Is The Isle of Man a Dictatorship ?

Question

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

If a man is crippled and tortured by the negligence of Isle of Man Gov Departments he must ask the Isle of Man Gov to to find themselves guilty of negligence and compensate , You cannot appeal to the Queen or anyone else if they refuse !

Answer 1

I see your point but you should look to Ireland for comparisons. If the Taoiseach resigned his successor would be elected from within his own party! It would cause an interesting constitutional crisis of course but that would not effect the bottom line.

Please don't look to England for inspiration. They effectively have a two party system with a vote system that permits a prty to return to power with a number of representatives out of any proportion to their take of the national vote. But for a good example of 'dictatorship' within a supposed democracy look to USA. There it would appear that one man elected on party grounds and allegedly with much less than a majority of ther NATIONAL vote can enter the white house and if necessary over-ride the national parliament.

Answer 2

It is subject to the United Kingdom (unwritten) constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights and some parts of EU law. A dictatorship it ain't (but hey, what about Sark?)

To a greater or lesser extent the IoM is subject to the whims of the English (UK) Parliament. Whoever has the coercive force (and that's the Met and the Army) is the boss. If the IoM gets too crooked, or too cozy with tax evaders, they will get the message PDQ. What specific policy grievances to you have?

Jobs for the Boys is not a valid grievance. Taking of private property, interference with free speech --- these are valid complaints. As Rousseau said years ago, the English don't have a democracy except during Parliamentary elections.

I don't know much about the Tynwald, except that it exists. But surely there are revealing debates? Surely you could start a newspaper, even an onlilne blog, and stir up some protest. Why do you waste your time on Yahoo Answers? How many readers are there in Douglas and environs?

Answer 3

The Island has a ministerial system of government. The political head of the Manx Government is the Chief Minister, who is nominated by Tynwald from amongst its own members and appointed by His Excellency The Lieutenant Governor. The Chief Minister selects the ministers who have responsibility for the major Government Departments and, with the Chief Minister, form the Council of Ministers, the Manx Cabinet.

So, it is not a true democracy, but it is not an autocratic dicatorship either.

Answer 4

The Isle of Man is a Dictatorship.

Answer 5

The manx people will need to discover oil big-time if they stand any chance of being "liberated" from this evil dictatorship.

Answer 6

i dont really understand this matter but i think it should be bought back as an english isle and treated as a county or summit.

Answer 7

too complicated - ask me something else!!!

Answer 8

what well yes

Answer 9

DOH