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A new graphic novel, featuring further exploits of Scotland’s first comic book superhero "Saltire" will be launched at the Glasgow Comic Con this weekend 22-23 September. Saltire is the creation of Glasgow born John Ferguson and published by Diamondsteel Comics.  On their website, creator John Ferguson describes the Scottish superhero: “Saltire is an immortal being created thousands of years ago to protect Scotland and its people.

‘Across the Celtic countries..discontent over fuel and food poverty, housing and income inequality is now...endemic and a growing problem’

Sometimes small events can have dramatic and far reaching consequences. I was thinking about this when the ‘great debate’ was reactivated last week on the Isle of Man about a handful of refugees. Where did the Syrian refugee problem come from?

The British mainland was formed from the collision of not two, but three ancient continental land masses, according to new research.

Scientists have for centuries believed that England, Wales and Scotland were created by the merger of Avalonia and Laurentia more than 400 million years ago.

However, geologists based at the University of Plymouth now believe that a third land mass—Armorica—was also involved in the process.

“If you say we’re not going to have it it will be displaced somewhere else”. That’s the view of the front man for the Chamber of Commerce ( hang on I should have said Chief Minister) when asked about the morality of an industry that ruins tens of thousands of lives globally each year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x-fMhNUhpM&feature=youtu.be

Unusually ‘the Nations Station’ has a nationalist viewpoint today ( see earlier post) something that is strangely rarely portrayed on ‘the National’ broadcaster. I mean don’t believe my expression of fake news do a search on the Stations website.

Indeed on the odd occasion I tune in on the car radio the station is more like a audio manifestation of ‘Little England’ than something that has pride in its Manx roots.

Alistair Kneale the Director of Information (DOI) has slammed the governments population growth policy and also criticised the Isle of Man Chamber of Commerce. He claims the government are influenced by those ‘who are no friends of the Manx people’.

Manx Radio interview at this link:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/governments-approach-to-...

I suspect the bods down at the Chamber of Commerce agree with the Chief Minister's views on food poverty. As I indicated ‘the great man’ averred some months ago that it was a ‘complex issue’. It doesn’t seem so complex if you are at the sharp end I’d wager.Sadly it's not an issue that's likely to go away so perhaps the politicians, the mainstream media and the Chamber could mull it over.

London Manx Society (Manx: Yn Cheshaght Manninagh Lunnin) will be holding their Mhelliah Service at St Bride's Church in London's Fleet Street on Monday 8th October. A Mhelliah is a traditional Celtic harvest festival that remains popular on the Isle of Man, and is celebrated annually by London Manx Society. In his novel 'The Manxman', a 1894 novel by the Manx writer Hall Caine (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), he describes the Mhelliah festival:

Back in June the Chief Minister Howard Quayle MHK said that food poverty was a ‘complex’ issue and fair enough you don’t want the government to throw money at an issue without understanding it. Here’s what he said:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/food-poverty-needs-to-be...

St Columba’s Ui Church (Eaglais na h-Aoidhe) is a 14th Century ruin located on a sandy isthmus near Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh) on the Isle of Lewis (Leòdhas) in the Scottish Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar). An isthmus is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water. The church stands within a cemetery and is just above the high water mark. It is a burial place for the Macleod chiefs and the Mackenzies who later controlled the island.