Scotland: Misguided Munitions MCA Need to Pose Questions

October 27, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Well Joint Warrior (JW 15/2) seemed to pass of without incident but this week a piece of ‘military kit’ drifted ashore in the Western Isles. The large Mirach 100/5 military target drone which was found on a beach

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Huge Frustration, but High Spirits as Bretons Vent Their Frustration

October 26, 2015

“Some 5000 people protested in Karaez/Carhaix, Breizh/Brittany, on Saturday and people took to the streets to demand that the French Government proceed with the ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. “Similar protests took place across the French state among,

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Notice to News Group Users

October 25, 2015

We have for sometime been trying to fix a problem with the way text displays on the newsgroup. I finally tried to use a different email today as I thought it might be down to my own email setting – however no improvement.

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Manx Gas: Our Own Version of ‘Cedric the Pig’!

October 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Whatever COMIN and the MHKs kicking up a smokescreen over parking in Tynwald believe the main item on the agenda of a lot of people on this Island is how to survive month on month and that just

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EDF: All We Can Do Is Await The Inevitable Corruption ‘Easy Money’ Attracts

October 23, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE No doubt Laurence Skelly was pleased at his ability to steerthe legislation allowing for the establishment of the so called economicdevelopment fund (EDF) through Tynwald this week. As we reported earlier on CL News ‘the champagne corks willhave

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Manx Gas Has Gun at the Head of Public Chief Minister Told

October 23, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Director of Information of the Celtic League has written to the Chief Minister over new Gas charges urging immediate action to address the issue. He has also asked questions about which government Departments helped load the gun

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Gas Hike: Customers Won’t Feel More Comfortable They May be Dead!

October 23, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE It’s going to be a cold winter on the Isle of Man! That’s not the Met Office forecast that’s the message fromManx Gas, rip-off energy supplier that recently announced the most amazing feat of fiscal gymnastics. It reduced

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Champagne Corks Popping at ‘The Chamber’ as EDF Gets Green Light

October 23, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE It’s a sign of the political hypocrisy of the times that in Tynwald (the Manx parliament) the concept of establishing a Manx cancer fund to provide the equivalent of the cancer drugs fund in England was considered prohibitively

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MHK’s ‘Golden Goodbye’s’ What Are They Worth?

October 20, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE With speculation that some MHKs may jump ship at the nextelection (a number have slotted over already into the unelected Legislative Council). Plus boundary changes ensuring some will leave their seats. We have been asking what potentially redundant

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The Other Welsh Settlement in South America

October 20, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Everyone knows know about the Welsh settlement in Patagoniain the 19th century but details have now emerged of an earlier attempt to forma Welsh colony, i.e. “Y Wladfa”, in South America, this time in Brazil. The attempt to

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