NoTail Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Just listened to Alfs speech. Maybe I missed the essential points but I see it as a budfet which said very little. To summarise, shit this is expensive! We need to reign back support asap. Just support the businesses that can demonstrate they are on their knees or dead. Wd will borrow from the banks to see us through. In the meantime we will accelerate paying for things like the promenade. Also accelerate going green and getting digital. As for going green and digital, the government does not seem to realise how expensive electricity and phone charges are. I for one have abandoned MT and have a contract with a UK supplier which gives far superior mobile data etc at a fraction of the cost of MT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 It was only a budget update. This where we are, this is what we need to do. Not a full Fudget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Comments made by members* that they only had a couple of hours to digest the strategy & are then expected to vote on it Did appear to be an opportunity lost to refocus economic strategy for the next year or so Now we'll have to potter along with the Treasury's Economic Recovery Plan & wait til after the next general election for re-focused government *Mr Speaker - Bill Shimmins suggests he might have attended Treasury workshops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Strange update, no cuts to department budgets so carry on spending! Another 750k for promenade and £7m for health.nothing extra for DESC so teachers will not be getting the 9% they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Just listening to Manx Radio Mannin Line. It's like a battle of who knows more about stuff - Andy Wint or John Moss. I think Mossie knows more but Andy Wint just thinks he knows more. Than anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 100 or so questions down for answers, some absolute crackers, my favourite is this one from Moorhouse How responsive the Department is to recommendations on safety in relation to exposure to the sun in the Island’s schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Newbie Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, gettafa said: Just listening to Manx Radio Mannin Line. It's like a battle of who knows more about stuff - Andy Wint or John Moss. I think Mossie knows more but Andy Wint just thinks he knows more. Than anyone. That’s terrible it was just bullshit bingo quoting random numbers and to top it off they ask Tony Brown what he thinks of the budget like anyone actually gives a shit about what Tony Brown thinks of anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 It was all reminiscent of Donald Gelling drawling "I'd rather deal with the problems of success than the problems of failure". The IoM Gov had been getting a freebie £200million in overpayment of VAT share for a few years. Tony Brown had been riding on the bonanza too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, Banker said: 100 or so questions down for answers, some absolute crackers, my favourite is this one from Moorhouse How responsive the Department is to recommendations on safety in relation to exposure to the sun in the Island’s schools? Does he spend hours coming up with his questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, gettafa said: It was all reminiscent of Donald Gelling drawling "I'd rather deal with the problems of success than the problems of failure". The IoM Gov had been getting a freebie £200million in overpayment of VAT share for a few years. Tony Brown had been riding on the bonanza too. Not for long though. When it was his turn the horse bucked and threw him off, along with the rest of us. Jinxed it good and proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Cannan: "Innovation is going to have to be the solution" Pandemic forces change-afeared Tynwald to be reluctantly dragged into the 21st century? Finishes off with classic "Manx solutions for Manx problems" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham_N_Eggs Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 In his speech today Skelly said "19th March first case on the Isle of Man; 1st April first death on the Island. stop. pause" thus reading out his cue to stop and pause. Simply amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Banker said: 100 or so questions down for answers, some absolute crackers, my favourite is this one from Moorhouse How responsive the Department is to recommendations on safety in relation to exposure to the sun in the Island’s schools? What does he want to know? I guess it is about sunburn. But it's likely to be answered - "very responsive" or "we have a target of responding to all safety recommendations within two weeks." When presumably the question is meant to be asking "What's the policy on exposure to sun in the Island's schools?" OR if there's been some recommendations recently - "How are the Department and the Island's schools responding to the recent safety recommendations about sun exposure." It's not like he's having to phrase the questions off the top of his head during a debate (or using Google translate), he must have sat at his computer, thought about that question before emailing it to the clerks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Banker said: 100 or so questions down for answers, some absolute crackers, my favourite is this one from Moorhouse How responsive the Department is to recommendations on safety in relation to exposure to the sun in the Island’s schools? Is this the last Tynwald before the recess? I think it is a tradition now to ask loads of questions in an attempt to look as though they are doing something. Spewin Juan has been all over Facebook in the last week with stuff even claiming his question may have led to the railways reopening. I would say the line now being passable at Groudle and the arrival of some Guernsey people probably had more to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On 7/20/2020 at 11:30 AM, Donald Trumps said: I hope all candidates will be bright and articulate. 10 minutes ago, Ham_N_Eggs said: In his speech today Skelly said "19th March first case on the Isle of Man; 1st April first death on the Island. stop. pause" thus reading out his queue to stop and pause. Simply amazing. Are you watching, Donald? I wonder if they also have people to put food in their mouths at lunchtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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