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Everything published about the Guernsey Deputy Scorecard, and everything written using its data, gathered in one place: the reporting, the columns and the broadcast interviews, each linked back to the outlet that ran it, and a tracker of the social media posts they sparked. Nothing is republished here — the summaries are ours, the articles are theirs.
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OpinionVoting open10 Oct 2026Did we call it right on the GST promise breakers? Cast your vote now.Several of the nine have told us we got it wrong, some politely and some on Facebook. What follows is the pledge each one made, the four votes that test it, and the Hansard that best explains our verdict. Then it is your turn: tell us whether you agree.William Walter · 9 deputies · 4 decisions tested
Latest · Jersey Evening PostNewsJersey's economic growth is four times size of Guernsey'sThe Business, the JEP’s business section, ran the scorecard’s growth chapter: real compound GDP growth of 2.3% a year in Jersey between 2013 and 2023 against 0.6% in Guernsey, both against a 2% OECD average, with 2023 alone showing 7.3% growth in Jersey against a 2% contraction in Guernsey.What it used: The economy section: the decade-long real GDP growth comparison between Jersey and Guernsey, and the £643m gap that follows from it.9 Sep 2026 · jerseyeveningpost.comPrint edition onlyNews
7 itemsReporting on the scorecard's launch, and on the findings that have come out of it since.
Guernsey PressNews‘Transparency? This is like an episode of Yes Minister’Nearly half of all freedom-of-information requests to the States since 2014 missed the 20-day target, the scorecard’s study of all 718 found, and on-time performance is still falling.What it used: The freedom-of-information study: all 718 requests since 2014, and the 438 Rule 14 written questions alongside them.6 Sep 2026 · guernseypress.com
Channel EyeNewsNew Guernsey scorecard highlights widening economic gap with JerseyChannel Eye picks up the scorecard’s growth chapter: real compound growth of 2.4% a year in Jersey between 2013 and 2023 against 0.6% in Guernsey, and the £683m gap that follows from it.What it used: The economy section: the Jersey growth comparison and the £683m gap.26 Aug 2026 · channeleye.media
Island FMNewsDetailed dive into the performance of Guernsey politiciansAn online resource matches deputies' pledges with their voting records, ahead of the resumption of the GST debate.What it used: The promise-versus-vote record, framed against the GST debate returning on 30 September.25 Aug 2026 · islandfm.com
Bailiwick ExpressNewsHow do your deputies score?AI has been used to compare manifesto promises made by each Deputy with the votes they have cast since we elected them.What it used: A walk through the scorecard itself, deputy by deputy.25 Aug 2026 · bailiwickexpress.com
BBC NewsNewsNew website tracks promises made by deputiesA new website has been launched to highlight Guernsey States members’ manifestos against their public voting records, creator William Walter said.What it used: The launch, and the finding that most promises have never met a recorded vote.24 Aug 2026 · bbc.com
Guernsey PressNewsNew website allows islanders to track performance of deputiesLets voters see if States members are attending meetings, doing what they said they would do, and how they are running the island.What it used: The launch, led on the anti-GST promises and the attendance record.24 Aug 2026 · guernseypress.com
Guernsey PressNewsWho is Guernsey’s most loquacious deputy?A second Guernsey Press story ran the scorecard’s Hansard data to ask who actually talks in the Assembly, and found one deputy 47 words short of the Gettysburg Address.What it used: The speaking record: words spoken and speaking turns per deputy, from Hansard.24 Aug 2026 · guernseypress.comOpinion pieces
6 itemsColumns and comment on Guernsey politics: signed pieces written about the scorecard or off the back of it, and earlier Bridgehead opinion on the electoral system, housing, tax and growth.
Guernsey Press · OpinionOpinionWill Walter: Getting the facts should not be this hardThe Guernsey Deputy Scorecard is free to use, carries no advertising, and was not commissioned by any deputy, committee, party or client.What it used: Why the scorecard was built, by the person who built it.24 Aug 2026 · guernseypress.com
Bridgehead CommunicationsWilliam Walter · OpinionOpinionMake Guernsey Great AgainGuernsey’s growth has been well below its pre-2008 pace. Will argues the island needs a coherent programme for growth built around the finance industry, and that a public sector at 18% of the workforce is working against it.2 Dec 2024 · bridgeheadcommunications.com
Bridgehead CommunicationsWilliam Walter · OpinionOpinionBeware promises of ‘temporary’ income tax risesPolicy & Resources proposed a two-year 2p rise in income tax in the 2025 Budget. Will points to the UK income tax, the windfall levy and Germany’s solidarity surcharge to argue that temporary taxes rarely end, and that the States should look at spending first.16 Oct 2024 · bridgeheadcommunications.com
Bridgehead CommunicationsWilliam Walter · OpinionOpinionPlanning reform and Right-to-Buy are the keys to homeownership for Guernsey’s generation rentOwner-occupation fell from nearly 72% of homes in 2001 to around 60% in 2021. Will sets out a flexible zoning system and a Right-to-Buy scheme as the way to rebuild it. First written for Business Brief, the Guernsey Press business magazine.10 Jul 2024 · bridgeheadcommunications.com
Bridgehead CommunicationsWilliam Walter · OpinionOpinionGuernsey: don’t gamble on rolling electionsRolling island-wide elections would cut the number of candidates, Will argues, but at the price of a mandate: a third of the Assembly would always be looking at an election, and would shy away from the unpopular decisions that government exists to take.7 Mar 2024 · bridgeheadcommunications.comBroadcast
2 itemsRadio and television items where the interview itself is the coverage.
