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Its a strange set up where they use ratepayers funding to compete with the private sector for commercial. Added bonus is If you know that lads at the site and drive an unmarked van in at the weekend then commercial goes in for free.

That’s a fair summary. The whole event seemed to be very poorly organised, if it was meant to show off a strong and united leadership message, it failed miserably.

The finger points back to the Tynwald Auditor General. It’s not just a Ramsey Issue.

I imagine that the Manx Co-Op might soon be taking a new strategic direction. 😬

The problem is here it’s such a clusterfuck no one wants to take it, almost better to let Alf muddle along until the GE then swoop in. The latest Ranson drama might yet open up another front. The whole mob need voting out, how the hell Manx Labour can have any credibility after this budget is beyond me. Have to keep the Cretney dynasty in clover ☘️

Smart motorways are widely regarded to be a disaster, so he sounds ideal.

Are you bottle monkey in disguise 🤔

I wish Tony Brown would follow his lead. How do Manx Radio think he is still relevant to comment on everything?

Civil service chat GPT in action

Refuse charges are a product of central government’s reluctance to introduce a user pays model. If it’s on rateable value you get cheaper refuse collection for living in an old house which is a load of bollocks. It still costs the same to empty a bin if you live in a corpy house or a mansion.

No more than cpi would be a good one, unfortunately half the costs are from government and their mad increases so they have a hand tied. The same crowd getting angry about rate rises would be equally mad about services being cut. Things like Libraries would be cut straight away.

That is not rate payers money. They are effectively two businesses - look at any local authority accounts. If the housing doesn’t wash its face you pay for it through central taxation, not rates.

Not to say it’s not a priority, but you don’t use rate payers money for housing and have to build what the DOI say you can.

It’s absolutely bonkers. Statement basically says we are penalising commercial rate payers and the refuse rate obviously isn’t t connected to refuse as they have reduced that when the costs have gone up. Very curious.

Bizarrely so. I wonder if they have special dispensation to delay ?

Garff 14% in the draft minutes.

Have Garff formally announced. They were warning of 15% but never saw anything official.

Has anyone heard any about Braddan ? The white smoke must be due to emerge shortly if they are to meet their obligations to declare in January.

That’s allegedly a lot less the village clerk in metropolis of Port Erin. They had to create a new line in their annual accounts for him this year.

It’s one and the same under the 2006 act. Surely until government decide that user pays for what they produce, a flat rate makes more sense that someone having half price refuse collection because they live in a Victorian house.

Consolidation is inevitable.

Erin News in Port Erin has gone up for sale. Well, I assume it’s up for sale as Manx Radio post makes it more like they are giving it away. Report

My understanding from talking to someone who I think is fairly reliable about these things… Ramsey is the highest drain to the tax payer but that includes the loan repayments as well as operating costs. For some reason government pay all of peels loan costs off directly. They can’t put a figure on NSC as its poor old Julie doesn’t have a break down of costs beyond the whole complex. As per most things on IOM there is no consistency aside from the ineffectiveness of the Rushen MHKs

Haywood being Furious and Flabbergasted made me laugh. She’s an integral part of the administration that is behind the move with Departmental memberships left right and centre. Hopefully a one term MHK.

I’m sure plenty of local businesses would be glad of a £30k interest free loan which you can repay at a peppercorn rate. Both businesses in that unit have done the same now.