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David Mundell who is the current Scottish Secretary gave a very evasive 'answer' about any involvement he might have had in the smear campaign against SNP Leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Prior to the General Election the Scottish National Party were riding high in the opinion polls. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister and Scottish National Party leader was becoming increasingly popular. It was clear the British establishment and their friends in the media were panicked. There then began a smear campaign against Scotland's First Minister. 

With recent announcements that some of the Island's churches are under threat of closure, it was timely that the Isle of Man Victorian Society should invite Tom Ashley, Churches Conservation Adviser of the UK Victorian Society, to speak on this subject.

The topic attracted a large number of people concerned by the rapid escalation of closures, which has also affected the UK, bringing into focus the major issues which each denomination has had to face in recent years.

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Army and Security Services Dark Past Back to Haunt Them

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‘Of course the British Government has apologised but that apology is too late for many’

This will be a very brief post just to confirm to our critics the ‘bad news’ that the Celtic League has been proved right again!

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Did ‘Smeargate’ Go Further? Watch This Interview

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Did ‘Smeargate’ go further than Alistair Carmichael and his aide? Well according to David Mundell, current Scottish Secretary, it did not.

Mundell should be in the know as he worked in the Scottish Office with Carmichael at the time that Carmichael launched the carefully planned attempt to discredit SNP Leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, which has since ‘blown up in his face’.

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Bercow: Don’t Clap Him Only Me!

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Scottish SNPs were given a dressing down by Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow for having the temerity to clap and applaud after the leader of the Scottish Group, Angus Roberstson MP, trounced an opponent in debate.

Of course this ‘put-down’ for the uppity nationalists was eagerly jumped on by media around the ‘Westminster bubble’.

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Armed Forces: Not All ‘Fun’ Then!

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Oh dear! We’ve been at it again: number-crunching to find out the real facts while the Manx media run ‘fun’ interviews and lucrative adverts as part of the Armed Forces propaganda war they’ve all ‘signed up’ to recently in Mann.

The a cappella (unaccompanied) mixed-voice group Tallis Consort has recently released a new CD featuring 22 tracks of choral music, recorded in the superb acoustical setting of St Mary’s Church in Douglas, incorporating several ex-choral scholars and experienced musicians drawn from the Island’s abundant music scene.

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Call for a Cornish Liaison Officer

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Following discussions between Samuel Farmer of the Kernow Branch Celtic League and Cornwall Councillor Bert Biscoe and others, the Branch has been asked to submit a report outlining its call for the appointment of a specific Cornish Liaison Officer and Department very possibly but not necessarily within Cornwall Council empowered to deal with matters of concern to Cornish people.

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Mann: Who is Subsidising Who?

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Instead of dusting down their frock coats and top hats in readiness to parade themselves at Tynwald Hill in six weeks time MHKs/MLC should be taking a good hard look at energy monopoly Manx Gas.

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Smeargate: Bruce Gaffe Goes Viral!

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Gaffe prone Lib Dem peer Sir Malcolm Bruce is almost certainly the last man you would want on your side in a crisis.

Today on the BBC he said that all MPs including Ministers and Prime Ministers lie and if they all had to resign it would clear out the House of Commons.

He was speaking out ‘in support’ of embattled ‘Smeargate’ Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael.