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The Newsletter All monies of the Friends of collected are the Manx spent on the Isle Diabetic. of Man. The diabetic No monies are support Group sent of the IOM g{x W|tuxà|v off Island g{x Uxáà tÇw ÅÉáà \ÇyÉÜÅtà|äx W|tuxà|v axãáÄxààxÜ ÉÇ à{x \áÄx Éy `tÇ Issue number 27 Date: December 2009 LEADING FROM THE FRONT Caaryjn Lught Vannin yn Chingys Millish A Charity registered in the Isle of Man. Charity number 894. All monies collected from whatever source will be used exclusively on the Isle of Man for the benefit of diabetics and their medical carers. HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Your Chairman asks Secretary of State for Health in UK for a meeting Chairman negotiates new deal with Insurance Company for Manx people Manx Government ignores wishes of the Manx people All but six MHK’s wash their hands of the people, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN The Debate, quotes and who said what The Christmas message by the Rev John Guilford. In this issue Chairman asks Secretary of State Chairman asks Secretary of State for Health for an interview for Health for an interview. Chairman negotiates new deal with insurance company for After listening to the debate in Tynwald on the Manx people the Reciprocal Health Agreement the Chairman The Last Laugh: Are we a Nation or a nonentity? Manx Government Ignores wishes of the Manx People. felt enough was enough. All but six MHK’s and all MLC’s wash their hands of the Not a mention of what the Government had people, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN done or what the Government had discussed The Lion and the Civil Service The Debate, quotes and who said what with the British Government, what they Is this going to happen here? proposed doing, or indeed why it had really Passports been rescinded and what our Government had The Christmas Message by the Rev John Guilford How about this for a speeding ticket been told by the UK Government. The Manx Diabetes Centre If the Island Government was not prepared to The Blood Clinic tell its people what they had done or been told, DisabledGo, do they go or do they stay? Letter from a Commissioner’s Office the Chairman felt he had to flash out the The Baldrine Methodist Church. answers from the British Government and tell News in Brief the people. St John Ambulance The alternate last laugh The Chairman decided to write a personal P.S. letter to the Secretary of State for Health in the United Kingdom asking for an interview. From past experience in dealing with real Governments, the Chairman who has dealt with Secretaries of State, and Prime Ministers before, knew that The Secretary of State would Food to eat in be left with two choices, either to agree to an Food to take away interview, and we would put our proposals to Food for thought him, or he would refuse the interview and tell Are all available at us why they had rescinded the Reciprocal Feegan’s Internet Lounge 8 Victoria Street, Douglas Health Agreement with the Isle of Man, and a minefield that will not work for the benefit of what they intended to do. both our peoples, and we therefore must find a The ploy worked. simpler system of operation on this health He of course refused the interview, but they scenario, so that we can both return to some gave us chapter and verse of why they had semblance of accommodation that will be rescinded the Reciprocal Agreement and what beneficial to both your Government, that of the the real situation was. Isle of Man, and both our peoples. In his letter to the Secretary of State the We have been given to understand that this Chairman said. has all come about because of the antics of a “It is with regret and apologies that I write certain party. But in reality we should not be you seeking a meeting with your good self to tarred with the same brush as our Government discuss the above problem and propose an has been beyond reproach. agenda to see if the matter can be resolved to One of the great high principles on which all the satisfaction of all concerned. Please our history has been underpinned has been the understand that I am not writing as part of the judicial system that “you are innocent until Isle of Man Government or on behalf of the proven guilty”. The Isle of Man has not been Government, but as a concerned citizen and proven guilty, but your predecessor rescinded defender of the interests of the Manx people.” the Reciprocal Health Agreement by The Chairman went on to describe who he association, which argument in a Court of Law was and what he did, he then pointed out. will not hold water. “As you are no doubt aware the Rescinding of There are many on the Island who argue for the Reciprocal Health Agreement by your writing to the Commission of Hunam Rights predecessor Dawn Primarolo, which had been and the taking of the British Government to the in operation between our two jurisdictions since Court of Human Rights, but I for one, at this 1948, has been brought to an end, with stage, do not believe this is the present route to disastrous consequences and shock to the go, as I am a great believer in friendly peoples of the Isle of Man, their families and discussion by both parties. Though time is of friends in the UK and those who come to visit the essence, there is still mileage in our putting our Island. both our points of view on the table, and We may be a separate jurisdiction, but we are coming to an accommodation. part of the Commonwealth, and your Queen is I understand that because of what has also my Queen. Her Majesty is the Lord of happened we cannot get back to how things Mann and we have her representative as were before, but I am sure that in talking, we Governor on the Isle of Man, so we are bound can find a compromise, which is both equitable together as one people. to your Government and that of the Isle of Man. Because of the above the people of the Isle of I would therefore respectfully ask you to Man and the people of the United Kingdom grant us the opportunity to meet with you, as have always been comrades and brothers in we have sensible, practical and humanitarian arms during two world wars, and some of our proposals to put before you, to try to resolve the young men are even today fighting alongside problems that have been inadvertently created yours in Afghanistan, suffering the same for both our citizens. dangers as your young men, and can die like We just cannot continue to stand in yours. Why, because we are one people who intransigent positions to the detriment of our over the years have worked together and lived two peoples”. together as the relatives of the Manx people on We awaited a reply, and then we got an both the Island and the people of the UK can answer. testify. The Letter explained what would happen on With all due respect, the present system that 1st April next, what both our citizens needed to has been imposed by your Government leaves do to travel to both our jurisdictions with much to be desired as it has been conceived on insurance and the fact that “ The Department is the spur of the moment as a back lash to other looking at ways to reinforce this message to the unfortunate circumstances. It is fraught with UK public in light of the forthcoming end to the problems both for your Government and that of agreement”. the Isle of Man. It has been ill thought out, it is We are then told of what the Secretary of “I am sorry that this may not be the response State thinks it is going to do to the Tourist you wanted, but I hope it explains the UK industry on the Island. Government position”. “Whilst the Department understands that this Of course this should not be the last throw of reply will be disappointing, it does recognise the dice, as there are other ways to go about it. that the ending of the agreement will have an There is still room for manoeuvre and effect on the individuals, particularly those that arguments, but the Chairman is not now travel regularly to the Isle of Man” prepared to argue the toss with the UK This really means that he accepts what is Government or anyone else anymore. going to happen to the Tourist industry in the He believes that he has done enough for the Isle of Man, which if our Government does not Manx people and it is now up to the Manx do anything about it, it’s going to collapse. Government to argue on their behalf, they now They then explain the real reason why the know what the British Government is openly decision had been taken. Money, and in their saying, all they have to is work around it. usual stealth mode, how they had circumvented We have done what we can for the Isle of the problem without mentioning money. Man people, it is now up to our Government to “ However, the decision was taken in overall tell us what they intend doing for us. terms and against the background of the wide availability of travel insurance.” Basically another stealth tax, but this excuse Join us saves the UK Government £2.9 million pounds, We are the Group that gets things and increases their income through insurance.
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