure month for Deputy Gavin St Pier who faced a debate on an abuse of privileges panel report. 

The backlash against Deputy St Pier naming a doctor during a States debate led to some of his colleagues calling for curbs to their own parliamentary privilege. 

Deputy St Pier had been trying to convince States members to debate an annual report on the regulation and revalidation of doctors. He used a personal experience of failed care, for which his family lodged a complaint against the MSG, to make his case. 

By using his platform as a politician to make this speech he was protected by Parliamentary Privilege. The report was noted by a vote. 

Tesco admitted that it had been using a picture of a Guernsey cow on cartons of Jersey milk, after the moo-stake was noticed by a Facebook group. 

The supermarket giant has now said the correct picture will be added to the bottles in future. 

Elsewhere, a well-known Channel Islands Occupation historian was dropped by Alderney as their representative on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance after describing the island's people as "hostile". 

Dr Gilly Carr was appointed to represent Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney – the latter island being the subject of a newly-opened major inquiry into atrocities there during WWII – on the IHRA back in 2019. 

She later apologised for a “poor” choice of words. 

Finally, October saw one of the biggest political moments of the year. The-then P&R failed to get its GST/tax plan through the states again, leaving most major projects on ice and no fundamental changes to the island’s tax or social security system. 

It led to a motion of no confidence being laid by Deputy Charles Parkinson and knee-jerk calls for a general election.  

And while this political storm had only just started brewing, another storm was just round the corner...