Isle of Man - This Is Going To End In Tears!

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

“the greatest political con trick since King John of England tried a similar stunt in 1215 that ended up with Magna Carta”

They just exude arrogance this government. Earlier in the year we had the great silt saga in the West. When effectively the DOI and DEFA ignored all manner of planning requirements and regulations and just did what they liked. Of course they put things right afterwards – or did they! Anyway the legacy will be a blot on the landscape for years because given the IOM governments current finances there’s no chance that toxic dump will move anywhere else. The local authority may as well utilise that ‘Covenant’ on the land (if they were ever given it) for something useful. I won’t say what I don’t want to be rude!

Then there was the Manx Gas hike! If ever there was a ‘stitch up’ of the people by its government it was that, effectively a licence for Manx Gas not to print money but just take ours straight out of our pockets.

It’s gone on and on all year charges for this, toilet taxes, electricity increases slipped through on the ‘QT’, benefit cuts, council rises etc.

Even good old Manx Telecom got in on the act with its hike in rates. The attitude being ‘well everybody else is doing it why don’t we’!

An Attorney Generals Office that’s a shambles our greedy Judiciary (now they really do get extra fat cat treatment) and then of course the CEO fat cat ‘moggies’ that John Shimmin stood po-faced and said were not fat cats at all!

The EDF – Our £50 million creamed out of the reserves to give to those selected by government and the Chamber of Conmen. A new website went live within days of Tynwald’s decision showing that the planning was well advanced for the great ‘EDF lottery giveaway’ before the ‘nodding donkeys’ in Tynwald nodded!

A few weeks ago fresh from sipping champagne at the Awards for Excellence the Chief Minister bemoaned those talking the Island down. He’s right some of us may be talking the Island down but at least we are not ‘taking it to hell in a hand cart’ like this government is doing.

This government of ours – that can’t even design a road that doesn’t turn into a swimming pool with the first heavy rain!

Yesterday, the ‘coup de grace’, no more opposition in the Keys or Tynwald - question time is to be as contrived and controlled as the July 5th St Johns Tynwald pantomime is.

What has passed for democracy in Mann for 1000 years was effectively purloined in the greatest political con trick since King John of England tried a similar stunt in 1215 that ended up with Magna Carta.

The Chief Minister (pictured) is our King John but unfortunately for the Manx people there were no watchful barons about. They were all sitting on the benches in the Keys cheering Speaker Rodan on mindful of their sinecures from Allan and the pension to come!

You could go on and on - this government is out of control, almost out of time and probably the most unpopular Manx government in history. With democracy subverted this has got to end in tears!

BERNARD MOFFATT

Issued by: The Celtic News

09/12/15

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