Apple Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 22 minutes ago, John Wright said: Unless, of course, you’re really a Bufton-Tufton, ex military type, on a huge military pension, Telegraph reading, Conservative who doesn’t believe in free at point of delivery health care ( including mental health ) for all. What you’re espousing in that post is a bit “I’m alright Jack” or “let them eat cake”, That's me to a T. I am shamed and named. 🤫 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Things have gone very quiet down South. I would have thought more contenders with the announcements already made by Watterson and Skelly. It's a light field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 What announcement has Mr Watterson made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 3 hours ago, SleepyJoe said: What announcement has Mr Watterson made? Well only that he is standing for President. It's assumed that he will stand again for Rushen if he doesn't get it - and presumably Skelly does. Poole-Wilson was the only other credible candidate (not that Skelly's credible, but that mightn't stop him getting it as the CoMin candidate[1]). We won't know the result of that till the start of Tynwald on 20 July. But given that there will be at least one vacancy, very probably two, in Rushen it's a surprise we haven't seen more than two candidates. You might expect Mark Kemp to have another go for instance. [1] Rodan seems such an obvious choice that we forget that Eddie Teare was also nominated in 2016 (by Bell so literally the CoMin candidate). Rodan only got in by 16-12 (2 abstentions, 2 absent) - though it was an electronic vote there was unusually no list of who voted for whom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Mrs Poole-Wilson didn't want to be a candidate for President Perhaps she feels she needs a proper electoral mandate first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 5 hours ago, SleepyJoe said: What announcement has Mr Watterson made? "PRESTIGE NOT PEOPLE" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Does Kemp have to wait until the end of term? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Incredibly, Skelly looks to be a shoe-in for President. So I’m told by an MHK. (Not Skelly!!). Mind you, a non-job for a non-brain. In that event, Watterson will stand for Keys again and be re-elected. Whether he is reinstated as Speaker is another matter of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Declan said: Does Kemp have to wait until the end of term? He seems to be an accountant now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Wasn't he an accountant before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 hour ago, SleepyJoe said: Wasn't he an accountant before? Business Studies Teacher at one point. But I think he jumped between the two professions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Was an Accountant, became a teacher according to his 2016 Manifesto Quote I changed my career four years ago, moving away from a lucrative life as an accountant and I became a teacher. I’d worked hard for eighteen years making rich people richer and for what? I wasn’t making a difference to anyone’s lives. I wasn’t helping to make the world a better place. This bothered me and so I decided to do something about it. I became a teacher. I undertook the journey into teaching at my own expense, paying for my qualification and my degree myself (despite that I was eligible for financial assistance, government refused to offer it but this only made me more determined). I volunteered for six months to get my foot in the door, worked at virtually minimum wage for two years thereafter and now I am qualified. Money was never my motivator. Seeing the look on a student’s face when they achieve something. . .that’s what motivates me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Andrew Langan-Newton - Full Candidate Interview 1 General Election 2021 https://www.manxradio.com/podcasts/general-election-2021/episode/andrew-langan-newton-full-candidate-interview-1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christy Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Listened to the above interview, but quickly lost interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Kemp has declared 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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