The Manx Chief Minister this week gave a State of the Nation address to business folk that was divorced from reality. This is the true 'State of the Nation; in 2019
FOOD BANKS
FUEL POVERTY
BENEFITS CUTS
WAITING LISTS
HOMELESSNESS
CHILD HUNGER
ZERO HOUR CONTRACTS
POVERTY PAY
MEANS TESTING OF THE ELDERLY FOR CARE
MISERY FOR SOME
WORKERS RIGHTS TRASHED
FREE HOLIDAYS FOR MHKs
CASH FOR THE CHAMBER
BLISS FOR THE GREEDY FEW!
Image: The view from the newsroom at Douglas Head obscures the reality of life from the cloisters of Manx Radio.
Bernard Moffatt