Jersey bet its future on finance but since 2007 it has fallen on tough times and is heading for bankruptcy. Is the island’s perilous present Britain’s bleak future?As you approach Jersey by air,your plane’s shadow touches cliffs rising from the English Channel, then patchwork fields with wooded dingles between them, and then four‑square buildings with groomed lawns. Down below,the island is lush and verdant, set in a sparkling procession of eastward-marching waves. It looks like a bit of Devon that ran away to sea and did rather well for itself.
John Christensen grew up in one of those good-looking houses, and a Norman manor surrounded by fields. “It was heaven,” he said. “There were fantastic beaches, a strong sense of fun, or because of the tourism industry. The Beatles played at Springfield in 1963,stuff like that. It was cold.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com