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Welcome to Dismaland 2024 ..

Readers may recall that back in 2015 for a glorious 36 days between 21st August & 27 September renowned street artist Banksy treated the...

The F&L half term Tynwald report (Part 2)

We now present the second of two rather bulky instalments of the F&L half term assessments for this house of Tynwald.

The F&L half term Tynwald report

Split over two rather bulky instalments here are the F&L half term assessments for this house of Tynwald. How have we scored your MHK?

Talk Talk (Talk Talk)

Older readers may be familiar with the 1982 debut album The Party's Over from British synth-pop band Talk Talk which featured the bands...

Mr Benn adopts his latest costume

Reviewing this mornings Manx Radio headline by David Ashford MHK in which he authoritatively declares that Shoprite Group failed to call...

Moving deckchairs on the Titanic?

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man wrote the English economist...

Royston Vasey outdoes Brass Eye in Peel's PaedoGeddon

They say that a week is a long time in politics and a month is even longer. And for Julie Edge and the DESC it’s been a little over a...

Clue (done) it?

In an interesting twist to the rather dull MLC nomination process this week we see bitter internet political grinch and serial...

Back to the Future V (at least)

It seems that at least every decade since this withering assessment of the IOMs then new resident policy was published in the Free Manx...

Getta Bloomin’ Move On!

Back in 1969 Quincy Jones penned a tune entitled Getta Bloomin’ Move On, now better known by the title of The Self Preservation Society,...

The NASUWT Another Brick in the Wall?

In November 1979 Pink Floyd released its seminal concept album The Wall - an epic double-album rock opera based around the concept of a...

Alfred's Adjustment Day?

Reading the headlines tick through in the last 24 hours its clear that the 'retirement' of the Island's top civil servant, the Chief...

All is not well in Camberwick Green says Windy Miller

Avid followers of Gordon Murray’s 1960s Trumptonshire Trilogy will be well aware of the plight of poor Windy Miller - the lonely flour...

No fun, my babe, no fun ..

Has there ever been a more thoroughly depressing few weeks in Manx politics than we’ve seen as we entered 2022? A period which should...

My name is Bond. Sustainable Bond!

The local media appears to have a great way of wrongly picking up on what are (and are not) key matters of public interest to be reported...

Some Fear and Loathing Christmas cheer ..

Its been another challenging year and here's looking forward to 2022 with hope that we all voted for the right people in 2021. Thank you...

Tim the Turd Polisher

This is probably the shortest write-up we’ll do to compensate for some of the recent longer content we’ve published as there’s not much...

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