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[Discordant Resonance]

Potentially three-party politics in Tynwald?

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1441141535614046209

The first two being Manx Labour (no connection to London) and Liberal Vannin, who share membership with the UK Lib Dems.

[Gas In Name Only]

Appropriate because I often refer to them as Liberal Vermin

[Discordant Resonance]

Final results:

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1441205019743703045

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1441353651201576963

[DPDPDPDP]

Independent candidates still by far have a huge majority and long way that continue, in my opinion. Interesting to note that there were a significant increase in the amount of female candidates returned - not sure what the male / female mix of MHK’s are - most appropriate given that the Isle of Man was the first place in the world to allow women to vote in 1881 - and no, I wasn’t around then to witness that.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

I shudder to think what a parliament where 7 out of every 8 members are independent is like.

[Lang Spoon]

From what I remember of that tax haven book out a decade or so back*, the tradition of Independents over Parties in Jersey made regulatory capture by tax evading bastards even easier than when faced by a Parliament of fucking Tories or FF/FG say. I'd imagine it's similar in the Isle of Man, plus of course the unchained pork barrelism.

*Treasure Islands

[Discordant Resonance]

8 out of the 24 members serve in Cabinet, which provides every incentive not to ask difficult questions.

[DPDPDPDP]

From what I remember of that tax haven book out a decade or so back*, the tradition of Independents over Parties in Jersey made regulatory capture by tax evading bastards even easier than when faced by a Parliament of fucking Tories or FF/FG say. I'd imagine it's similar in the Isle of Man, plus of course the unchained pork barrelism.

*Treasure Islands

Lang, don’t know about Jersey, but in IOM the tradition of independents by far outdates the financial services industry, which is only a portion of the Manx economy and within which the tax advantages only apply for certain sectors. Also don’t know why it’s different but party politics are by far the norm in the likes of Bermuda and Cayman.

[Discordant Resonance]

And today, polls have opened on/in Jersey, where the social democratic Reform Jersey have been the progressive opposition, but a number of new centre-right-to-right-wing parties have now entered the fray.

[Discordant Resonance]

It turned out to be an excellent result for Reform Jersey, doubling their representation to 10 seats, while the other parties flopped spectacularly.