BBC Radio GuernseyBroadcastScorecard's launch discussed live on the breakfast showWilliam Walter joined BBC Radio Guernsey live to discuss the scorecard, following the launch and its coverage earlier in the week.What it used: A live interview on the launch and what the promise data shows.25 Aug 2026 · bbc.co.uk/sounds
Guernsey Press Politics PodcastBroadcastWill Walter on why he spent a weekend marking his own island’s homeworkPress editor James Falla talks to William Walter about why he built the scorecard and what it shows about how Guernsey’s deputies have voted against what they promised.What it used: A long-form interview on the launch, the method and the first findings.25 Aug 2026 · shows.acast.comAlso carried by
4 pickupsWire and network pickups: the same copy, run again for another audience. Each is listed separately because each is its own published article, but none of them is a separate piece of reporting.
New website tracks promises made by deputies25 Aug 2026 · ca.news.yahoo.com · BBC News’s copy
New website tracks promises made by deputies25 Aug 2026 · aol.com · BBC News’s copy
Detailed dive into the performance of Guernsey politicians25 Aug 2026 · channel103.com · Island FM’s copy
Detailed dive into the performance of Guernsey politicians25 Aug 2026 · soleilradio.com · Island FM’s copy
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22 posts, 22 replies loggedPublic posts about the scorecard, from the outlets that covered it, from Bridgehead and from islanders in local groups, with the comments logged under each. Critical replies are listed alongside the friendly ones: this is the record of what was posted, not a selection of the best of it.
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Last checked 12 Oct 2026. Counts are as read on that day.
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7 posts𝕏X: BBC Guernsey
“The Guernsey Deputy Scorecard creator William Walter says the website will highlight States members’ manifestos against a variety of data, including deputies’ votes and their attendance.”
BBC Guernsey (@BBCGuernsey)528 viewsView post →
igInstagram: BBC Guernsey
“The Guernsey Deputy Scorecard creator William Walter says the website will highlight States members’ manifestos against a variety of data, including deputies’ votes and their attendance.”
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fFacebook: BBC Guernsey
“The Guernsey Deputy Scorecard creator William Walter says the website will highlight States members’ manifestos against a variety of data, including deputies’ votes and their attendance.”
BBC Guernsey48 reactions · 13 commentsView post →
“This sounds like a great idea for accountability and I bet the deputies whose intentions are to serve to people who voted them in, with integrity and honesty, will be delighted to be visible and have their progress tracked on this site.” Bronwen Dudley-Owen
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Show fewer“Anything that makes the deputies sit up and notice they are elected to represent the people is good for me.” Alison Mauger
“It’s a start, and we also need investigation into institutional coverups of all kinds whether it’s data protection breaches ca…” Chris Bourke
“That’s an end to GST then as a majority of successful candidates promised us NO SALES TAX.” Adrian Tostevin
“I’d like to see Exactly where our money goes!!” Jp Fallaize
“Bit of naked self promotion. How does it turn the equivocation and generalisation in deputies manifestos into firm, ‘promises?…” Ed Gregson
fFacebook: Bailiwick Express Guernsey
“Will Walter has used AI to create a ‘Deputy Scorecard’ which he has used to compare manifesto promises made by each Deputy with the votes they have cast since we elected them.”
Bailiwick Express Guernsey5 reactionsView post →
inLinkedIn: Bailiwick Express
“Will Walter has used AI to create a ‘Deputy Scorecard’ which he has used to compare manifesto promises made by each Deputy with the votes they have cast since we elected them.”
Bailiwick ExpressView post →
fFacebook: Channel Eye
“New economic analysis published by Bridgehead Communications shows Jersey’s economy grew at four times Guernsey’s annual rate over the decade to 2023, with the gap estimated at £683m in real GDP terms.”
Channel Eye1 reactionView post →
fFacebook: Island FM
“The Scorecard compares data on areas like manifesto pledges that are kept or broken and States Assembly meetings attended.”
Island FM5 reactionsView post →
Bridgehead’s own posts
6 postsinLinkedIn: Bridgehead Communications
“I grew up in Guernsey. An island of 64,000 people should already have something like this. Nobody was paying for it, so we built it. It’s free. No login, no paywall.”
William Walter, Bridgehead Communications9 reactionsView post →
“Transparency, clarity and accountability: exactly what good governance should look like.” SOS Guernsey Advisory Ltd.
fFacebook: Guernsey! Have Your Say
“In case you haven’t already -- find out how your Deputy ranks!”
