Will Halsall Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 32 minutes ago, x-in-man said: I would like someone who can put more than two words together in a sentence and not punctuate it with ‘erm’ ‘err’ ‘um’ AND have some sort of intelligence. Could you narrow it down to a candidate then? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 So Barber and Heywood don't feel the need to consult with their constituents before choosing a CM. They don't even need to see his programme for government either. "Democracy in action" indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Declan said: So Barber and Heywood don't feel the need to consult with their constituents before choosing a CM. They don't even need to see his programme for government either. "Democracy in action" indeed. Heywood hasn't even attended a keys meeting yet and wants to be a King Maker already , hardly a decision based on past performance and track record ,of which she has not been privy to, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Declan said: So Barber and Heywood don't feel the need to consult with their constituents before choosing a CM. They don't even need to see his programme for government either. "Democracy in action" indeed. What would be the point in that? Loads of people wasting their time telling them loads of differing opinions most of which would be nonsense like “it should be a woman” when there have only ever been two credible candidates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Halsall Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Watty said to me that Alf was his choice for CM, I will be interested to see if he sicks to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 16 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said: What would be the point in that? Loads of people wasting their time telling them loads of differing opinions most of which would be nonsense like “it should be a woman” when there have only ever been two credible candidates. It would enable to candidate's programme for government to be published and discussed. There may be little point, but when we're told we can't elect the CM directly it's because the MHK's will do it on our behalf. Heywood's manifesto doesn't say "I will support Dr Allinson for CM". If you ask a candidate they'll say "I don't know who's standing." They introduced an extra week to allow greater scrutiny of the CM manifestos, media, the PAG debate etc. To be fair when I asked Juan Watterson about this he said that after knocking on every door in the constituency he would have a sense of what people want and would chose the candidate that best met that criteria. Heywood didn't even campaign in Port Erin who does she know what my priorities are? The ability to email our MHK before the CM is chosen and say "I think you should vote for this guy" - even if they ignore you. It is only the tiniest crumb by which we can have a say in who leads the Government, who the COMIN are, and what their policies are. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 This obsession with a CM is totally divisive, we don't need one! Who says that one elected politician should be senior to the other twenty three? We have a president who isn't elected publicly but by the previous administration, should he not take on proper duties? Why is Watterson taken out of the fray by his wig and dress also? The whole thing needs revision, its obsessive madness! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Max Power said: This obsession with a CM is totally divisive, we don't need one! Who says that one elected politician should be senior to the other twenty three? We have a president who isn't elected publicly but by the previous administration, should he not take on proper duties? Why is Watterson taken out of the fray by his wig and dress also? The whole thing needs revision, its obsessive madness! Well we have a system designed for party politics where the governing party is formed around the CM after the election. Either the independents form parties or we scrap the ministerial system or the election is of the CM remains an undemocratic farce. We don't have a President, Tynwald does just like a golf club or the Rotary club do. Obviously, that role could be done by the Speaker in Tynwald and one of the members in Legco. I don't think the Speaker is out of the fray, just playing a different role within it. Maybe there's an alternative? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham_N_Eggs Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, Max Power said: This obsession with a CM is totally divisive, we don't need one! Who says that one elected politician should be senior to the other twenty three? We have a president who isn't elected publicly but by the previous administration, should he not take on proper duties? Why is Watterson taken out of the fray by his wig and dress also? The whole thing needs revision, its obsessive madness! We loved to be ruled by our "betters". People forget that Cannan has never achieved anything or that his psuedo furlough schemes plunged many people into poverty in 2020. Allinson to his endless credit advanced the rights of the women of Island massively with his abortion reform act. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
747-400 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 37 minutes ago, Max Power said: This obsession with a CM is totally divisive, we don't need one! Who says that one elected politician should be senior to the other twenty three? We have a president who isn't elected publicly but by the previous administration, should he not take on proper duties? Why is Watterson taken out of the fray by his wig and dress also? The whole thing needs revision, its obsessive madness! If JW is serious about modernising Tynwald then ceremonial robes and wigs, and morning prayers should be the first to go. And secondly, dust off Lord Lisvane’s report. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I don’t think JW pretends to want to modernise Tynwald. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham_N_Eggs Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Declan said: I don’t think JW pretends to want to modernise Tynwald. Indeed, if you look at the order papers "prayers" was actually added in Keys at some point in the last five years under JW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham_N_Eggs Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: Sadly he seems to think people are still grateful for being thrown a few pennies of their own money by his Treasury. He’s been very big on focusing on the generous £130M of our own money that we paid for (and that we will still be paying for for the next 30 years) that was paid to us when Comin’s lockdown shut our businesses and employers down. The inevitably of this is depressing. He's probably going to get voted in and what was going to be a pretty shitty next few years thanks to the UK situation is going to be incredibly shitty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham_N_Eggs Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 55 minutes ago, 747-400 said: And secondly, dust off Lord Lisvane’s report. He was the one responsible for watering it down. It's not in his interest to reform anything therefore it won't happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 The CMs main role in the Keys is to act as Chief Whip (And occasional whipping boy) and to be the go-between to the real policy advisers and decision makers. The whole CoMin system has removed any effective power from the Keys and created another unelected tier of Government. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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