Declan

I really don’t see the fuss. If you want to go the tower for a communal activity with the risks Mitigated to some extent - go on the organised walk If you want a more personal experience and are happy to manage your own risks - go another day.

1. A vote for None of the Above is making an active choice not to support the candidates. 2. It's easy for the establishment / Government to blame "apathy" and claim non-voters can't be that bothered by the direction the Island is going. 3. RON (Re-open Nominations) would be better than "None of the Above" - because it's a vote for something (admittedly quite nebulous) rather than one against everything. I think it will be used mostly where you support one candidate and can't abide the others. You would vote for RON in hope for better candidates next time. Personally, for individual voters it would provide a better method with which to reject the status quo over a spoilt ballot or not voting. For those people it allows them to participate in democracy. However, apart from isolated incidents (like when a party withdraws support for candidate or a technicality with a nomination keeps a popular candidate off the ballot) I doubt it will make much of a difference to the actual outcome of individual votes. And it doesn't change the fundamental issue in the Isle of Man that no matter who you vote for, no matter who wins in individual seats, the government doesn't change.

Like - "6. DIONNE WARWICK - WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW The Motown sound was a very big influence in the civil rights movement and demonstrated that promoting peace and love can achieve much more than segregation and oppression. A way of life I am very much aligned with." The comment and the song don't really correlate.

Politicians on Desert Island Discs are the same.

Guess the artist - "His music always reminds me to be humble for what I have and to be grateful for the people in my life who fight unseen and unspoken personal battles every day."

Pretty standard local paper space filler stuff though. Local celeb picks favourite tunes, holiday destinations, walks, tv shows each week. It’s copy you don’t have to pay journalists for.

And the judge!

I wouldn't know. I did see Annie Kissack judged the poetry, and I've seen worse judges at poetry slams.

It is. However, it's the subjective opinion (or should be) of an expert (a skilled practioner or teacher in the field) and against set criteria of "good looks like" in that discipline. That doesn't invalidate the performance of the participant who deviates from the set criteria, or the audience member that enjoyed it.

To be fair though, the solutions suggested are inferior workarounds, to a list of results by class. Not sure why Anthony Ingham ia being ao agressive.

There's 292 unemployed on the island and 837 vaccancies. Of these 24 have been unemployed for over a year.

Who is this guy? Why is everything he says a question? Why is he asking me whether it's a good idea to open a sidecar garage(?) in the old Havana Nightclub?

Mad, bad, sad, racist Dad.

I didn't do that. Merely pointed out your claim "it's only teams like Sevilla" that stopped us winning titles was wrong. You've a choice mate, we can discuss football like adults or you can engage in a point by point rebuttal of what you imagine I think or what you wish I'd written, but you don't really need me for that, so I'll leave you to it.

You're doing what you always. You said "they only lost to teams like Sevilla" when it was mostly City and Real. That's all I was saying. You make a false statement, get shown it's wrong then respond as if I was reponding to completely different point. We can't have a serious discussion because you just view find one little bit in a post and go "yeah but", irrespective of the context in the thread or the post.

Where? I can only think of the Bowl.

Why have a designated area in the first place? Supporters are just stood on the touchline around the pitch anyway.

We were denied two League titles by Man City by a single point and gained more points both season than United had. A team with the resources of a petro-state and the most successful manager of the current era, who would have won 6 or 7 titles in a row but for us We also lost two Champions League Finals to Real Madrid the most successful team in that competition. Yes we lost to Sevilla in the Europa League in Klopp's first full season, but they're the most successfull team in that competition, and in the League Cup by Man City (second most successful in that comp apart from us).

The penalty is red herring, I just mentioned it as another bizarre event during the match. In an ideal world the ref would have been allowed to use common sense an begin with a drop ball, or suggest the taker just passes it back to the goalie. But rules is rules and there's no room for common sense. Having a designated area at games at this level is ridiculous. Wenger's crazy rules committee will be behind it I bet. All it does is give refs one more thing fuss about.

It's the area on the side of the pitch where the manager stands. And I suppose where the subs and whoever has the magic sponge stands. I'm surprised they even need one. Offside is where an attacking player gets an advantage over the defenders by being nearer to the goal than them. The issue wasn't the penalty (which was in St George's favour) but with a St. G's substitute standing at the side of the pitch. I'm surprised that didn't happen here. But some teams on the Island are a bit full of themselves.

I imagine his impartiality might have been called into question. Anyway before that happened. The ref awarded a penalty, because an opposition player picked up the ball after hearing a whistle on the next pitch. That put St G's 2 goals up at half time. Corinthians pulled one back and were pressing for an equalizer. You'd be livid if you were one of the other teams fighting relegation. Geordies win a game because the ref awards a bizarre penalty, sends a substitute off for a minor thing then abandons the game because he's too busy attacking a player. Is there no video footage - this would be a smash on youtube?

There's a technical area?

You'd think, but, say Tynwald a pass a motion indicating support for the provision to be free in Govt buildings. Then a few years down the line the CS stop it, call it a "cost saving" and it's pay rises all round!

I don't know how he managed that, but it's 69 dude! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_England_by_competitive_honours_won

To be fair to him, this started where you had the cheek "to fix" a post of mine that was specifically talking about the current situation.