GD4ELI Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 This Island is going to be what is commonly known as "fucked", house is going on the market and I'm out of here, I would imagine that i'm not alone in my thinking. So you'll go to the UK which is in an even worse state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Massive Overhaul of Govt Depts proposed by Tony Brown The farmers and fishermen, who actually do physical work and contribute to the economy, won't like to be shunted off to Community and Culture. Maybe they will dress up and have their photos taken by the non-existent tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 That sounds about right. I'm sure Bell does it deliberately just to make Brown look clueless. I'm sure CM Tony doesn't need any help at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 utter load of tosh, im sorry when did agriculture animal health fishers etc become community culture and leisure. cheeky fing basterds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaipyr Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Government = Politicians & Civil Servants = Bunch of Cunts What an unintelligent and ignorant statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_Want_Cookie Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 *sigh* hapless, hapless, politicians. *sigh* They are bringing this island to it's knees and we are letting them. All we do is talk about how it can be done better but do Brown and his ilk realise the resentment they are generating. I doubt it. We need to show them how we feel before they make things worse. It's time to march ON tynwald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaipyr Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 *sigh* hapless, hapless, politicians. *sigh* They are bringing this island to it's knees and we are letting them. All we do is talk about how it can be done better but do Brown and his ilk realise the resentment they are generating. I doubt it. We need to show them how we feel before they make things worse. It's time to march ON tynwald. Rubbish - if you want to see an island on it's knees look west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaipyr Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 This Island is going to be what is commonly known as "fucked", house is going on the market and I'm out of here, I would imagine that i'm not alone in my thinking. No doubt that you're not alone in your thinking, but there are quite a few negative, ignorant people on here and the sooner you all sell up and piss off the better it will be for the Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 This Island is going to be what is commonly known as "fucked", house is going on the market and I'm out of here, I would imagine that i'm not alone in my thinking. No doubt that you're not alone in your thinking, but there are quite a few negative, ignorant people on here and the sooner you all sell up and piss off the better it will be for the Island. Couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 . Also, I reckon Quayle has a fair chance of keeping his seat, if only because anyone stupid enough to vote for him twice will probably vote for him a third time. As a member of his constituency I think that is a bit harsh as his election was also a reflection on who the alternatives were. You're right, and I did feel a little guilty after posting it. I'm sorry to say that I'm a sucker for the facetious comment, no matter how ill judged. Still, I'm interested in the point you make about the alternatives. Looking at Quayle's manifesto, it's little more than a long list of promises, no more convincing or worthy than the alternatives (apart from maybe the fact that Beecroft tries to play the Manx card by sticking her maiden name on hers, and Jessop adds BSc (Hons) to his name, which is a bit rubbish), and certainly his time in the House of Keys was then pretty undistinguished, at least on the national level. I know that some people thought Jessop was a bit of a nutcase, so was it just the fact that Beecroft was inexperienced, thus favouring the incumbent (which kind of ties in with the point I was making), or the fact that she's a member of a political party? I'm just curious by the way, not trying to hold people account for voting Quayle in!* *Personally the fact that his election photo makes him look like the slightly simple younger brother of Martin McGuinness would have had me voting for one of the others . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 so what was the point of revamping the DAFF, and shouldn't it be now in with industry, not culture, or has someone looked up what culture means and thinks it's to do with cultivating ?, maybe someone thinks milk comes from supermarkets ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Rubbish - if you want to see an island on it's knees look west. or east - definitely look east Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 so what was the point of revamping the DAFF, and shouldn't it be now in with industry, not culture, or has someone looked up what culture means and thinks it's to do with cultivating ?, maybe someone thinks milk comes from supermarkets ! It may be a bit tinfoil hat, but looking at the diagram that accompanies the IOM newspapers story I wonder if a small part of the motivation behind the reorganization isn't to effect a bit of a power grab. In particular, three departments have been substantially enlarged, which presumably means their ministers will have more responsibilities and places to delegate to MHKs. Shimmin's department has practically been abolished with the important part (Local government) being awarded to Infrastructure and Environment cut adrift where it's toothless and inconsequential. Similarly, Gawne's department has been entirely absorbed into the new Community, Culture and Leisure department, Eddie Teare's has been split into two and various bits and bobs have been shared out almost entirely between just three departments: CCL, Infrastructure, and the Treasury. It'll be interesting to see who ends up in the driving seats of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
%age Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Page 24 of this week's Isle of Man Examiner: OK a different era, but to be fair I don't think in those days the Isle of Man was suckling on the teats of the UK taxpayer to the tune of £100million a year. Which by the way, works out at over £10,000 per each and every hour in a day. ....and using say 2000 working hours per year, that is about £50,000 per working hour. If everyone in the whole public sector was to take a £5-6 per hour pay cut, then we will about have it. Or if the PS want to keep their wages I would suggest Tony and Allan use the above photo as their template for the new Civil Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Er, what do they mean by the 'safeguarding of children'? Is this some local version of the Nanny State? Um, there was this big scandal a few years back when a couple of teengers were brutally murdered. Lots of bad publicity, costly reports, action plans to stop this sort of thing happening again. Was kinda a big deal. So how does re arranging a government department prevent a brutal murder? Please explain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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