2112 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 3 hours ago, CallMeCurious said: prominent member conjures up the right mental image Now that’s funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Will we now have 5 more years of blogs to look forward to? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, thommo2010 said: Will we now have 5 more years of blogs to look forward to? Hasn't he said he's finished with them now?? And being a minister he will be too busy 😂😂 Edited September 23, 2021 by Numbnuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 He's going to do Vlog's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 33 minutes ago, Declan said: He's going to do Vlog's Who is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, Gladys said: Who is he? Just some guy with a camper that did a serious of youtube videos on his and his wife's visit here. A bit Pooterish but charming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 16 minutes ago, Declan said: Just some guy with a camper that did a serious of youtube videos on his and his wife's visit here. A bit Pooterish but charming. Aah thank you. I thought he may have been RC's estranged brother from daan sowff. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Manx Radio Re-elected MHK not ruling out ministerial role https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/re-elected-mhk-not-ruling-out-ministerial-role/ How the fuckity fuck fuck fuck is this headline news? First item no less on my radio this morning. Rob Callister will be a Minister, of that there can be no doubt. There simply isn't the number to choose from if new MHKs are, reasonably enough of course*, excluded. Maybe Manx Radio, riding high on their £1.2million government subvention** know exactly which button to press (three letters, starts with 'e' ends with 'o') for this little darling. *the newbies take a bit of time to bed in. They need to be shown which desk to sit at, where the toilets and canteen are, and be warned which of the senior big boys are bullies. **talking of government subvention, I am absolutely sure that will be secure, if not increased, now there are two former Manx Radio gravy trainers in Tynwald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Login Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 14 minutes ago, Barlow said: Manx Radio Re-elected MHK not ruling out ministerial role https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/re-elected-mhk-not-ruling-out-ministerial-role/ How the fuckity fuck fuck fuck is this headline news? First item no less on my radio this morning. Rob Callister will be a Minister, of that there can be no doubt. There simply isn't the number to choose from if new MHKs are, reasonably enough of course*, excluded. Maybe Manx Radio, riding high on their £1.2million government subvention** know exactly which button to press (three letters, starts with 'e' ends with 'o') for this little darling. *the newbies take a bit of time to bed in. They need to be shown which desk to sit at, where the toilets and canteen are, and be warned which of the senior big boys are bullies. **talking of government subvention, I am absolutely sure that will be secure, if not increased, now there are two former Manx Radio gravy trainers in Tynwald. So to summarise the article Rob Calllister will concentrate on dealing with matters that will help him get re-elected and which in many cases are matters that should reasonably be dealt with by local commissioners and if it is a choice being put in a position where he could benefit for the IoM as a whole or do nothing and garner votes so he can be re-elected then the latter it is. If you are elected as an MHK, as there are only 24, your priority should surely be to do what is in the best interest of and improves the IoM not just trying to farm local voters to ensure you are re-elected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Minister of School crossings or eradication of dog poop maybe. Please God don't let him loose with a real grown up position. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 14 minutes ago, english zloty said: Please God don't let him loose with a real grown up position. Those exist in Comin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 14 minutes ago, english zloty said: Minister of School crossings or eradication of dog poop maybe. Please God don't let him loose with a real grown up position. the DOI are asking for him by name. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holte End Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 DOI or DFEA are the roles he would be most suited too. He has been a member of both, so would know what is expected of him. With the cessation of the blog, it time for him to prove himself and not just a writer of fiction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, Lost Login said: If you are elected as an MHK, as there are only 24, your priority should surely be to do what is in the best interest of and improves the IoM not just trying to farm local voters to ensure you are re-elected. To be fair every constituency MP in every jurisdiction in the world claims that their constituency is their main priority, even if they only visit once a month and can't make their way around without a local guide (one thinks of Mandelson and Hartlepool). So a black-belt granny-farmer like Callister isn't going to say otherwise. But there was always a danger with the new pay structure[1] that it would make it even easier to do a Robertshaw and sit on the back benches chuntering away without providing much useful opposition or reasoned alternatives. So there is a danger that some will just nurse their constituencies and sit there. Or just sit there. Callister to his credit isn't like that, but he has the opposite problem - a sort of neediness which means he wants to belong. Hence the ridiculous situation of being a member of three Departments. He loves all the theatre of being a politician: the meetings and the presentations; the statements and the announcements. We can see all that from his blog. But I'm not sure that he has much idea of what he wants to do, rather than just repeat whatever he's been told to say. [1] There's an additional danger that they want to decouple Tynwald pay from the civil service (which is a god thing) but then hand it over to a Remuneration Committee of ex-politicians from other jurisdictions, which like all such committees will consist of champion troughers who will happily keep on recommending trebles all round till the end of time. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Rob for DOI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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