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A beautiful
island:
I live at the heart of Glenfaba in St. Johns, the historic seat of Tynwald
the original Manx Parliament. Having been privileged to have travelled
extensively round the world I can safely say that the Isle of Man is one
of the best places to live. We are truly blessed with a beautiful island.
The Isle of Man has benefited from the longest continuous
parliament in the world. There are, however, ominous clouds hanging over
us. Although the Island has undoubtedly prospered over the last 15 or
20 years, our present Government has, particularly in the last five years,
made some very expensive mistakes in terms of poor oversight, lack of
business acumen and lack of scrutiny. It might be said that we have prospered
in spite of, not because of, our Government
Time to stand up:
Worse still we seem to be slavishly following and enacting UK and European
legislation and regulation without thinking through the consequences for
our way of life or economic future.
It is time we stood up for ourselves and imposed
Manx solutions. I believe the time for change is now: not just change
for change's sake, but change for better government. The House of Keys
would benefit from the influx of new members with good business and accounting
skills, coupled with a knowledge of negotiating legislation and regulation
both at UK and European level, from where it seems most of our new legislation
now comes.
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Skills I
bring:
Over the years I have been involved in a number of diverse business interests
and nursed a number of fledgling companies and partnerships into substantial
entities. The skills required are not only those of an entrepreneur, but
also accounting and, just as importantly, making sure we delivered what
the customer wanted. During this period I've also been involved in negotiating
new legislation and regulation both locally, in the UK and in Europe.
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My commitment
to you:
I believe the time is right to put this reservoir of experience to good
use in the Isle of Man. Should I become your elected member of the House
of Keys I will make several commitments. My philosophy in politics is
that if elected, individually and collectively parliament must do what
the electorate wants it to do, rather than frequently what happens, tell
the electorate what is good for it.
How do we know what the electorate wants? Well that is a difficult question here in the Isle of Man. All too frequently people get elected and then vanish until the next round of elections, they fail to sample local opinion and to remain in touch with their electorate.
I have already committed to a comprehensive pre-election
questionnaire, which I hope everyone in the constituency has received.
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Your opinion counts:
I am so keen to receive your replies and opinions that I have provided
an Electorate Survey supplied with
a business reply envelope. Alternatively the Electorate
Survey can be found on this website, downloaded and emailed to me.
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