William Walter, Bridgehead Communications1 likeView post →
“I have and glad to see deputies being monitored.” Alison Mauger
fFacebook: Guernsey People Against GST
“Find out which Deputies have broken their GST promises to you, the voters. You can now review them on their profile page.”
William Walter, Bridgehead Communications8 likesView post →
fFacebook: Guernsey Deputy Scorecard
“This group is where the updates land first. After each States sitting we post which promises were tested, whose record changed and any corrections to the scorecard.”
William Walter, Bridgehead CommunicationsView post →
fFacebook: Guernsey People Against GST
“The States approved GST+ by 22 votes to 17 on 2 October. 26 deputies had written about GST in their manifestos, and the Guernsey Deputy Scorecard has checked each pledge against their votes: 5 broken, 4 mixed, 17 kept.”
William Walter, Bridgehead CommunicationsView post →
fFacebook: Guernsey People Against GST
“Nine States deputies carry a Broken or Mixed verdict from us on their GST pledge. Several of them say we got it wrong.”
William Walter, Bridgehead CommunicationsView post →
Islanders and local groups
9 postsfFacebook: Guernsey People Against GST
“Guernseyman Will Walter is launching a new website to allow the public to access a Deputies’ Scorecard, manifesto promises versus votes, and wider island data.”
Chris Murray28 reactions · 32 comments · 2 sharesView post →
“It should also be a marker for future elections! Let’s see if they are worth the money 💰” Joe Couchy
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Show fewer“Excellent idea.” John Collins
“…If this wonderful idea could be hard baked into States legislature, with a mechanism to deal with misconduct and failures to perform — great idea.” Dagwood Bumpyhead
“Will Walter is digging out the stuff from that gov.gg maze. Keep looking at his website.” Chris Murray
“Wow!.. a book to stack b******t in. ..lets look at the fakery entered today.” Mannyy Butchh
“Wait & see, the idiots will say it’s not in the public interest. Mark my words. Are we allowed to add FACTS ABOUT DEPUTIES with all the paper work?” Mark Wallbridge
“Can we also track how many people have left the island??” Joe Couchy
“Can you track deputies that have benefited from the finance sector and how many are members of the Fabian society” Brian Harris
“very good idea… just like when buying an old car, a bit of a service history… that will be an excellent read once it appears…” Bennt Bengtsson
inLinkedIn: Repost
“A really interesting scorecard that my old school friend William has created to try and keep our politicians honest and accountable.”
Christopher Richards5 reactions · 3 commentsView post →
“This is excellent. Great work William Walter and thanks for sharing Christopher Richards!” Sophie Outhwaite, Chartered FCSI
inLinkedIn: Ross Le Brun
“I think this sort of transparency is really important. People should be able to see what their elected members are working on, what they’re saying and, most importantly, what they’re delivering.”
Ross Le Brun, Guernsey Deputy1 reactionView post →
fFacebook: Chris Murray (profile)
“Guernseyman Will Walter, (founder of Bridgehead Communications), is launching a new website to allow the public to access: 1. Deputies’ Scorecard - to monitor attendance at Meetings, and contributions with speeches and the like…”
Chris Murray27 reactions · 8 sharesView post →
fFacebook: Chris Murray (profile)
“You won’t read small print if you don’t subscribe but it is more detail about Will Walter new Website about the Deputies and other matters.”
Chris Murray7 reactions · 1 comment · 1 shareView post →
𝕏X: Richard Digard
“Useful… bridgeheadcommunications.com/guernsey”
Richard Digard (@richarddigard)930 viewsView post →
“After ‘scraping’ all that data, “The answer is … lower taxes, a smaller state & an economy growing fast enough to pay for the services we actually want”. You would find similar sentiments in the manifestos of many successful candidates the 2020 election.” Shane Langlois (@ShaneLanglois)
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Show fewer“Which rather reinforces the widespread belief that you can never rely on States members to do what they promise to do? And another reason for the @bridgehead scorecard to monitor actual deputy performance?” Richard Digard (@richarddigard)
inLinkedIn: SOS Guernsey Advisory Ltd.
“Transparency. Clarity. Accountability. Three things that should be at the heart of good governance.”
SOS Guernsey Advisory Ltd.3 reactionsView post →
𝕏X: Richard Digard
“Topical question from bridgeheadcommunications.com that leaves it up to voters to answer.”
Richard Digard (@richarddigard)615 viewsView post →
“That the Deputy Scorecard has stooped to holding self-selecting ‘surveys’ rather confirms what I already suspected. It is not wholly objective. In its judgements it has a populist bias, either intentionally or generated by a reliance on AI.” Shane Langlois (@ShaneLanglois)
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Show fewer“Can’t really comment on that I’m afraid. Looking at the commentary, it’s a pretty nuanced call on broken, mixed or kept so perhaps what the individual views it as is the right response?” Richard Digard (@richarddigard)
fFacebook: Guernsey People Have Your Say!
“Topical question from bridgeheadcommunications.com that leaves it up to voters to answer.”
Richard Digard3 reactionsView post →
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