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Yn Pabyr Seyr Published by Mec Vannin, the Manx Nationalist Party Earroo / Issue 56 Jerrey Souree / July 2017 Yn Pabyr Seyr Published by Mec Vannin, The Manx Nationalist Party Earroo / Issue 56 Jerrey Souree / July 2017 Alas ! I see the case is but too plain, The Great Work Permit A Native here may seek for bread in vain Had'st thou been Welsh, Scotch, Irish, Swindle French, or Dutch, The very name would recommend thee much. Mickey Swindale has plumbed a new government. He claimed that he does Yon swindler just arrived, not worth a depth in her desperation to eradicate not give the Chamber disproportionate groat, the work permit legislation that took the consideration: Manx people years to get. Gets credit here and wears a costly coat. "Personally, in my time in office, I have John Stowell, 1762-1799 Civilised countries have border control. met Trade Union leaders and the Civilised countries have labour Heads of Voluntary Organisations and Photo ID on the Steam regulation. It appears that Mrs given their views equal consideration Packet a “sop to a badly Swindale doesn’t want that for the Isle alongside those of the Chamber of of Man. Commerce." informed section of public opinion” She claims that the census reveals a Strange then, that the views of the “time bomb” of a dependent population. trade unions who represent thousands That is the inevitable result of of people, and whose formation and Mec Vannin does not support the immigration and population expansion. conduct is regulated by law, don't seem compulsory requirement to produce When our young leave because there to get as far as the chirruping of Mickey photographic ID when travelling on the is nothing here for them, because they Swindale, President of the Chamber of Steam Packet. Why? Simple. No one know they will always get passed over Commerce, which is not subject to has been able to give any rational in favour of an immigrant, they will legal regulation and has a membership explanation as to why we should. leave and may never come back. of 292. The excuse proffered by (then) Home That would seem to be what Mrs Zero hours contracts to circumvent Affairs Minister Juan Watterson was Swindale wants. That could be ignored employee rights? Fine. No that it was for "security" reasons. That during the boom years, but now that enforcement of the minimum wage? doesn't stand up to any scrutiny the writing is on the wall, now that Bell’s Fine. No real enforcement of the work whatsoever. Most airlines require nihilistic taxation policies have ruined permit regulations? Fine. Work permits photographic ID because of their own us, people are leaving in droves. are preventing us being further flooded internal regulations. It is not a legal out by unregulated immigrant labour? requirement. Furthermore, it doesn't IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH Not fine! stop anyone with a criminal history, WORK PERMITS. association with criminal organisations In fact, Mrs Swindale does not or, indeed people who are actually on No employer will encounter any represent anything more than a the run getting on board an aeroplane. difficulty in getting a work permit if the minority viewpoint in the unregulated application is genuine. If the job market Chamber of Commerce. On the matter So back to the Steam Packet. A person is suffering anything like the vacuous of work permits, only 92 (31.5%) of the who is known to "British intelligence state portrayed by Mrs Swindale, no membership responded, so it can services" as an ISIS / IS sympathiser person wishing to come to the Isle of hardly be regarded as a burning issue rocks up to get on board Manannan to Man will have any difficulties getting for them. Of that 31.5%, only 21 (7.2%) go to the Isle of Man. "Have you got one. want the work permit system scrapped, your photo ID, Sir?" "Yes. Here it is." yet at every opportunity, Mrs Swindale "Thank you, Sir. Enjoy your journey." The notion that graduates won’t come is shouting for its abandonment as Yes. That was spectacularly back because their partners (if they President of the Isle of Man Chamber successful, wasn't it? have one) may not get a work permit of Commerce and she's getting is utterly fatuous. Yet still she and her listened to by Mr Quayle. pet MHKs keep chipping away at it. Until such time as the government in the Isle of Man develops sufficient So Mr Quayle is guilty as charged. spine to introduce / re-introduce Chief Minister Howard Quayle Twenty one individuals, a minority customs control, anything else is a responded to a letter from Mec Vannin within their own unregulated meaningless deception, a sop to a in which the party expressed its organisation, get more consideration badly informed section of public concern at the undue influence of the than the thousands in legally regulated opinion. Chamber of Commerce on his organisations. Yn Pabyr Seyr Issue 56 