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Uk Government Respond on Traveller Concerns

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The United Kingdom Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Brandon Lewis MP, has responded to concerns voiced by the Celtic League about discrimination against members of the Irish Traveller Community (see link):

https://www.celticleague.net/news/travellers-pickles-urged-not-to-heed-p...

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Mann: Minister Skelly Wins ‘Orwell Prize’ for Doublespeak

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Poverty pay was on the agenda in Tynwald this week when Tynwald Member, Peter Karran, MHK courageously tried during question time to initiate a discussion that would have led to a ‘living wage’ paid to any employee who was granted an Isle of Man work permit.

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Submarine Deaths: Thirty Years on Relatives Still Search for Answers

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The terrible price of ‘war games’ is played out in fishing grounds over three decades.

Northern Ireland news source the ‘Down News’ reports today that Assembly Fisheries Minister Michelle O’Neil is determined to get answers (starting with the Ministry of Defence) about the incident last week where a Ardglass motor fishing vessel (MFV) the Karen was snagged by a submarine off the West coast of the Isle of Man.

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Chief Minister Provides Detailed Response on Silt Row

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The Isle of Man Chief Minister has responded in some detail to queries from the Celtic League about the harbour silt dumping issue.

In the letter which was accompanied by supporting documentation he sets out his support for his colleague Ministers at DEFA and DOI and disputes the silt is toxic.

He also says he believes the issue could have been avoided by earlier action.

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Kernow: Important Notice - Changes to Branch Websites

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Following on the Kernow Branch AGM in March and then the recent AGM of the Celtic League held in Dublin, the Kernow Branch have made considerable changes and additions to their branch pages on the main Celtic League website.

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Kernow Branch Press Public Bodies on FCPNM Importance

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In the months which have elapsed since the formal recognition of the Cornish people as a National Minority and their inclusion by the Westminster Government into the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, members of the Kernow Branch have been busy communicating with a wide range of public bodies regarding their impact assessments and policy changes following the announcement.

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UK Theft of Man Territorial Sea Area Condemned

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Manx delegates to the Celtic League AGM in Dublin last weekend (10-12th April) moved a three section resolution on seabed rights (the text of the motion is set below):

“This AGM:

a) calls upon the Isle of Man Government to assert its sovereign rights to territorial and seabed rights to the median line with neighbouring jurisdictions in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

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Trade By All Means But Not At Any Price

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As the attitude of the United Kingdom becomes increasingly more hostile towards the Isle of Man with what really amount to unilateral cuts to the VAT agreement and threats (as part of a wider range of sanctions against offshore centres generally) to interfere in our ability to generate income it is important that the Manx government maximise and diversify the Islands economic base.

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Uneasy Truce in Silt Dispute

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The great contaminated (or ‘toxic’ – depending on your point of view) ‘silt war’ in the West has seen the end of round one.

At present the Isle of Man government are ahead on points and whether this goes to further rounds or ends up being resolved depends on how things develop from here.

Critical to that development will be the guarantee or ‘Covenant’ that the local authority (German Commissioners) has won a commitment on (more of that later).

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The Russians – Are They a Useful Scapegoat?

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The jury is still out on this week’s submarine incident but we think it’s more than likely the Brits are in the frame and they have got form!

Speculation without any basis in fact at all is that a Russian submarine may have been responsible for the snagging of a trawler from Ardglass.