Mission Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I reckon bell will be pushing for the chief ministers job. If that ever happens dude, I'll be joining you in New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste1205 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I reckon bell wants the chief ministers job. Dito. I suspect Steve Rodan will get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I would be more than happy to have him as CM (with some help from his friends), for his perceived honesty, over and above his perceived intelligence. Totally agree with Matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste1205 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 If that ever happens dude, I'll be joining you in New York. You can't do that - i'll have to get my stationery else where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Lowest percentage of the vote to get a seat: Quintin Gill 16%. But that's out of a maximum of 33%. Average not maximum. You are right though I should do a comparison who got the largest percentage above average in a constituency. No maximum (assuming everyone cast three votes) if everyone voted for one candidate that guy would get 33%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 If that ever happens dude, I'll be joining you in New York. You can't do that - i'll have to get my stationery else where. Don't worry dude, it's America - anything's possible in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Dito. I suspect Steve Rodan will get it. Say goodbye to the NHS then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I reckon bell wants the chief ministers job. Please noooooooo......... He's part of the same 'school' as Corkhill (they tried so hard to look after each other), don't forget he was censured over the Mount Murray scandal (Corkhill backing Bell to the hilt - ooh er), and Bell doing his best to back Corkill over his , er his wife's 'scandal'? Please, please, please, remove this self perpetuating, self serving 'scum' from the Island, so we might at least try and 'undbrand' ourselves from the 'corrupt' tax haven that the rest of the planet seems to see us as! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celt Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 PK is popular, animated and keen...but not the right person to meet high power delegations such as the yanks, UK government ministers etc. IMO, he does not give a good impression at that level. I agree Albert, but most, if not all the people who voted for him wouldn't want him to or expect him to be good at it. Peter always has and still does, give a link from the common person to the hierachy of Tynwald. We want him to stay home and stop the rats taking over the barn. He has a tendency to ask what the public want to ask and challanges what the public think is wrong. Whether he gets anywhere with it is different, imo, he's still pissing into the wind against the system. I'll not ague with you Albert. I respect your views very highly, please respect mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Please noooooooo......... He's part of the same 'school' as Corkhill (they tried so hard to look after each other), don't forget he was censured over the Mount Murray scandal (Corkhill backing Bell to the hilt - ooh er), and Bell doing his best to back Corkill over his , er his wife's 'scandal'? Please, please, please, remove this self perpetuating, self serving 'scum' from the Island, so we might at least try and 'undbrand' ourselves from the 'corrupt' tax haven that the rest of the planet seems to see us as! I know all that Matty it's just the rest of the electorate have very short memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Please, please, please, remove this self perpetuating, self serving 'scum' from the Island, so we might at least try and 'undbrand' ourselves from the 'corrupt' tax haven that the rest of the planet seems to see us as! Once again, 1,768 fuckwits in Ramsey failed to share your views. As AT would say: democracy good dumbocracy bad! - amen to that brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 No maximum (assuming everyone cast three votes) if everyone voted for one candidate that guy would get 33%. On that basis 49% of people who voted, voted for him. A more acurate way would be to use votes scored divided by number of people who voted, but I can't find that figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 PK is popular, animated and keen...but not the right person to meet high power delegations such as the yanks, UK government ministers etc. IMO, he does not give a good impression at that level. I agree Albert, but most, if not all the people who voted for him wouldn't want him to or expect him to be good at it. Peter always has and still does, give a link from the common person to the hierachy of Tynwald. We want him to stay home and stop the rats taking over the barn. He has a tendency to ask what the public want to ask and challanges what the public think is wrong. Whether he gets anywhere with it is different, imo, he's still pissing into the wind against the system. I'll not ague with you Albert. I respect your views very highly, please respect mine. Don't get me wrong...I am not knocking the bloke at all, and I agree with most of what he is trying to achieve. But unfortunately it's what impression and how you communicate that is very important in these off-island meetings. The new chief minister will ignore PK's abilities at his peril. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 PK is popular, animated and keen...but not the right person to meet high power delegations such as the yanks, UK government ministers etc. IMO, he does not give a good impression at that level. I agree Albert, but most, if not all the people who voted for him wouldn't want him to or expect him to be good at it. Peter always has and still does, give a link from the common person to the hierachy of Tynwald. We want him to stay home and stop the rats taking over the barn. He has a tendency to ask what the public want to ask and challanges what the public think is wrong. Whether he gets anywhere with it is different, imo, he's still pissing into the wind against the system. I'll not ague with you Albert. I respect your views very highly, please respect mine. Don't get me wrong...I am not knocking the bloke at all, and I agree with most of what he is trying to achieve. But unfortunately it's what impression and how you communicate that is very important in these off-island meetings. The new chief minister will ignore PK's abilities at his peril. Surely he couldn't do any worse than Bell, Corkhill, Lowey, Kermode, Gelling on the 'international' stage have done in the past???? - I mean the 'Don' is a very photogenic farmer, but he's never come across as anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not the Comfy Chair Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I believe Peter to be a sincere guy. But we have a number of sharp and unelected Chief Executives who run Ministries and would run rings around him. Peter is great in opposition, but I believe that he would be a disaster as CM. If he wants to try his hand, he should start with something like DOLGE, and see how he gets on, before he attempts to take on the big job, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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