There are 24 Ministers of the House of keyes and each are independant candidates ,
Therefore there are no party politics ,
However to give the impression of political choice there are currently 4 active parties ,
The Manx Labour Party.
The Alliance For Progressive Government.
Independant Labour Party.
Mec Vannin.
But none of the Parties have enough candidates to hold a majority vote and elections are held without contest .
So it is impossible to influence Government Policy by means of Democratic vote .
For instance the Chief Minister (UK's equivalent of Prime Minister)
recently retired from office ,
In most democracies this would call for a public election to allow voters to choose his replacement , not so in the Isle of Man the choice was made behind closed doors and if you dont like it you can write to the Isle of Man Government only , as no-one in the rest of the World has any Authority in the Isle of Man .
Dictatorship ? Autonomy ? but not a Democracy
2006-08-10
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