Determination that ‘no one will drive a wedge’ between the Crown Dependencies and pick them off one by one was expressed after a day of talks in Sark.Although the official press release was fairly muted on the ‘one voice’ issue, saying that agreement was reached on a common sense of partnership and the importance of working together, senior politicians from the three major islands were unequivocal later.Jersey’s Policy and Resources president, Senator Frank Walker, found that there was a stronger desire for a more unified approach, and not only with dealings with the new Constitutional Affairs Department in Whitehall but also at international level.’We now have an absolute understanding that we will be much stronger if we are together and punch our weight at a much higher level than we can do if we do things separately,’ said Senator Walker.
