Boo Gay'n

Without making a song and dance of it, this type of drill is worth carrying out - especially after this morning's event in Sheffield.

I wonder if the Racket has started to use a revenue management system, because on Monday I booked a return with car towards the end of the TT festival in June and paid half of what you have mentioned.

While I do not like to see anyone being abused - in person or virtually - it is hardly surprising that people kick off when having to deal with a failing service run by ineffective and very expensive leaders. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/manx-care-ceo-shocked-and-disappointed-by-abusive-comments/

So, the Boy Vampire, who developed a bromance with Jonny Michael and drove through the introduction of wildly expensive and discredited English "reforms" to our health and care system now thinks that the Manx Care mandate should be debated in Tynwald - https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/call-for-tynwald-debate-on-manx-cares-mandate/. Could you make this up?

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/liverpool-ferry-terminal-lease-details-yet-to-be-finalised/ The rolling shitshow continues to err... roll on.

Oops - posted straight off the main thread page. Didn't see that I had been beaten to it.

Jailed for eight months - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nm21yg0n8o

Sorry to go against the flow here, but I'm not sure that the location and business model work well for a private sector tenant. I remember when it reopened after a complete refit in the early noughties, the tenant had 'fine' dining in the evenings. Nobody went, so they replicated the lunchtime menu of burgers etc. at night. Nobody went. You will get my drift. We locals might all think that the place is in a stunning location and that an eatery should therefore be viable during the day ("in season"). But is it? Maintenance of the building is another matter, and looks like soemone forgot. Back to my main theme though, if the rent is much more than a peppercorn, I would see the operation as risky from the financial perspective.

"thanks to government support" - does this mean underwriting as with London City flights?? https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/tesco-determined-to-support-more-local-businesses/

I put this on the other thread earlier. Thinking about the title of this topic, I was struck by the principal tests of the CPS in England (which I have modified slightly to fit the Ranson case) - 1 Is there enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of winning the case? 2 Is it in the public interest to go ahead? In using the phrase 'good faith', is Wright simply addressing the first test and saying that the government thought that there was enough evidence, and so that was OK? He talks about reputational damage, but doesn't really address any public interest points as such. Even with good faith wrapping the situation, the AG's Chambers (particularly the in-house lawyer Ms Heeley), Magson and the planning and conduct of the case are hammered. Another point, which MF members have already mentioned, is the appearance again of Jonny Michael. Ranson contacted him personally, so must either have known him and/or assumed that he had the power to intervene. Was she another of his nepotistic placements in our health system like Magson? Are there others? PS - it might be easier if the mods locked the shorter thread.

Thinking about the title of this topic, I was struck by the principal tests of the CPS in England (which I have modified slightly to fit the Ranson case) - 1 Is there enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of winning the case? 2 Is it in the public interest to go ahead? In using the phrase 'good faith', is Wright simply addressing the first test and saying that the government thought that there was enough evidence, and so that was OK? He talks about reputational damage, but doesn't really address any public interest points as such. Even with good faith wrapping the situation, the AG's Chambers (particularly the in-house lawyer Ms Heeley), Magson and the planning and conduct of the case are hammered. Another point, which MF members have already mentioned, is the appearance again of Jonny Michael. Ranson contacted him personally, so must either have known him and/or assumed that he had the power to intervene. Was she another of his nepotistic placements in our health system like Magson? Are there others?

Interesting news about passenger numbers from last year - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-68128639.

Decanting to sea travel? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-68128639

The Racket did well last year, though - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-68128639.

Just to upset you, Albert, this is the Manx red ensign, which proudly flies at the stern of the Manxman.