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Wow! The Guardian - that well known upholder of unbiased news!!! 😂😂

Not sure if previously mentioned but on Manxman at moment outside Heysham where we have virtually stopped while a PILOT GETS ON BOARD? WTF? it is a great boat, from what we have seen, other than two types of cabin we have now tried are incredibly uncomfortable and not worth paying for - bring back the Ben!!

Obviously we need more people, more houses and, therefore, more separations/divorces to fill them. Question, is the chief minister going to help in this regard personally? Just asking….

All I can say is I emailed the company’s website seeking information on pricing and availability and after nearly four weeks - nothing, nada, zilch! Why should it get taxpayers money when they are not interested in repeat business of up to 30 days a year? Mind you, I am still looking for a website where you can find availability of most Accomodation for let! All I have found so far is that you have to go through every property and enter the dates you want (which may give you options but most just say no availability) or you have to email/telephone them!

Death is no respecter of position. Covid or not?

Anyone tried to hire a car here? I did last week and there were NONE available to hire!

I have no idea who poked this so called newspaper through my letter box but please desist as I do not want to read your anti-vax left wing rubbish…..

Must have missed something - who states if the FD has to be qualified and which qualifications are acceptable to that regulatory body? I do agree it is advisable but did not know it was a necessity?

Ah - the exception that proves the rule eh?!

Fun fact but wrong- Spent many years in Europe and was stopped (to have papers inspected) many times and Manx licence accepted ALWAYS! Also you have obviously not hired a car in Europe as I did three weeks ago with Manx licence!!

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/manx-drivers-may-need-international-permit-in-europe/ This article and Steve Colley’s IOM vaccination certificate not being accepted raises some serious questions for international travellers. 1. appears IOM government is leaving it to individuals to ascertain whether car drivers need to ensure their cars have the correct National stickers. Hitherto, we could use GBM rather than GB stickers but those are now having to be replaced by U.K. stickers due to EU vindictiveness. “It is understood” GBM is still acceptable!! However, meet up with officious Mr Plod in Spain or France who has never heard of the IOM, and who is on commission for raising revenue, you are unlikely to escape without a fine. But then if you use a U.K. sticker and meet another Mr Plod who DOES know the IOM is not a part of the U.K., you get fined. 2. there is little to no doubt that IDLs are going to be required. 3. how do you know that your Manx Vaccine certificate is going to be accepted if even Guernsey refuses to recognise them? Remember, if they are not recognised you could be put into quarantine on arrival for seven to ten days and after to pay for it!! On all this Government is washing its hands and expecting each individual to make their own enquiries. If you can get through to any embassy or consulate to ask the question, are they likely to know of the IOM and if so that it is not part of the U.K.? Will they bother to investigate every individual enquiry? The U.K. is paid to look after our defence and international relationships so exactly why is this Government - read CS - not getting on with their jobs, contacting the U.K. government, getting answers and informing the Manx Public?

Thank you! Surely this is a serious issue that Government and the private sector need to get together and address with U.K. targets for the use of EV’s over the next decade?

Thank you for your helpful response but it does not assist greatly - - the map is hard to read as being too small on an IPhone and surely most people will be using that form of device to find one! - Pod Points show only 20 points around the IOM of which only one is at an hotel. - none are shown on IOMSPco boats - cannot find anywhere plans to increase number of charge points for visitors. - a lot are inconvenient to visitors being in car parks nowhere near hotels! My friend is adept at Google and the use of the internet but does try not to be too clever for his own boots. He sends his sincere thanks to you for taking the time to respond though….

Few questions in connection with looking after visitors who may want to come to IOM with electric cars: - how many charging points? - where are they situated, is there a reference map available? - what are the costs of using them? - which hotels/rentals supply them for use by their guests? - is charging available on the Steam Packet boats or dockside? - are there any concrete plans by Government or private sector to exponentially increase number of points available? Asking for a friend…

Don’t believe everything you read/hear in the media. The vast majority are being very careful but there are too many numpties it has to be said….

Good old Howie! So he made the staff carry out an assessment of risk at Hospice so he could go publicity seeking? Really? Still broke the rules Howie… https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/mhk-questions-cms-judgement-after-hospice-visit/

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/cruise-passengers-must-follow-vaccine-rules/ No exceptions except, that is, for Herrgrupenfuehrer…..

Irrelevant. The rules he inflicted on everyone are clear. He broke them for a bit of self aggrandisement!!

How very prescient this was!!

For goodness sake, most pensioners and vulnerable people in the U.K. have been effectively locked down for a year now.....

Friend referred to consultant who asked to see them URGENTLY. After several weeks waiting to hear about an appointment, they rang to ask on progress telling them he had said he wanted to see them urgently. Was told that there were now no longer any urgent classifications and they would be in touch but not for some time. Another had an accident in April last year. Every time he had to see a consultant, while he was and still is awaiting an operation, he is collected from his house within walking distance of Nobles by hospital transport and taken to Ramsey because “no consultations being held at Nobles” - a friend in U.K. had exactly the same injury from similar accident two weeks ago. They had the exact same operation last week and, no, they did not need to go private.

Haha! The Guardian?!!

The vaccine does NOT stop the person contacting the virus. The vaccine does NOT stop the person spreading the virus. It DOES reduce the symptoms of the virus, it DOES reduce the need for hospitalisation of the person, it DOES reduce the need for the person to be taken to the ICU and it DOES reduce the chances of death of the person from the virus. So the calls to vaccinate the IOMSPco crews, police, children and such as opposed to the most vulnerable are clearly misguided. The younger you are, the less chance you have of harsh effects, hospitalisation or death. as the U.K. top medical experts are saying - the best usage of the vaccine remains that based on solely an age criteria.

Sorry if this has already been said but there will be NO TT next year and probably ever! The UK situation is such that they are already stating that restrictions in place will still be in place next Spring. The Manx so called Government are content to chuck non existent money at anything that moves - or does not move - rather than face up to the economic disaster that isolation is and will continue to cause. Sponsors of teams have little money coming in to enable them to continue to fund the costs of running the teams and which are the easiest things to cut to protect their own businesses. Privateers are struggling to make ends meet never mind fund the costs of racing for a fortnight in the IOM. The best thing that for the IOM Government is to start thinking of alternative use of the millions the TT costs to stage and subsidise. What about a Pop festival for instance - cheaper to stage and bigger audience than the TT..... BECAUSE THE TT IS DEAD FOR 2021 AND POSSIBLY FOR EVER!