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Yes he’s still about! Isle of Man Lt Gov. Sir Richard Gozney sitting up in Government House pocketing his £100,000 a year and getting the Harrods equivalent of the weekly food bank delivery paid for by us. Not to mention of course the gas bill - musn’t forget the gas bill although quite a few Manx people can forget using gas this winter given the price - which is sure to rise. Who said Empire is dead!

The Manx judiciary are infamous for some of their zany pronouncements but this latest one takes the biscuit:

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=42800&headline=Wear%20shorts%20...

An academy? This is...er one job. Slow news day on the head!

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/appleby-academy-returns-...

Bernard Moffatt

Dafydd Wigley former leader of Plaid Cymru is bemoaning the fact that much that is produced in Wales comes emblazoned with a Union Jack.

As was always the case with a man who garnered great respect from all sides of the political divide when in the House of Commons he does it without rancour saying:

“I’ve nothing against the Union Flag… in its appropriate place. If people want to wave it at the last night of the proms in the Albert Hall, fair enough.
It’s simply not a flag on which Wales is represented.”

Wigley says in an article in the Daily Post:

The Frederick Street Dublin evictions continue to generate fall out with flagship news publication The Irish Times carrying this thought provoking article by Una Mullally which speculates that the manner in which the events unfolded show the system is conspiring against the people:

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/north-frederick-street-looks-like-pro...

Report here on the funeral Geraldine Jamieson a stalwart of Manx broadcasting for many years.

She interviewed the famous, the rich and me! I can honestly say she was a charming person to be interviewed by and over the years in all my hours of air time both on TV and Radio she had one of the most relaxed and natural interview styles I came across.

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/service-to-remember-life...

Bernard Moffatt

Something called the Isle of Man business network is debating population transference - well they actually term it ‘relaxation of work permits’ but it's the same thing

One of the protagonists enrages me from the outset by saying this is necessary because of our ageing population. Is there nothing I ask myself that us ‘oldies’ are not responsible for. It's totally irrational I know but then thats what us old folk are like I decide I hate the Isle of Man business network and they get pride of place on my dart board with the Chamber and Alf Cannan.

All the indications of the Islands continuing economic decline seem confirmed by this news item. Don’t expect any in depth analysis just the usual obfuscation from the government news machine and ‘the boys and girls on the head’:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/island-drops-from-57th-t...

Manx Radio have an item today about plastics pollution in the Irish Sea. However the question of pollution is more complex and these waters have been used for the disposal of all manner of toxic items from munitions, radiation waste and domestic and commercial sewage.

I first attended a conference as a speaker in Liverpool in 1986 which focused on the varying forms of pollution in the Irish and Celtic seas. Since that time I’ve spoken in places as diverse as Skibbereen, Dublin and Ballycastle on both general and topic specific pollution.

‘Amnesty Ireland call for investigation to establish if human rights abuses occurred’

Large crowds of people have protested in Dublin about the action of Police and a Security firm to evict homeless protesters. The mainstream media (msm)reported two hundred people but as usual msm cannot be believed and this twitter feeds from a protester show that the crowd is vast: