When Neale Tidd announced to his friend that he was getting married in September, it was up to Barney Felce to come up with a way to celebrate.

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Some at the seminar, including Mike Tidd, the chief operating officer of Collas Day, thought any change in the way the States of Guernsey govern the island was a long way off.

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