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CM Asked If Government Are Promoting Reserve Forces Move

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The Celtic League has written to the Manx Chief Minister (CM) asking if past protocol in respect of the establishment of British military forces in the Isle of Man, as laid down by the ‘Lord of Man’ many years ago, was adhered to prior to the decision to raise and station ‘reserve forces’ here.

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Ireland Urged to Reprise Its Role in Maritime Safety

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Ireland is once again being urged to play a leading role in combating the threat posed to fisherman around our shores caused by increased submarine activity involving NATO and the Russian Federation.

In both March and April there were incidents in which Scottish and Irish fishing vessels were snagged by submarines off the Hebrides and in the Irish Sea.

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Manx Nationalists Urge Cops to Shake-Off Colonial Image

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Distinct culture change may prove “a tonic” and resolve current shortcomings in the Service.

Time for a culture change at the CPHQ: according to Manx Nationalists the Islands Police should discard their “neo-colonial mentality” and become a real National Police Service.

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Mann: Eviction Notice For ‘Lt. Governor’ and Name Change Long Overdue

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Mec Vannin has said it is past time the Lt Governor should pay for his own ‘digs’.

The Nationalist Party feel that the Manx taxpayer have tolerated for too long the burden of accommodating someone who contributes little to the Manx community and believe if the Crown (actually the UK) want a ‘symbolic head’ in one of their few remaining ‘colonies’ they should foot the bill.

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Mann: Fancy Some Peacekeeping with the British Army?

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This week the MOD has announced that it is to establish military reserve forces in the Crown Dependency (a colony of the British Crown) the Isle of Man.

So what sort of role can they be expected to play? Well what about killing innocent people for a start?

Here’s a video which was played at the enquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi civilian who died in the custody of the British Army in Basra in 2003.

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League Links of SNP’s First Westminster MP

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With the landslide victory for the SNP in Scotland I thought it would be useful to flag up (for those who are unaware of it) that the first SNP MP elected to the House of Commons held a prominent position in the Celtic League in its first decade.

The acclaimed Scottish Gaelic play ‘Sequamur’ portrays the grief and guilt of a headmaster who encouraged pupils to fight in World War I. Written by Isle of Lewis writer Donald S. Murray, it tells the poignant story of William J. Gibson, the headmaster of the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway (Scottish Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) between 1894 and 1925. He struggled with his conscience and endured personal turmoil following the death of 148 of his own pupils. In 1932 William J.

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Iconic Images of Nicola Sturgeon on The Road to Victory

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It is not often we simply post a link but this set of photographs by Peter McNally of SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon on the campaign trail that led to the staggering SNP victory in Scotland is well worth making an exception for:

http://petermcnally.org/reportage/#The-Campaign-Trail

Enjoy!

J B Moffatt (Mr)
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Celtic League

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‘Armee Magh’

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It looks as if 1970s graffiti artists may yet get an opportunity to ‘reprise’ their role following the announcement this week that the United Kingdom is to set up a reserve unit for its armed forces on the Isle of Man.

Yes you heard it right! A foreign power (the one responsible for the Island’s ‘good governance’) is to establish some kind of military facility here, although it is likely to be more like ‘All Quiet on the Preston Front’ than ‘daring do’ SAS type ‘ops’.

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CORNISH POST ELECTION REACTION

There is sadness and anguish in Cornwall as hard pressed families face another five years of Tory rule:

“AS KERNOW GOES 'BLUE' THE SHOCK IS ALMOST TANGIBLE IN THE AIR

A message from the Convener of the Kernow Branch Celtic League and Assistant General Secretary of the Celtic League:

I and many others watched with horror as the outline of our beloved Kernow slowly 'turned blue' in the wake of the recent General Election.