Derek Flint Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Max Power said: What isn't widely known is the fact that Mr Whittaker offered the DoI a turnkey solution for the Liverpool berth. Something that they neglected to tell the Treasury, until they had blown millions and were asking for more! This amounts to criminal mismanagement in order to be managing a huge budget. Our CS mandarins do not act in the best interests of the island, they are far too busy playing egotistical maniacs at every bloody level. I don't see our elected representatives ever being able to rein them in. And that, folks, is why the Isle of. An doesn’t have misconduct in a public office offences. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Time to raise the militia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, P.K. said: Surely it comes under the remit of the Director of Ports? (The clue is in the name...) I had heard that, but rumours abound, so what the truth is it would be interesting to know ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Max Power said: If what I'm hearing is correct then that is in process as we speak, how the eventual 'punishment' will be phrased or handled, we can only guess! Promotion and a pay rise? 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub3 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 16 hours ago, Max Power said: If what I'm hearing is correct then that is in process as we speak, how the eventual 'punishment' will be phrased or handled, we can only guess! Promotion for all involved no doubt! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Kerching!! Isle of Man's Liverpool ferry terminal cost rises to £70m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-59484031 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, slinkydevil said: Kerching!! Isle of Man's Liverpool ferry terminal cost rises to £70m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-59484031 Just so people can go shopping and watch Everton attempt to play football. Hands up if you're surprised. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Blonde Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 The only sensible thing to do is walk away. This was originally pitched as a £3m scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Just now, James Blonde said: The only sensible thing to do is walk away. This was originally pitched as a £3m scheme. Contract may prohibit this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: Contract may prohibit this. Depends on how binding the contract is. It was bad enough at £3m let alone £70m. Time for the new government here to stand up and be counted. The IOM cannot afford this luxury so just walk away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) walk away take the loss, £70m is fucking ridiculous amount to be spending off island, think what we could do with that here where we actually live and work. somebody needs firing for this debacle, a few plastic flumes and a bit of tarmac are bad enough but at least they are on the island. This needs fully investigating and a full independent public inquiry. Edited December 1, 2021 by The Chief 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Time to take the hit and walk away. Sometimes you get yourself so entrenched in getting what you originally wanted that you miss the increasing costs, or feel too far down the path to change direction and you justify them to yourself. You see it all the time with systems implementation. Better to just stop now. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4mbi Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Utter, utter shit show. £70.6m... in the sweepstake earlier in this thread the best guess was £60m+ Who is responsible and accountable? Must be why Reynolds "retired" in October. Government procurement also responsible - get the right guys from the start, not the f*ing cheapest. How utterly thoroughly depressing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, slinkydevil said: Kerching!! Isle of Man's Liverpool ferry terminal cost rises to £70m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-59484031 Only another £30 million to go to reach that magic DOI number! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 No one is accountable, & the new conservative government will blame it on the last conservative government as if they were two entirely unrelated administrations 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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