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Post by tricky on Nov 15, 2013 19:16:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2013 19:53:15 GMT
Middle is one of the historic sheadings of the island.
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Post by erlend on Nov 15, 2013 20:05:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2013 20:24:02 GMT
I don't care if Jesus walked upon the Isle to decree it so ; Middle is a rubbish name.
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Post by greatkingrat on Nov 15, 2013 20:39:27 GMT
One of the alternative suggestions was "Mid Mannin".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2013 20:43:07 GMT
One of the alternative suggestions was "Mid Mannin". Exactly |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2013 20:44:45 GMT
How would IoM vote if it were a UK constituency?
I'm guessing pretty tory?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 15, 2013 20:49:01 GMT
Some of the MHKs are Conservative-inclined, and some are former Conservative activists from the UK, but not all. Steve Rodan was a Liberal candidate in the 1979 election. There is also a Manx Labour Party which has had more or less continuous representation.
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Post by manchesterman on Nov 15, 2013 22:57:17 GMT
How would IoM vote if it were a UK constituency? I'm guessing pretty tory? UKIP??  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 15, 2013 23:13:45 GMT
The Manx National Anthem calls it the land of home rule so it would probably vote Manx Nationalist.
At present the Isle of Man is in the rare position of being able to trade with the EU without tariffs, but subject to none of the laws of the EU.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 0:04:39 GMT
That would be like saying Sussex should be called South (something) because Sussex was too vague. Middle has a specific meaning on the Island beyond just 'the middle'
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 0:15:16 GMT
People on the Island like to jokingly say it's fifty years behind the mainland, and there is quite a reactionary current to some of the politics there, but I doubt ukip would get much support there (bnp might get more). Really its much more like a parish council than a state government, and personalities are far more important. I say that as someone who has had two relatives in the house of Keys, four close friends, and about a dozen people I was at school with  sent while on the move somewhere |
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Post by carlton43 on Nov 16, 2013 0:26:23 GMT
I don't care if Jesus walked upon the Isle to decree it so ; Middle is a rubbish name. The French have a Centre. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Nov 16, 2013 0:33:17 GMT
Which is artificial.
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Post by maxque on Nov 16, 2013 1:50:41 GMT
I don't care if Jesus walked upon the Isle to decree it so ; Middle is a rubbish name. The French have a Centre. And which wants to be renamed into Centre - Val-de-Loire, but another region (Pays de la Loire) objects. |
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Post by manchesterman on Nov 16, 2013 16:06:29 GMT
To clarify I suggested UKIP in the sense of they would want 'Independence FROM the UK' |
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Post by manchesterman on Nov 16, 2013 16:06:42 GMT
To clarify I suggested UKIP in the sense of they would want 'Independence FROM the UK' |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Nov 17, 2013 11:41:02 GMT
That would be like saying Sussex should be called South (something) because Sussex was too vague. Middle has a specific meaning on the Island beyond just 'the middle' sent while on the move somewhere Sussex is called South (something). |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Nov 17, 2013 12:43:37 GMT
The French have a Centre. And which wants to be renamed into Centre - Val-de-Loire, but another region (Pays de la Loire) objects. Which is ironic, as some of Pays de la Loire should really be Brittany. |
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Post by erlend on Nov 17, 2013 14:57:31 GMT
Loire Atlantique is the stolen bit of Breizh.
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