Ham_N_Eggs Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Interesting Tynwald Order Paper this month. A few highlights: More cash being spent on horsetrams infrastructure. Something is going to happen with the post office: Edge is making a statement on its future and Baker is putting a private members motion in to preserve it. Plastics strategy which is a lot of words to explain why they are bringing in a plastic bag tax. Active travel plan which is lot of words to explain why people should cycle / walk to work. The final report of the Lisvane Lite functioning of Tynwald committee which recommends shockingly... pretty much no change. Port Erin maybe taking over part of Rushen GDPR....again after they failed to get through last month. From the looks of it Hooper may have had a point as it seems they have issued a correction notice (i.e. they rushed it and got it wrong). Beecroft wants a committee to investigate the £28,000,000 loss of the media development fund. The committee looking into Manx Radio has released an interim report which is quite interesting it recommends getting rid of advertising , dropping DAB, and that they should be held accountable for any losses (£130,000 since 2015) by going to a vote in Tynwald for the extra cash but that won't be debated this month. Finally some good news though the minimum wage is going up and they finally bringing 18 year olds up to the same rate as everyone else £7.85. Only 16 and 17 year olds are discriminated against still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Helmut Fromage Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Please amend to numbers not bullet points..... It would help me say that point 5 is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I notice that linked to the order paper there is a memo for Tynwald members concerning the changes to the Manx Pension Supplement, so as that might be of use to MF members I am linking it below: http://www.tynwald.org.im/business/opqp/sittings/Tynwald 20162018/2018-SD-0179-MEMO.pdf There's nothing new in it but it is a bit of a minefield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Best. Hat. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Dan Blocker. What a name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 20 hours ago, Ham_N_Eggs said: Interesting Tynwald Order Paper this month. A few highlights: Beecroft wants a committee to investigate the £28,000,000 loss of the media development fund. Yep, this needs investigating. That is a helluva lorra wonga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 50 minutes ago, gettafa said: Yep, this needs investigating. That is a helluva lorra wonga. I've been saying that on here for the last 5 years at least. Even so-called qualified bean counters have challenged me. But the fact remains that it's simply not possible to account for "may be" income. The media fund only benefited a very, very small number of people/companies. The number of bed nights was exaggerated. You only have to look at what happened in Jurby... the so-called hub of the film industry. A ghost-town within three years. It was a complete shambles and a con, as we all know. The biggest issue is getting Tynwald to accept that they had been hoodwinked by a former Treasury cum Chief Minister. This, along with the illegal election of the current CM, must surely go down in the annals of Tynwald as some of the most grotesque and perverse moments of it's entire existence. An utter waste of resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Andy Onchan said: I've been saying that on here for the last 5 years at least. Even so-called qualified bean counters have challenged me. But the fact remains that it's simply not possible to account for "may be" income. The media fund only benefited a very, very small number of people/companies. The number of bed nights was exaggerated. You only have to look at what happened in Jurby... the so-called hub of the film industry. A ghost-town within three years. It was a complete shambles and a con, as we all know. The biggest issue is getting Tynwald to accept that they had been hoodwinked by a former Treasury cum Chief Minister. This, along with the illegal election of the current CM, must surely go down in the annals of Tynwald as some of the most grotesque and perverse moments of it's entire existence. An utter waste of resources. I totally agree with what your saying. However I really can’t see any point of select Committee or inquiry. Mainly because it’s unlikely to influence anything. The Committee or Inquiry will be toothless and there is a strong chance of Government or Civil Servants influencing the findings. What would be needed is a strong Chair and strong members who are impartial and not CM ‘yes’ men. Sadly there are very few of these on the island. Also the stock IOMG phrase ‘Lessons will be learned’ will be employed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 6 hours ago, gettafa said: Yep, this needs investigating. That is a helluva lorra wonga. Wouldn't this reopen the whole VAT sharing arrangements again? Least said, soonest mended on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 With acknowledgement to Banksy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 10 hours ago, woolley said: Wouldn't this reopen the whole VAT sharing arrangements again? Least said, soonest mended on that. Speaking of which, any idea what the latest VAT Share statistics reveal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 16 hours ago, gettafa said: Yep, this needs investigating. That is a helluva lorra wonga. Can't really be investigated, no one wants to speak ill of the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/end-of-a-chapter-in-parliamentary-reform/ What a complete waste of time and money. Tynpotwald will never change and clearly doesn’t want to change or even think about change. To think we had loads of the usual suspects spouting shit, and creating and making a dogs breakfast of the election of All female MLCs in an attempt to look trendy and in with the kids. It also shows that some MHKs and COMIN are incapable of driving change - sadly they all have their own vested interests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 ...............just, SHOCKING ARROGANCE........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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