Bell: The Yehudi Menuhin of Politics He’s Got the Violin Out Again

November 27, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE At the annual Illiam Dhone Commemoration last year I said people had just about had enough with this government and its stealth charges. A few weeks later government Ministers started to make conciliatory noises to the effect that

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‘Monster Boats’ – Greenpeace Report on Super Trawlers

November 27, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE We have been tracking the destructive activities of super trawlers of the West of Ireland recently, there’s another there today the ‘Willem Van Der Zwan’. Last year Greenpeace put together a really detailed report on these vessels (including

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FCPNM Advisory Committee to Visit Cornwall

November 26, 2015

News From Celtic league The date 24th April 2014 will be remembered by Celtic League activists in Cornwall as the day the United Kingdom Government unexpectedly announced that the Cornish would be included under the terms of the Framework Convention for the Protection

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‘Dignity in Work’ – It’s Slave Labour Laurence!

November 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Earlier this week John Shimmin MHK (Minister for Policy Reform – that’s the job that’s not really ministerial) set out to justify why seven civil servants share £1 million a year between them. Only last week the Minister

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Initial Response on Super Trawler Concerns

November 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Office of the Taoiseach has responded to say that our correspondence expressing concern about the devastation to fishing stocks caused by so called super trawlers has been passed to the Minister of Minister for Agriculture Food and

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The Russians Are Coming – Again!

November 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE According to well trailed reports in the UK media a Russian submarine(s) is lurking in the approaches to the Clyde probably waiting to pick up on a UK SSBN leaving the Faslane base or just probing defences generally.

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Government Manx Gas Agreement We Ask For Detail of The Public Consultation

November 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE To its credit the Isle of Man Government has a thorough system of public consultation in place. With that in mind I’ve addressed some questions to Chief Secretary Will Greenhow about the level and extent of public consultation

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ONR Respond on Heysham Nuclear Safety

November 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE A response to our query about safety issues at Heysham nuclear power station and the decision to continue its operation beyond its original safe operating date; https://www.celticleague.net/news/heysham-1-is-it-safe-nuclear-regulator-asked/ The correspondence is self explanatory as usual the Office for Nuclear

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Minimum Wage Equals Minimum Work

November 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The old ways are the best! One of the first effective general workers trade unions around the start of the twentieth century was the IWW (International Workers of the World) it specialised in representing workers who were low

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Irish Government Urged to Ban Foreign Flagged Super Trawlers

November 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Director of Information of the Celtic League, Bernard Moffatt, has written to the Irish government urging action to curb damage to fishery livelihoods and the marine eco-system of the west of Ireland caused by super trawlers. Two

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