July 2017 Page 2 Time to get the God Squad out of our schools and out of our children’s minds Mec Vannin is a secular organisation students in the Manx Education and, whereas there are members of system. As a matter of interest, have various religions in our membership, these people been police checked? the party is opposed to the imposition of religious beliefs through statute. Section 12 of the EDUCATION ACT 2001 which seems to be most relevant This also applies to education. to the matter says:- Religious education maybe one thing, but indoctrination is quite another. "(2) The religious education given to There has been concern from many any pupils at a provided school people for some time about the type of pursuant to subsection(1): people going around our schools to provide religious assembly, but the (c) Shall not include any catechism or activities of members of the Living formulary which is distinctive of any Hope Church has caused elevated particular religious denomination." concern. The party’s Secretary has written to Education Minister Graham If what is going on in our schools is Cregeen to express our concerns. contrary to the principles as laid out in legislation, it is by its nature, against Dear Mr. Cregeen, the law of this nation. I write on behalf of Mec Vannin to register our grave concern that Mec Vannin would appreciate your members of the so called, "Church of comments on the position of your Living Hope", a sect which is anti the department in this matter. LGBTQ community and believes creationism, has been allowed into our Yours sincerely, schools. C. Jerry Secretary People who believe that have every The January edition of Yn right to do so. However, scientific Pabyr Seyr carried an article evidence puts their beliefs into the questioning whether newly realms of fantasy. It would certainly be JOBLESS at odds with what students are taught installed fisheries minister and learn in science lessons. This Geoffrey Boot would actually would of course cause some confusion FIGURES represent the country whose in a child's mind. government he is a part of, or We have perfectly capable teachers of MASSAGED would "old allegiances" get in Religious Education in our schools, the way. who are perfectly able to impart what the creationists believe without the TO This question has come even more to danger of proselytizing young and the fore since the dirty deal done impressionable, naive minds. They between English Tory PM May and teach the practices, the differences and MISLEAD Northern Irish minority party, the DUP similarities of the world's main religions (and rest assured that any party that and there is no problem with that. Mec The May unemployment figures show feels the need to put "democratic" in its Vanni n is aware that this particular sect a total of 440 or 1% of the registered title, isn't). Apart from the massive has been handing out propaganda working population. Good? Better than voting bribe supplied to the party leaflets outside one secondary school the thousands of the early '80s but, of (branded as £500 for every man, at least. Is it to reinforce the message course, it doesn't account those on woman and child in NI but more of the Living Hope Church? It is of training courses, those who are farmed accurately around £10,000,000 each course an evangelistic movement. out as free labour to Mickey Swindale's for the DUP's mates), the DUP will be after deals over fishing. Expect a call mates or those who can't claim There is certainly a great deal of for the Portavogie boats to be able to because, despite desperate financial concern about this matter from society exploit Manx waters 24 / 7 / 365. circumstances, they live with someone in general and Mec Vannin suspects Expect May to say, "Yes". And what earning a wage, no matter how pitiful. from parents as a whole, children and should we expect of Mr Boot? Yn Pabyr Seyr Issue 56 July 2017 Page 3 From Facebook Recognising that not everyone as it provides a safe haven for pro-Tory Aware of the increasing conflicts uses Facebook, here are some expats to evade paying towards the resulting from the denial of or of our posts from the past couple country they pretend to love so much impediments in the way of the freedom of months. while, at the same time, frequently of such peoples, which constitute a managing to retain voting rights there. serious threat to world peace, MAY 23 rd Some of those who don't like English Considering the important role of the Mec Vannin will be marking one of the tories having undue influence in the United Nations in assisting the most significant events of Manx history putative government of the Isle of Man movement for independence in Trust next year to commemorate the may want to see English Labour and Non-Self-Governing Territories, hundredth anniversary of The Manx returned (however unlikely that General Strike of 1918.
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