 Syvret's robust dealings with fellow States members continued in August 2008, when he compared a Jewish senator to a Nazi war criminal in an argument about General Sales Tax.Syvret was at the receiving end of barbed comments in March 2009, when Senator Jim Perchard, the Health Minister, told Svyret to consider committing suicide – a comment that led to Perchard's resignation.In March 2009, it was reported that the States of Jersey Police were reviewing an earlier investigation into allegations that a nurse had killed many patients at Jersey's General Hospital, following claims made by Syvret on his blog.