Mec Vannin Blast Military Presence

July 22, 2010

Manx Nationalist Party, Mec Vannin has reiterated its opposition to recruitment into the British Armed Forces. The comment comes in the latest issue of Yn Pabyr Seyr (YPS). The Nationalists also criticise what they see as a more noticeably strong military presence of

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Arrests Were Politically Motivated Say Mec Vannin

July 15, 2010

The Manx Nationalist Party has made a forceful call for new independent police complaints procedures. The Party has also published an alarming and hitherto unreported account of how police behaved during enquiries into the graffiti campaign on the Island earlier this year. Mec

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A Link Between The Celtic Countries

June 21, 2010

The Isle of Man based airline Manx2.com is to launch a month long series of summer flights in a bid to test the market for air links between the Isle of Man and North Wales. The flights, between Ronaldsway (IOM) and Valley on

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Tynwald Day: Celebration Of Nationalist Pride Or Colonial Festival

June 21, 2010

The Isle of Man is in count-down mode to the annual national `Tynwald Day’. The event takes place at Tynwald Hill in the west of the Island and is billed as the National holiday for the Manx people. In recent years it has

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Its The Nationalist Mesage That Upset Mr Microphone

June 21, 2010

The advent of the holiday season on the Isle of Man, combined with unusually good weather, has spawned the usual crop of unofficial signage Island-wide advertising everything from commercial events to summer fairs. In some instances the signage is both sizeable and prominent

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Mannin: Helping Iran Beat Sanctions Via Deception?

June 17, 2010

Just weeks after allegations linking the Isle of Man to a multi-million pound bribery scandal involving a pharmaceutical company and Greek doctors a much more sinister allegation concerning so-called “shell companies” in the offshore tax haven has been made. The influential New York

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UNESCO: Manx Government Hypocricy

May 26, 2010

The Manx National Heritage initiative to seek United Nations World Heritage List status for key sites on the Isle of Man, such as the ancient Tynwald Hill site and the historically significant Laxey valley is to be applauded. However, the decision of the

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Douglas England: Manx Government Fails to Make its Mark

April 12, 2010

There was an illustration this week that the Isle of Man government’s much vaunted (and expensive) jaunts to sell the image of the Island as a distinct entity in the United States and elsewhere may not be hitting all the right buttons. A

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MANX HEALTH CARE: WHO PICKS UP THE GOVERNORS BILL? 28-1-2010

January 28, 2010

The United Kingdom has caused great consternation in Mannin/the Isle of Man, not least amongst those who have only moved to the Island in recent years, by ending the existing reciprocal health care agreement (RHCA). The reciprocal health care agreement was not a

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